The UV level on Friday at 8.4 was the highest since July 2022 and into the Very High category. The ridge of high pressure was the reason for the sunny and hot weather with the thermometer rising to 26.2C and only dropping to 14.6C at 03.46 early Saturday. These were + 6.0C and +4.5C respectively.
The loss of equivalent rainfall through evaporation is again running at 3mm and 4mm per day.
Saturday arrived dull and grey with low cloud but just before 08.00 the sun began to break through lifting the temperature to 18.3C.
Update at 18.30: maximum temperature of 28.7C logged at 16.11. A temperature of 29.8C was recorded on June 10th.