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Written report
May 2017
May 2017: Wettest May in 18 years of station data, also notably dull
Mean 14.7°C, 1.3°C above normal. Average max 19.3°C and lows 10.4°C. Warmest 26.7°C (26 May), coldest night 5.1°C (10 May). 5 days reaching 25°C.
Rain 81.0 mm, 176% of normal, the wettest May in 18 years of station data, over 12 days of 1 mm+. The biggest fall was 30.7 mm on 17 May. Sunshine 158.2 hours, 84% of normal, 4th-dullest of 18 station Mays.
Days that still hold the station record for their date: 16 May (24.4°C max), 17 May (12.2°C min), 18 May (15.0 mm rain), 25 May (14.3 h sun).