The thermometer rose relentlessly yesterday with a maximum of 24.9C at 17.04, which was 2.4C above the July average. We enjoyed 6.5 hours of strong sunshine but the very high UV level of 10.0 on the previous day was much lower at 6.9, this at the top end of ‘High’.
It was another day without rain and moisture evaporating at a rate in excess of 4mm a day. With the equivalent of 58mm of rainfall now lost the total rainfall for July is only 26.6mm
It was a very warm night with the thermometer slowly descending to a minimum of 15.0C at 06.44, this was 4.4C above the July average.
This morning started with thick cloud but by the time these readings were taken at 08.00 the sun had started to break through raising the temperature to 17.3C.