Bromfield, Shropshire - May 2025

[Freddie]

A dry month with warm days and some ground frosts, although in the final week night temperatures were above average .   Plenty of settled weather initially, briefly interrupted by three thunderstorms.  The final third of the month was more unsettled and breezy with rain at times as the westerlies returned.

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

Mean max:                              18.6 (+2.1)
Mean min:                               7.3 (+0.4)
Mean temp:                             13.0 (+1.3)
Mean 30cm earth temp:                  13.3

Highest max:                           25.9 ( 1st)
Lowest max:                            13.6 ( 5th)
Lowest min:                             0.9 ( 6th)
Highest min:                           14.1 (30th)
Lowest grass min:                      -3.6 ( 5th)

Air frosts:                               0 ( -1)
Air frost hours:                        0.0
Ground frosts:                            5 ( +2)

Days with max  25.0 to  29.9:             1
Days with max  20.0 to  24.9:            11
Days with max  15.0 to  19.9:            14
Days with max  10.0 to  14.9:             5

Days with min  10.0 to  14.9:             8
Days with min   5.0 to   9.9:            15
Days with min   0.0 to   4.9:             8

Total rainfall:                        33.7 mm ( 61%)
Wettest day:                            6.8 mm (27th)
Rain days (0.2 mm or more):            10       (-5)
Wet days  (1.0 mm or more):             8       (-2)
Days >= 10mm:                           0       (-1)
Days >= 20mm:                           0

Days with snow/sleet falling:           0
Days with 50%+ snow cover at 09z:       0       (-1)
Deepest at 0900z                        0 cm   (n/a)
 
Days with thunder heard:                3
Days with hail:                         0
Days with fog at 0900z:                 0

Highest 10-min mean wind:               21 kn    (29th)
Max gust:                               31 kn    (29th)
Days with gale:                         0
Highest wind run:                       237.8 nm (25th)
Wind direction at 0900z:                N: 6; NE: 10; E: 5; SE: 0; S: 1; SW: 2; W: 6; NW: 1; Calm: 0

Maximum pressure:                       1028.9 (16th)
Minimum pressure:                       1003.8 (25th)

-- 
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