Category: Commentary

With the wind, very brisk at times giving a maximum of 20 mph, having backed into the south on Monday, the maximum temperature at 15.10 was 21.6C, the warmest day since 25th July. It was most welcome to have a warner day but keeping it in perspective it was only 0.9C above the August average.

It was another dry day, predominately cloudy, but with 1.04 hours of strong sunshine.

Not only was the maximum above average but also the minimum overnight as the cloud and southerly air, the wind dropped out, gave us a minimum of 12.0C. It was the warmest night for a week being just above the August average and 5C above the previous night’s minimum.

Just after midnight there were a couple of showers amounting to 2.0mm bringing the total for August to 32.4mm, almost 50% of the monthly average.

Sunday was a glorious day with 7.9 hours of strong sunshine, mainly in the morning, as cloud built up after 2pm. The strong sunshine raised the thermometer to a maximum of 21.4C. the warmest day for three weeks and 0.7C above the August average.

Another dry day with light winds, peak gust being 10mph, and the calmest day since 29th June.

Clear skies meant another cool night with the thermometer dropping to 6.9C at 05.21 producing the coolest night since 6th June.

This morning dawn with low cloud and mist over the Marlborough Downs but just before 8am the sun broke through occasionally raising the temperature at 08.00 to 11.2C

With 4.4 hours of strong sunshine, UV level back into the ‘High’ level and the maximum rising again to 20.7C, average for August, Saturday was a very pleasant day. Also, there was no rain.

With a clear sky overnight the thermometer dropped continuously to a minimum of just 6.8C, 8C below the previous night. This was the coolest night since 11th May and almost 5C below the August average.

This morning we are enjoying a glorious start to the day with much strong sunshine after dawn and the thermometer recovering to 12.2C at 08.00.

After the very sunny and warmer day on Thursday, Friday brought us 3.6 hours of sunshine and a maximum 2C below average with a peak of 18.9C. The sunny morning gave way to more cloud after lunch but it stayed dry. The winds were lighter and had backed from the north into the west.

Overnight the cloud and a change in wind direction from the north into the west, meant a very mild night, a night that was 7C warmer than the previous one with a minimum of 14.9C, being 3.4C above the average for August. It was the warmest night since 19th July.

A light shower, amounting to 0.4mm fell just after midnight.

Intermittent sunshine was in evidence after dawn with the thermometer climbing to 16.2C at 08.00, the warmest morning for almost a month.

Thursday was a dramatically different day in contrast to Wednesday.

The maximum was 20.9C, just above average and the warmest day this month and since 25th July. Wednesday was 15.4C.

The sunshine totalled 12.29 hours, the sunniest day this month and since 5th July. Wednesday was 0.13 hours

Greatest solar energy this month and since 18th July.

The sun and a brisk northerly wind meant much higher evaporation of 3.53mm, the greatest amount since 25th July. Wednesday was 0.78mm.

Overnight, with a clear sky it was not surprising to find this morning that it had been a chilly night with a minimum of just 7.9C at 05.58, which is 3.6C below the August average and the coolest night since 21st May. Wednesday was 8.6C

This morning we have had glorious sunshine since dawn.