Wednesday saw a change in direction of the wind. After 10 days of persistent northeasterly winds, they now came predominantly from the south. It brought a milder and less dry atmosphere.
The sunshine yesterday, amounting to 3.7 hours, raised the temperature above the average reaching a peak of 21.9C, being 2C above the 34-year average.
However, from early afternoon, the fall in barometric pressure as storm Hector approached the UK, meant that the next weather front showed its hand as variable cloud began to filter across the sky and reduce sunshine.
It was a mild night with the minimum temperature of 13.0C, which was 3C above the average for June.
Thursday arrived with light drizzle beginning to fall at 06.40 amounting to 0.3mm by the time readings were taken at 0800. The wind strength has been increasing for the past four hours with a peak gust of 26mph at 07.10.