After the washout day on Wednesday it was a relief to have a dry morning with 3.37 hours of strong sunshine and the UV level at 8.3, which was into the ‘Very High’ category. A small low pressure area, centred over the eastern side of the UK, started to move northwards bringing the edge of the cloud to us giving a cloudy afternoon and just after 5pm a light shower amounting to 0.5mm. The warmest part of the day was at lunchtime, before the cloud increased, with a maximum of 16.6C (average for May) at 13.09.
It was a warm, dry night as the cloud cover minimised the fall in temperature to a minimum of 8.8C (2C above the average for May) at 05.33.
This morning the cloud is thick with the occasional breaks allowing just a brief glimpse of sunshine.
N.B. New section on Climate Change under Weather Records since 1984 tab
