Weather-history

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

End of April/early May 1838 Cambridge 29th Apr Max: 46°F, min: 32°F Snow am light rain in evening 30th Apr Max: 51°F, min: 36°F Cloudy, rain, much milder 1st May Max: 60°F, min: 36°F Rain am, afterwards fine 2nd May Max: 70°F.. min: 48°F Fine but often cloudy. Brilliant display of sheet lightning in the SE, SW, NW and N horizons successively with distant thunder in the SW. Oprresively warm all day

Bath maxima 27th: 71.4°F 28th: 62.0°F 29th: 46.5°F 30th: 48.2°F 1st: 41.6°F Bayfordbury 27th: 77°F 28th: 62°F 29th: 48°F 30th: 50°F 1st: 42.5°F Bristol maxima 27th: 68°F 28th: 60°F 29th: 45°F 30th: 48°F 1st: 41°F Glasgow maxima 27th: 59°F 28th: 61°F 29th: 49°F 30th: 46°F Liverpool maxima 27th: 70.6°F 28th: 57.5°F 29th: 49.4°F 30th: 47.3°F 1st: 46.0°F London maxima 27th: 81°F 28th: 69°F 29th: 51°F 30th: 50°F 1st: 45°F Manchester maxima 27th: 76°F 28th: 52°F 29th: 51°F 30th: 48°F 1st: 46°F 2nd: 43°F

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