On friday we enjoyed broken cloud with just 2.18 hours of strong sunshine that boosted the temperature to a maximum of 18.2C at 16.32, which is 1.5C above the average. There were a few large drops of rain at 13.30 but not enough to wet the surface or be measurable, hence the word ‘trace’ in the ‘Daily Statistics’ section.
Heavy showers were seen to the west, north and east but none came nearer than ten miles. During the evening these died away but left impressive towering cumulonimbus clouds illuminated by the setting sun.
This morning has dawned with strong sunshine boosting the minimum of 4.8C at 05.39 to 11.4C at the time readings were then at 08.00
N.B. New Climate Change section under ‘Weather records since 1984’
