Weekly Summary from the Hastings Weather Service

The last week was mostly fair and dry apart from Monday and Tuesday, which between them contributed 19.9mm of rain, 33% of  September’s average rainfall.

Temperatures averaged 20.8°C, above September’s average of 19°C but with over half the month left no trend can be surmised as yet; the highest daily temperature of 22.3°C was recorded on Friday 11.

Sunshine averaged 5.7 hours, in line with the averages; 10.6 hours were recorded on Saturday 5.

Winds again were generally very slight with four dead calm days recorded at 09:00 GMT. Sea temperatures are slowly declining, from 19.8°C at the beginning of the week to 19°C at the end.