With 7.78 hours of strong sunshine and the UV level into the ‘Very High’ category, yesterday was a glorious day, The continental air lifted the temperature to a maximum of 24.9C at 15.51, making it not only the warmest day this month but the warmest day since 15th September 2016.
Overnight the temperature dropped steadily away to a minimum of 9.4C at 05.31, a little lower than previous nights. This lower temperature caused fog to form with visibility down to 1,100m, which quickly dispersed as the sun grew stronger after dawn so that by 07.00, only misty conditions prevailed.
By 08.00 the strong sunshine had quickly boosted the temperature to 18.1C, which is 1.5C above the May maximum, making it the warmest morning since 6th September.
The soil temperature at a depth of 5cm has been warming significantly so that at 08.00 this morning was reading 17.2C.
