The Met Office Weather Report 

Max (Celsius)

Min (Celsius)

Rainfall (mm)

AIRHEAD

28.2

22.5

0.2

TRAVELLERS

28.0

20.8

Trace

RESIDENCY

27.0

17.5

1.2

GEORGETOWN

30.0

21.0

0.0

ST. HELENA

21.0

13.8

0.6

FALKLANDS

Not available

Not available

Not available

UK (Brize Norton)

27.9

8.8

4.6

ASCENSION:

It has been predominantly dry, with the Airhead only experiencing three showers all week, and although we saw a couple of cloudy days, there was also a good deal of sunshine. The swell was southerly throughout, fluctuating between 1.0 and 1.5 metres for most of the week before beginning to steadily increase over the weekend.

ST. HELENA:

As was the case on Ascension, it was a largely dry week, albeit rather cloudy during the first half with a fresh to strong and gusty wind. It brightened up, though, with much of the week’s perfectly respectable sunshine total being recorded in the latter half. With winds falling light and plenty of sunshine, the weekend was a warm one.

UK:

The first half of the week was relatively unsettled, with successive frontal systems clearing much of the UK before stalling close to the east coast of England. As a result, there were some strong West to East contrasts: on Monday, for example, Tiree enjoyed 14.6 hours of sunshine whilst Lowestoft in Suffolk received 29.0 mm of rain. The second half of the week was rather different, with a building ridge of high pressure bringing increasingly settled conditions and ever-rising temperatures, Brize Norton’s maximum temperature for the week being recorded on Sunday. Not only was this almost as high as our own, but Brize was also treated to a luxury that we do not have here – a long summer’s evening!

FALKLANDS:

After a brief milder interlude, there was a return to bitter conditions on Monday afternoon as a band of sleet and later snow crossed the islands. Clearer conditions with just occasional sleet showers followed, these dying out by Thursday as the wind veered north-westerly marking the end of this ‘cold snap’. After a mild, fine and dry day on Thursday, the islands experienced a couple of days of unsettled weather with plenty of low cloud, rain and drizzle and gusty winds, this finally clearing to leave Sunday with benign conditions.