Sunday brought a relief from the strong northeasterly winds as the wind died away and temporarily backed into the north. We enjoyed 8.15 hours of strong sunshine that boosted the temperature to a maximum of 18.7C, the warmest day since 9th April, but only 1.6C above the average for May. Out of the sun the breeze was still chilly.
Overnight the warmth dissipated and fell to a minimum of 4.9C at 04.31. Also in the early hours the wind started to pick up shortly after 2am, veering back into the northeast again, and giving significant wind chill so that at 08.00 the ambient temperature was 6.8C but the wind chill made it feel like 4C.
The dry northeasterly winds gave a humidity reading of 82% at 08.00 as the ridge of high pressure intensified giving the highest barometric reading (1026.2mb) for two weeks.
The weather station of Marlborough, Wiltshire
