Thursday gave us 9.5 hours sunshine as the anticyclone in the eastern Atlantic began to have an effect on our weather. With pressure rising there were fewer clouds and only one shower of rain amounting to 0.8mm that occurred between 11.28 and 12.03.
It was not the sunniest day in June due to variable cloud, that was on the 1st with 11.5 hours, when we had wall to wall sunshine.
The UV level rose to its highest since 2nd June with a reading of 8.2, which was in the ‘very high’ category.
The westerly breeze, gusting strongest at 16 mph, restricted both the maximum and minimum temperatures that were below average with 18.9C (1.3C) and 7.5 ((-2.6C).
Friday started with strong sunshine as the sun rose that lifted the temperature to 13.9C at 08.00 when the barometric pressure read 1018.5 mb, the highest since 9th June, and continuing to rise steadily as the anticyclone eases in over the UK.
Update on Friday at 16.55: at last the thermometer rises above average peaking at 20.7C (+0.5C), only the third time this month. A dry day and UV reaches ‘very high’ level.