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May weather day by day
- By Dave Wiseman
- Published 30th Apr 2008
May 1st- 'Button up to the chin till May be in' so they say.. let's see if this old weather lore lives up to its name!
May 10th- A cool start soon gave way to a very warm period with temperatures overall a remarkable 5C up on the monthly average so far. Much of the warmth has seen the highest UK temperatures locally, with Herstmonceux recording the highest temperatures in the UK three times in the last six days, a slight foehn effect of the east wind and some dry ground probably helping boost temperatures. The 5th saw it reach 23C (highest in UK) as did the 6th, the 7th and 8th reached 25C, the 9th reached 26C (highest in UK) and today it soared to 27.3C. This was the highest temperature ever recorded in the UK on May 10th, since records began, hence quite a feat.
May 15th- with temperatures some 5C above average across England it was the warmest start to May here since 1833.
May 19th- After the warm start it has turned notably colder especially by night. In fact there have been some very cold nights indeed for late May. Kinbrace in Northern Scotland recorded -6.2C on Sunday night into Monday. This is the coldest temp so late in the year for 52 years, since -6.7C was recorded in 1956 (on 20th May). The date record was -6.7C also, (set in 1903) so it narrowly escaped being beaten. Grass minina of -5C were quite widespread also and at Farnborough (Hants) the air temperature reached just below freezing.
May 25th- Yes, it's yet another wet bank holiday in the south and Midlands! Although totals of 10-15mm were quirte widespread in the south, the far SE suffered the most so far, especially in Kent last night, when a slow moving front and further convective pulses moved north across it. Some local stations reported up to 35mm this morning since about 10pm last night, although these were localised to the area of SE Kent, especially around Folkestone and Dover. Plenty more rain to come though in the next few days in the south with the north seeing the best of the weather.
May 28th- a very wet period for many areas in the last 72 hours as thundery rain moved up from the continent. The wettest appears to be Manston, Kent at present, where over 100mm has fallen in the last three days alone. Thunderstorms in the East Kent area also did damage as well last night, three houses at least were struck and set alight by lightning though fire crews restricted the damage to the roof areas. In constast to the wet weather though fire crews needed to tackle another blaze, this time a blaze on moorland, when 65 firefighters attempted to contain the blaze near Baitings Reservoir, in Ripponden, W Yorks. A 4km stretch of moorland was ablaze with strong winds causing the flames to spread and change direction. There was a two mile fire front along the side of the main A58 road between Lancashire and Yorkshire at one stage.
May 10th- A cool start soon gave way to a very warm period with temperatures overall a remarkable 5C up on the monthly average so far. Much of the warmth has seen the highest UK temperatures locally, with Herstmonceux recording the highest temperatures in the UK three times in the last six days, a slight foehn effect of the east wind and some dry ground probably helping boost temperatures. The 5th saw it reach 23C (highest in UK) as did the 6th, the 7th and 8th reached 25C, the 9th reached 26C (highest in UK) and today it soared to 27.3C. This was the highest temperature ever recorded in the UK on May 10th, since records began, hence quite a feat.
May 15th- with temperatures some 5C above average across England it was the warmest start to May here since 1833.
May 19th- After the warm start it has turned notably colder especially by night. In fact there have been some very cold nights indeed for late May. Kinbrace in Northern Scotland recorded -6.2C on Sunday night into Monday. This is the coldest temp so late in the year for 52 years, since -6.7C was recorded in 1956 (on 20th May). The date record was -6.7C also, (set in 1903) so it narrowly escaped being beaten. Grass minina of -5C were quite widespread also and at Farnborough (Hants) the air temperature reached just below freezing.
May 25th- Yes, it's yet another wet bank holiday in the south and Midlands! Although totals of 10-15mm were quirte widespread in the south, the far SE suffered the most so far, especially in Kent last night, when a slow moving front and further convective pulses moved north across it. Some local stations reported up to 35mm this morning since about 10pm last night, although these were localised to the area of SE Kent, especially around Folkestone and Dover. Plenty more rain to come though in the next few days in the south with the north seeing the best of the weather.
May 28th- a very wet period for many areas in the last 72 hours as thundery rain moved up from the continent. The wettest appears to be Manston, Kent at present, where over 100mm has fallen in the last three days alone. Thunderstorms in the East Kent area also did damage as well last night, three houses at least were struck and set alight by lightning though fire crews restricted the damage to the roof areas. In constast to the wet weather though fire crews needed to tackle another blaze, this time a blaze on moorland, when 65 firefighters attempted to contain the blaze near Baitings Reservoir, in Ripponden, W Yorks. A 4km stretch of moorland was ablaze with strong winds causing the flames to spread and change direction. There was a two mile fire front along the side of the main A58 road between Lancashire and Yorkshire at one stage.