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May has become the sunniest calendar month on record in the UK
It has been the sunniest Spring on record for the UK and all the home nations and the driest May on record in England. Spring 2020 headlines 626 hours of bright sunshine were recorded in Spring 2020 for the UK and have exceeded the previous high (555 hours, set in 1948) by over 70 hours. Spring
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A cool and wet May has brought a Spring of marked contrast, according to provisional figures from the Met Office.
UPDATE: This article has now been updated to reflect the full provisional figures for May and Spring. As summer starts with warm spells for many and a risk of thunderstorms, May was a month dominated by low pressure, bringing heavy downpours or prolonged spells of rain for much of the UK. Wales
Increased sunshine during May has helped to make it a provisional record-breaking May for daily maximum temperature and sunshine across the UK.
The provisional average daily maximum temperature was 17.0 °C during May making it the warmest May in the UK in a series of records stretching back to 1910. The previous warmest May was in 1992 when the average daytime maximum 16.9 °C. Derbyshire, Aberdeenshire, Banffshire and the Isle of Wight all
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weather forecast for May 24-25 Author: Press Office 23 May 2025 The weekend's weather is set to be quite changeable, with a mix of rain, wind, and occasional sunshine across the country. Saturday will begin with a band of rain sweeping eastwards across the UK. While this initial rain will gradually clear
Met Office Board Summary 24 May 2011 • The Met Office Board were given a brief on the current Volcanic Ash situation, following the Eruption of Grimsvotn, Iceland. • Rob Varley, Operations and Services Director, gave more detail regarding Met Office activities and capabilities. It was also noted
Record rainfall - June-July & May-July 2007 Record totals over England and Wales for both of these periods... June and July 2007 were both exceptionally wet months, with large areas of England and Wales and eastern parts of Northern Ireland having over twice the average rainfall for these two
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May 2019 The averaging period used for the following assessment was 1981-2010. May began with shallow low pressure and weak fronts, bringing rather cloudy and showery weather to most parts. A northerly outbreak on the 3rd/4th brought widespread frosts, and wintry showers penetrated locally to low
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