The warm, moist air that the weather front brought on Wednesday saw the thermometer rise to 24.4C being 4.2C above the 39-year average. The low overnight of 13.5C was also above average +3.4C.
A few spots of rain were noted just after 16.30 on Wednesday as a small shower cell passed, but not measurable. A cold front arrived just before midnight that produced 3.8mm of rainfall that took the monthly total to 60.9mm being 6mm above the 39-year average.
However, the cold front produced a change in air mass behind it as it traversed eastwards that saw the wind veer from southwest to northwest. As a result the air on Thursday morning was much cooler and less humid than on Wednesday. The temperature at 08.00 was 14.4C, the lowest since the 20th. The air is travelling clockwise around an intense high pressure system in mid-Atlantic, collecting moisture as it passes over the sea, before it descends over the UK, so showers are possible today.