AS REGARDS DAY TIME & NIGHT TIME TEMPERATURES, AS WELL AS RAINFALL TOTAL, MAY 2013 WAS REMARKABLY NEAR TO THE LONG-TERM AVERAGE. THE MEAN MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE AT 15.0, WAS JUST 0.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL, WHILE AT 5.4 DEGREES, THE MEAN MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS AGAIN 0.2 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE.
THE MONTH'S TOP TEMPERATURE WAS 22.5 ON THE 20th, WITH 3 OTHER DAYS REACHING OR EXCEEDING 20 DEGREES.
ON THE 25th, THE MONTH'S LOWEST MINIMUM OF -0.5 WAS RECORDED. NO PREVIOUS RECORDS WERE BROKEN IN THESE RESPECTS.
THE MONTH'S RAINFALL TOTAL AT 66.2mms WAS 108% OF THE MAY NORMAL.. BY FAR THE WETTEST 24hr PERIOD WAS MAY 3rd WHEN 29.2mms FELL, 44% OF THE MONTH'S TOTAL.
2013 HAS HAD A PARTICULARLY COLD SPRING; MARCH HAD WELL BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURE VALUES & APRIL WAS ONLY A LITTLE BETTER. AN UNREMARKABLE MAY HAS, AT LEAST, SEEN THE SPRING PERIOD FINISH WITH A LATE BURST OF GROWTH, AS NATURE CATCHES UP.FROM A PAINFULLY SLOW START.
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