A coolish and damp start to the month, but very warm and dry in the final two thirds, with a technical heatwave 18th to 21st. Overall, a warm and dry month. One single rumble of thunder on the 13th.
Anomalies (in brackets) refer to the estimated 1991-2020 averages.
Mean max: 21.8 (+2.5)
Mean min: 11.9 (+2.4)
Mean temp: 16.9 (+2.5)
Mean 30cm earth temp: 16.1
Highest max: 29.1 (30th)
Lowest max: 15.7 ( 7th)
Lowest min: 6.7 ( 8th)
Highest min: 18.2 (28th)
Lowest grass min: 4.3 ( 8th)
Air frosts: 0 ( 0)
Air frost hours: 0.0
Ground frosts: 0 ( 0)
Days with max 25.0 to 29.9: 7
Days with max 20.0 to 24.9: 12
Days with max 15.0 to 19.9: 11
Days with min 15.0 to 19.9: 7
Days with min 10.0 to 14.9: 14
Days with min 5.0 to 9.9: 9
Total rainfall: 43.2 mm ( 72%)
Wettest day: 11.4 mm (12th)
Rain days (0.2 mm or more): 11 (-2)
Wet days (1.0 mm or more): 8 (-1)
Days >= 10mm: 1 (-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: 1
Days with hail: 0
Days with fog at 0900z: 0
Highest 10-min mean wind: 19 kn (26th)
Max gust: 30 kn (27th)
Days with gale: 0
Highest wind run: 199.7 nm (23rd)
Wind direction at 0900z: N: 0; NE: 0; E: 3; SE: 0; S: 5; SW: 5; W: 15; NW: 2; Calm: 0
Maximum pressure: 1028.5 (16th)
Minimum pressure: 999.3 ( 5th)