Bromfield, Shropshire - May 2026

[Freddie]

A month of contrasts with a cool and mainly unsettled first 20 days followed by a dry and very warm or hot period.  A breezy spell mid-month.  Very little rain in the last third of the month, but there were thunderstorms on the 26th and 28th.

Anomalies (in brackets) refer to the estimated 1991-2020 averages.

Mean max:                              18.6 (+2.1)
Mean min:                               8.1 (+1.2)
Mean temp:                             13.4 (+1.7)
Mean 30cm earth temp:                  14.0

Highest max:                           30.5 (26th)
Lowest max:                            12.2 (5th, 13th)
Lowest min:                             0.8 (12th)
Highest min:                           14.9 (26th)
Lowest grass min:                      -1.8 (12th)

Air frosts:                               0 ( -1)
Air frost hours:                        0.0
Ground frosts:                            3 ( 0)

Days with max  30.0 to  34.9:             1
Days with max  25.0 to  29.9:             5
Days with max  20.0 to  24.9:             4
Days with max  15.0 to  19.9:            11
Days with max  10.0 to  14.9:            10

Days with min  10.0 to  14.9:            10
Days with min   5.0 to   9.9:            16
Days with min   0.0 to   4.9:             5

Total rainfall:                        48.6 mm ( 55%)
Wettest day:                           19.1 mm (18th)
Rain days (0.2 mm or more):            14       (-1)
Wet days  (1.0 mm or more):             9       (-1)
Days >= 10mm:                           1       ( 0)
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:                2
Days with hail:                         0
Days with fog at 0900z:                 0

Highest 10-min mean wind:               22 kn    (13th)
Max gust:                               31 kn    (13th)
Days with gale:                         0
Highest wind run:                       260.7 nm (12th)
Wind direction at 0900z:                N: 4; NE: 4; E: 2; SE: 2; S: 2; SW: 3; W: 9; NW: 4; Calm: 1

Maximum pressure:                       1031.6 (24th)
Minimum pressure:                       1002.4 (13th)

--  
Freddie
Bromfield
Shropshire
146m AMSL
http://www.hosiene.co.uk/weather/
Stats for the month so far: https://www.hosiene.co.uk/weather/statistics/bromfield/latest.xlsx