Alcaston, Shropshire - May 2023

[Freddie]

Wet at times in the first ten days with some thunder.  Dry final three weeks with no measurable rainfall, warm daytime temperatures at times but with some chilly nights with ground frost and fog patches, and mainly winds from the east.

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

Mean max:                              19.0 (+2.8)
Mean min:                               6.8 (+0.6)
Mean temp:                             12.9 (+1.7)
Mean 30cm earth temp:                  14.2

Highest max:                           23.7 (27th)
Lowest max:                            14.3 ( 8th)
Lowest min:                             2.1 (21st)
Highest min:                           11.2 ( 9th)
Lowest grass min:                      -1.0 (27th)

Air frosts:                               0 ( -1)
Air frost hours:                        0.0
Ground frosts:                            3 ( -2)

Days with max  20.0 to  24.9:            11
Days with max  15.0 to  19.9:            18
Days with max  10.0 to  14.9:             2

Days with min  10.0 to  14.9:             2
Days with min   5.0 to   9.9:            20
Days with min   0.0 to   4.9:             9

Total rainfall:                        22.8 mm ( 41%)
Wettest day:                           10.0 mm ( 6th)
Rain days (0.2 mm or more):             9      ( -6)
Wet days  (1.0 mm or more):             6      ( -4)
Days >= 10mm:                           0      (  0)
Days >= 20mm:                           0

Days with snow/sleet falling:           0
Days with 50%+ snow cover at 09z:       0      ( 0)
Deepest at 0900z                        0      (n/a)
 
Days with thunder heard:                2
Days with hail:                         0
Days with fog at 0900z:                 0

Highest 10-min mean wind:               16 kn ( 4th)
Max gust:                               38 kn ( 4th)
Days with gale:                          0
Highest wind run:                    209.6 nm (31st)
Wind direction at 0900z: N: 3; NE: 10; E: 3; SE: 1; S: 6; SW: 2; W: 2; NW: 4; Calm: 0

Maximum pressure:                       1033.0 (26th)
Minimum pressure:                       1008.3 ( 9th)

-- 
Freddie
Alcaston
Shropshire
148m AMSL
http://www.hosiene.co.uk/weather/
Stats for the month so far: https://www.hosiene.co.uk/weather/statistics/alcaston/latest.xlsx