Thursday saw the thermometer rise even higher with a peak of 22.9C at 15.41 under glorious sunshine. This high was 5.3C above my 40-year average. Overnight the temperature dropped away to a minimum of 7.1C at 05.49 before the sun got work, being just 0.1C above the average.
Almost 4mm of equivalent rainfall was lost through evaporation from the ground and plant life on Thursday, the highest since 11th July. The UV value of 6.7 was at the top end of ‘High’ on my scale. The lack of wind was also notable, with minimal air movement all day and a maximum speed of just 9mph was recorded, that fell light overnight.
Friday revealed a hazy start to the day with the sun shining through variable thin cloud initially but another glorious start to a new day.
The extensive high pressure that extends from the UK over Scandinavia and into Russia will be with us for a couple of days so more of the same very welcome warm and sunny days until Sunday. The barometric pressure has eased down 4mb with a reading of 1024.4mb at 08.00
