Favourite May memory months

[B87]

19 minutes ago, hillbilly said:

MAY

The maximums for each day rise in line with other months.

I was talking about a monthly average high. My warmest May had an average high of 21.2c which is 3c above normal. Every other month between April-August has seen months with highs 4-5c warmer than average.

[damianslaw]

2 hours ago, hillbilly said:

MAY

CF

1  27.4  Lossiemouth (Moray) 1990

2  28.3  Rothes (Moray) 1990

3  28.1  Heathrow Airport (London) 1990

4  28.3 Cheltenham (Glos) 1990

5  28.0 Jersey- St Louis 1995: 27.8/82 Canterbury (Kent) 1923

6  28.6 Cheltenham (Glos) 1995

7  29.0 Waddon (London), Ulcombe (Kent) 1976

8  28.0 Plumpton (E Sussex) 1976

27.6 Northolt (London) 2018

9  27.8 Southampton-Mayflower Park 1976

10  27.2 Langar (Notts)1959

11 28.3 Long Sutton, South Farnborough (both Hants) 1945

12 30.6 Camden Square (London)1945

30.0 Greenwich (London) 1945

13 28.9 Southampton-Mayflower Park 1998

14 30.0  Bromley (London) 1943

15 28.2 Lee-on-Solent (Hants) 1998

27.9 Southampton-Mayflower Park 1998

16 27.8 Camden Square (London) 1925

27.2 East Ham (London) 1925

17 28.9 Huddesfield-Oakes (W Yorks) 1952

18 30.0 Camden Square (London) 1952

28.9 Kensington Palace (London) 1952

19 28.3 Glenbranter (Argyll and Bute) 1948

20 28.3 Hillington (Norfolk) 1910; 28.1/82.6 Cheltenham (Glos) 1992

21 30.6 *Camden Square (London) 1922

29.2 Towy Castle (Carmarthen) 1989

22 32.8 Camden Square (London) 1922

32.2 Bexleyheath (London) 1922

23 31.7 Isle of Grain (Kent) 1922

24 32.2 Camden Square (London) 1922

31.1 Kensington Palace (London)1922

25 31.0 Farnham (Surrey), Heathrow Airport (London) 1953

26 29.3 Norwood (London) 1880

27 30.7 Heathrow (London) 2005

28 30.6 Camden Square (London) 1944

28.3 Kensington Palace (London), Rugby (Warws), Mansfield (Notts), Oaken (Staffs) 1944

29 32.8 Horsham (W Sussex), Tunbridge Wells (Kent), Regents Park (London) 1944

30 31.7 Kensington Palace (London) 1947

31.3 *Camden Square (London)1947

31.7 Mildenhall (Suffolk), Kensington Palace and Wealdstone (both London) 1947

 

The maximums for each day rise in line with other months.

 

Good stats. Interesting to note 1992, 1989 and 2018 feature only once. 1922 brought an impressive warm period. 1990 first 4 days were preety exceptional. Late may 1947 very impressive as well. Mid may 98 shows up as being very warm as I remember.

[Weather-history]

10 hours ago, hillbilly said:

MAY

CF

 

10  27.2 Langar (Notts)1959

 

26 29.3 Norwood (London) 1880

 

 

The maximums for each day rise in line with other months.

 

10th: 27.3 at Herstmonceux (2008)

26th: 29.4 at Lossiemouth (2017)

Edited April 30, 2020 by Weather-history

[hillbilly]

18 hours ago, damianslaw said:

Good stats. Interesting to note 1992, 1989 and 2018 feature only once. 1922 brought an impressive warm period. 1990 first 4 days were preety exceptional. Late may 1947 very impressive as well. Mid may 98 shows up as being very warm as I remember.

Yes 1947's May temps above 30 deg,the only year that +30 deg was recorded in May to September inclusive

[A Face like Thunder]

We used to camp at the end of May in the South of England and I recall the best years were 1978 and 1982. The Spring Bank Holiday in 1985 was interesting, starting off muggy and very thundery and ending up with blue skies and very cold nights. The SB Holiday at the end of May 1984 was by far the worst, with rain pretty well all the way through the long weekend. 

