The anticyclone has positioned itself to the northwest of the UK and is fairly static, which is giving us the persistent run of strong northeasterly winds off the north sea. The maximum gust of 25mph yesterday occurred at 16.25. With strong winds for most of the day the wind chill was significant meaning that the temperature felt 3C lower. The maximum temperature occurred 14.36 with a reading of 11.8C, which is 5C below the 33-year average for May. A measly 4 minutes of sunshine did not improve the temperature. Another dry day that continued overnight although the wind abated but did not fall out. The cloud cover meant a minimum of 8.1C last night at 1.30 am recovering to 9.1C at 08.00.
The weather station of Marlborough, Wiltshire
