The high pressure, centred just off the east coast today, provided another dry, warm and sunny day on Wednesday with an above average maximum of 18.9C (+0.3C) and 9.6 hours of sunshine.
The dry weather continued with the September rainfall total still at 7.3mm but equivalent rainfall lost through evaporation has now reached 38mm.
The clear skies overnight meant another chilly night with the minimum of 3.8C being 5.5C below average.
Thursday saw the sun shining strongly after after it showed itself over the horizon with the barometric pressure reading 1031.1mb at 08.00 and the thermometer lifted a little to 6.3C.