May ended up being an above average month temperature wise a very warm start and fairly cool end.
If you live in the east of the UK it has been a very cool end of May but to the west it has been warm and summery. Its been a long while since the first week of May when the reverse was the case.
The highest temperature of the month across the UK was in the first week hitting 27.1c at St James Park, London. It was also the warmest May day since 2012. This brought about a date record on the 8th with a CET of 17.8c. The following day it equaled the date record of 17.6c from 1945.
The final CET for the month came in at 12.5c which was 1.4c above the long term average (1961-1990). Only April so far this year has been below average.
Below are the statistics from my weather station in Watford UK.
Summary for May 2016 in Watford
Temperature (°C):
Mean (1 minute) 13.7
Mean (min+max) 14.2
Mean Minimum 9.1
Mean Maximum 19.4
Minimum 2.5 day 03
Maximum 27.8 day 08
Highest Minimum 14.5 day 09
Lowest Maximum 12.2 day 31
Air frosts 0
Rainfall (mm):
Total for month 48.9
Wettest day 20.7 day 23
High rain rate 50.4 day 23
Rain days 10
Dry days 21
Wind (m/s):
Highest Gust 6.5 day 08
Average Speed 0.2
Wind Run 623.4 km
Gale days 0
Pressure (mb):
Maximum 1031.8 day 03
Minimum 1011.9 day 18
Links
https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/hadcet/cet_info_mean.html
https://www.theweatheroutlook.com/