[BruenSryan]

May 2017 was definitely my personal favourite. Relatively cool first 10 days here due to onshore easterly wind but very sunny. There was also the warm period later on as touted by some.

May 2018 comes up second for self-explanatory reasons. 

Really liked May 2016 too because another warm and sunny May. Last 4 days were especially nice. Much of May 2010 was cool but also sunny besides one temporary but really pleasant warm period perfectly coinciding with the weekend of the 22nd/23rd. 

Wasn't a fan of all other Mays that I can remember since 2010. May 2015 I loathe especially.

[A Face like Thunder]

Re damianslaw stats post, I certainly remember the warmth and sun of early May 1976 which of course led on to a heatwave during June to late August. At the other extreme, we had sleety snow one evening on the North Downs in early May 1979, at the end of a long and at times brutal winter, and I don't recall the weather improved much during the summer that year either. 

 

Edited May 1, 2020 by A Face like Thunder

[AderynCoch]

I'm too young to remember the weather in 1989 and wasn't in the country for 2018 (of course I wasn't), so I can't actually recall a May which was consistently excellent. There have been plenty of Mays with warm/hot spells though. 2008 in particular had a superb first half but the second half was forgettable. I thought 2016 was pretty good as well.

On the flip side of the coin it's good to see 2015 getting the opprobrium it so richly deserves, something which was surprisingly lacking at the time. A dire month. Also a special mention for May 2019 in Bratislava, which was as bad as any May I've experienced in the UK.

[B87]

May 2015 was a completely unremarkable month, slightly cooler than average with near average sun and rainfall. The warmest day all month here was a paltry 21.6c.

At Heathrow...

Avg max: 17.6c

Avg min: 8.8c

Precip: 41.6mm

Sun: 189.0 hours

[damianslaw]

5 hours ago, AderynCoch said:

I'm too young to remember the weather in 1989 and wasn't in the country for 2018 (of course I wasn't), so I can't actually recall a May which was consistently excellent. There have been plenty of Mays with warm/hot spells though. 2008 in particular had a superb first half but the second half was forgettable. I thought 2016 was pretty good as well.

On the flip side of the coin it's good to see 2015 getting the opprobrium it so richly deserves, something which was surprisingly lacking at the time. A dire month. Also a special mention for May 2019 in Bratislava, which was as bad as any May I've experienced in the UK.

Do you remember 1992? That was probably the best May overall I can remember, closely followed by 2018 and 1989.

[Harry233]

2019 - Cool and wet for the most part. A maximum of just 6.C on the 8th. Saved by a warm sunny spell midmonth with temperatures getting up to 23.C

2018 - Amazing month, very warm by day but nights were quite cool making it very pleasant, the first couple of days were quite cold from what I can remember however. 26.C was reached on the 28th.

2017 - Another very good May very pleasantly warm in the first half around 17.C-20.C with lots of sunshine. Unsettled for a time in the middle of the month. Record high of 27.9.C on the 26th and a minimum of just 17.4.C the next night. Thundery breakdown.

2016 - Unsettled and cool first week, warm and sunny in the second and last weeks, unsettled spell in the third week. Although it was rather warm expect for the first week.

2015 - Abysmal, very cool and unsettled aside from a few days midmonth very wet at time as well didn’t exceed 18.C all month which is pathetic. Sunshine believe it or not was above average.

2014 - Dull and wet but quite warm especially at night not much in the way of sunshine at all until the final week.

2013 - Very cool for the most part but some warm days sporadically thrown in quite a thundery month as well.

2012 - Unbelievably cold and wet first half, I can remember trees turning to autumn colours after the unbelievable warm and sunny March most trees in my area were in full leaf by the middle of April but afternoon the persistent dullness of April and early May they’d went autumnal. It was saved by a very warm and sunny spell.

2011 - Wet but generally mild and sunny, a very showery month. Severe wind storm on the 23rd.

2010 - Dry and very sunny quite cool in the first half but the second half was very warm. Warmest day of the year was reached on the 22nd.

2009 - Sunny but unsettled warm in the final week.