The Atlantic air continued to bring us warm days and nights that on Tuesday saw the thermometer rise to 19.9C being 1C above the average . Likewise a minimum of 11.9C was 2.5C above the average. A very brief but sharp shower occurred at 10.10 on Tuesday amounting to 2.7mm, which took the month total to 94.8mm being 153% of the 39-year average.
Wednesday dawned dull and misty with low cloud shrouding Savernake Forest and the Marlborough Downs. By 08.00 the cloud base had begun to lift.