Saturday was a glorious day with 7.36 hours of strong sunshine that boosted the temperature to a maximum of 19.1C. It was the first day with a maximum above the average since 4th September being +0.4C.
It was only the fifth dry this month.
We have to thank the southerly breeze, resulting from a temporary ridge of high pressure, for this improvement.
A mild night followed with the minimum of 9.3C, exactly equal to the September average.
There was mist at dawn with fog in the River Kennet valley that was readily dispersed as the sunshine strengthened.