Breezy, rather warm at times and unsettled to start the month, including a glancing blow from storm Amy, then quiet but cloudy anticyclonic conditions with a couple of foggy mornings, followed by a cooler and unsettled spell with some ground frost, with a mild day to close the month. Close to average temperatures overall, but the nights were almost 2 degrees above average. Slightly below average rainfall.
Anomalies (in brackets) refer to the estimated 1991-2020 averages.
Mean max: 14.0 (-0.1)
Mean min: 8.6 (+1.9)
Mean temp: 11.3 (+0.9)
Mean 30cm earth temp: 14.1
Highest max: 20.2 ( 6th)
Lowest max: 10.0 (25th)
Lowest min: 3.4 (30th)
Highest min: 13.8 ( 3rd)
Lowest grass min: -0.7 (26th,30th)
Air frosts: 0 ( -1)
Air frost hours: 0.0
Ground frosts: 2 ( -2)
Days with max 20.0 to 24.9: 1
Days with max 15.0 to 19.9: 8
Days with max 10.0 to 14.9: 22
Days with min 10.0 to 14.9: 8
Days with min 5.0 to 9.9: 21
Days with min 0.0 to 4.9: 2
Total rainfall: 77.1 mm ( 91%)
Wettest day: 18.1 mm (19th)
Rain days (0.2 mm or more): 17 (-1)
Wet days (1.0 mm or more): 11 (-1)
Days >= 10mm: 2 (-1)
Days >= 20mm: 0
Days with snow/sleet falling: 0
Days with 50%+ snow cover at 09z: 0 ( 0)
Deepest at 0900z 0 cm (n/a)
Days with thunder heard: 0
Days with hail: 0
Days with fog at 0900z: 1
Highest 10-min mean wind: 31 kn ( 4th)
Max gust: 42 kn (3rd,4th)
Days with gale: 0
Highest wind run: 407.3 nm ( 4th)
Wind direction at 0900z: N: 1; NE: 2; E: 4; SE: 1; S: 3; SW: 5; W: 8; NW: 4; Calm: 3
Maximum pressure: 1035.9 (11th)
Minimum pressure: 983.9 (23rd)