Weather-history

CETs for the months of 1733 Jan 6.9 Feb 6.0 Mar 5.9 Apr 10.0 May 11.2 Jun 15.2 Jul 18.3 Aug 16.1 Sep 12.8 Oct 9.1 Nov 6.5 Dec 7.6 Annual 10.5 Oundle, Northants rainfall totals March: 2.2" May: 0.02" June: 2.0" July: 2.2" Aug: 3.6" Oct: 0.6" Nov: 0.5" Whole year: 17.5" Edinburgh Feb: 2.5" March: 2.6" Apr: 0.8" May: 0.08" Jun: 2.1" Jul: 0.6" Aug: 2.7" Nov: 0.3" Dec: 3.6" Whole year: 19.7" Weather at Ripon, N Yorks January: warm with rain, on 17th, a hard frost suddenly set in. On 22nd a sudden warm fog. On 25th, sultry On 27th, sultry with gross fog February: the 1st cold , the first week very cold March: very cold, much rain on 15th April: cold May: cold with scarcely any rain June: mostly hot and dry July: at the beginning of the month great thudnerstorms September: but little rain October: dry and cold November: warm and cloudy December: very cloudy, from 9th to 23rd terrible storms with great rains sometimes thunder The summer was unusually dry, many springs were dry and the rivers very low but the heat was moderate except two hot weeks in July. December was uncommonly warm like April and the birds began to build ------------- Jan 24th: A terrible north gale which tore trees up by the roots Jan 26th: a furious SW gale May 27th: great rain Jun 23rd-25th: very hot at Ashby-de-la-Zouch Jun 24th: a terrible thunderstorm Jun 27th: a very great thunderstorm at Ashby-de-la-Zouch doing much damage In June and beginning of July, the weather exceedingly hot at Newport, Isle of Wight In July, the weather was so exceedingly hot in London for most parts of the months, that it was scarcely tolerable, horses dying on the roads In July much mischief by lightning Jul 29th: a great thunderstorm at Ashby-de-la-Zouch 18th Oct: barometer: 30.2" 25th Oct: barometer: 28.8" 5th Nov: barometer:: 30.2" Dec: very wet Jan 6 Feb 3 St Petersburg Jun 23 Jul 2 Jul 16 Jul 27 Sep 22 Dec 18 Germany Dec 25

Still waiting for the first thunderclap of the year. When was the last thundery spring?

Culford, Suffolk Jan max, min (°F) 1. 52, 35 2. 40, 37 3. 49, 46 4. 50, 41 5. 48, 38 6. 49, 40 7. 52, 42 May 1. 50, 35 2. 53, 28 3. 50, 23 4. 50, 22 5. 52, 24 6. 54, 28

Wintry spell during early May 1902 Manchester 6th May "Bright morning and noon, getting overcast with rain and sleet at 2.30pm. heavy showers of snow and sleet later. Max: 49.0°F Min: 34.7°F

The Met Office YouTube forecast is way off, where was the rain that supposed to have gone through the region?

May 1894 was colder than April 1894 for the CET April 1894 CET: 9.7°C May 1894 CET: 9.2°C On the night of the 21st May, there was a severe frost for the time of the year which did enormous damage to plants. A letter by George Bentley of Slough "The frost of Sunday night, May 21st did great havoc to vegetation. Potatoes were blackened, yews, laurels and holly shoots "burnt off" by it and an acacia tree was turned yellow and shed part of its foliage as in October. Two thirds of a magnificent prospect of roses were destroyed; the buds were in very forward and vigorous condition. The blossom of outdoor azaleas and rhododendrons blackened and utterly destroyed in that one very terrible frost." Mean temperature at Welshpool for May 1894: 8.3°C Minima at Welshpool 20th: -1.1°C 21st: -1.7°C 22nd: -1.1°C 23rd: 0°C 24th: 1.7°C 25th: -1.1°C Northampton: Last 13 days of May were 8.6°F colder than the first 12 days of April and 2.3°F lower than the whole of April. Stratfield Turgiss: The severe paroxysm of cold on the 21st and 22nd was most disastrous to vegetation, cutting everything down to the ground. Addington: Currants and gooseberries much injured. Bury St Edmunds: Vegetation greatly damaged. Braemar: 5 inch icicles were seen on the 22nd Liverpool: Oldest inhabitants say they cannot remember a more destructive May frost.

Scorcher May and June CET records for some reason seem to be more resilient than the others. The only top 5 of recent times for either month was June 2023. The next one after that is May 1848 Only 3 of the top 10 Mays have occurred since 1900

The NW England/NWales region looks like it has recorded its 10th consecutive month of 100mm+ giving a total of around 1344.7mm. Almost 150% of the 1991-2020 average. There are only 4 years for the region wetter than this. Remarkable.

The weather didn't quite ruin the viewing of the total solar eclipse of 29th June 1927, the first total eclipse visible from the British mainland since 22nd May 1724.

Raining

To think we can now say, "The length of daylight starts shortening at the end of next month"........

1/3 of the year already gone and another 100mm rainfall total for a month. 10 consecutive months of 100mm+ rainfall, absolutely incredible. Will May finally break the run?

Last day of April 1952 was a very warm day with thunderstorms in places

"What a hoot, spring sunshine"

B87 Compare to the previous spring......... Don't forget this is 1838