Saturday saw just a brief glimpse of strong sunshine, only 3 minutes, due to the extensive high cloud cover. However, it was very bright and allowed the thermometer to rise to 26.1C, down a shade on Friday but still almost 4C above the 34-year average for July,
The continuing cloud cover meant that there was not much radiation of warmth back into the atmosphere overnight so the thermometer did not fall as low as some previous nights with a minimum of 14.6C.
Sunday dawned with broken and cloud and by the time readings were taken at 08.00, there were glimpses of the sun, that allowed the thermometer to rise to 18.6C at that time.
Rainfall: 1st June to 19th July – Marlborough: 9.9mm
– UK: 50.8mm
– England: 21.4mm
Update at 16.05: maximum temperature of 29.3C reached at 15.55, which was the hottest day since 9th July. Not surprisingly UV was Very High at 8.5 and humidity low at 41%.