The days are getting shorter and also hotter by Alex Deakin
The day after the longest day brought more sunny skies and high temperatures to most of the UK.
Just like for the Solstice though, it wasn’t a sunny dawn everywhere. In fact most of Northern Ireland and Scotland had a cloudy start with outbreaks of rain.
The rain persisted in the northwest of Scotland all day with South Uist Range in the Outer Hebrides being the wettest place, here 19mm (0.75ins) of rain was amassed.
The dull, damp weather also persisted in the Northern Isles and Lerwick was the coldest place through the day with a high of just 13C (55F).
The warm weather front producing the cloud and the rain in the north did clear away allowing southern Scotland and Northern Ireland to have some afternoon sunshine.
For England and Wales it was sunny pretty much all day. The lowest temperature at dawn was recorded at Redhill Aerodrome in Surrey, where the temperature was 9C (48F).
The strong sun soon meant temperatures shot up and a high of 30C (86F) was reached in central London in the afternoon making it the hottest place. Many other parts of England and Wales reached over 25C (77F) but it was a bit cooler around the coasts.
The sunniest place was Jersey where 15 hours of sunshine was recorded.
|
|
