Monday saw the warmth return but not until the effects of the very cold night had been overcome after a cloudy start to the day. The complete cloud cover (8/8) arrived just after 07.30 and took until 10.00 before it began to break up. Thereafter the 10 hours of strong sunshine, and UV level back into the very high category, lifted the thermometer to a peak of 22.6C at 16.42, just 0.1C below average.
Another cool night was to follow as the thermometer dropped to a minimum of 7.7C by 06.02 Tuesday morning, which was 4.1C below average. Thereafter, the strong sunshine as the sun climbed above the horizon lifted the temperature to 16.3C at 08.00.
After another dry day the rainfall data for the past 30 days shows just how dry it has been. Just 7.7mm of rainfall has been recorded in the past 30 days whereas equivalent rainfall lost to the atmosphere from evaporation amounts to 55mm.
Update on Tuesday at 19.10: hottest day in July with a maximum of 26.2C at 17.23 being 3.5C above the average.