Introduction

These pages, together with those on weather-uk, are maintained by Philip Eden, and contain a substantial amount of original material, work in progress, and a growing quantity of historical information.

weather-uk

On this site can be found daily, monthly and yearly records for the observing sites at Hampstead in north London, Luton and Whipsnade, both in Beds, Chesham in Bucks, Howden in Yorks, and Milhaguet in SW France.

climate-uk

This site contains UK-wide summaries of the weather month by month, plus day-to-day monitoring of several climatic variables such as the Central England Temperature (CET), England and Wales rainfall (EWP), England and Wales sunshine (EWSS), and so on. There are also monthly charts of sea-level pressure (and anomaly) covering Europe and the North Atlantic, circulation indices for the British Isles, and more.

CET: (May 1-15): 10.2°C (-0.6 degC)

E&W Rain: (May 1-15): 37.5mm (119 per cent)

E&W Sun: (May 1-15): 107.0hr (109 per cent)

All value-added information, including observations from the managed weather-recording stations, is subject to copyright. Short quotations of up to 100 words may be made without permission as long as each one is properly credited. Longer items of text and/or data may be used only with my express consent.

The month began with 11 or 12 days of easterly winds which produced very cold weather, but a change to SW-lies meant it became rather warm between the 13th and 25th. A NW-ly flow brought rather cold weather again at the month’s end. Overall, mean monthly pressure distribution was near normal, with anomalies ranging from -3mbar in Shetland and the Western Isles to +1mbar in Kent. Overall it was a rather cold but mainly dry and sunny month.

Most recent updates:

01/04 March charts uploaded

04/04 March review added

06/04 Long-range for April added

01/05 April charts uploaded

04/05 April review added

04/05 Long-range for May added