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Written report
May 2024
May 2024: 2nd-wettest May of 18 since 2009 and on the warm side
Mean 14.9°C, 1.5°C above normal, the 3rd-warmest May of 18 since 2009. Highs averaged 19.2°C and lows 10.7°C. Warmest 25.5°C (12 May), coldest night 5.8°C (05 May). 1 day reaching 25°C.
Rain 74.1 mm, 161% of normal, the 2nd-wettest May of 18 since 2009, over 9 days of 1 mm+. Wettest day: 16.3 mm on 21 May.
Sunshine 162.7 hours, 86% of normal. 8 days were sunless.
Days that still hold the station record for their date: 01 May (11.2°C min), 03 May (6.6 mm rain), 06 May (13.3 mm rain), 10 May (23.6°C max).