Hoar frost on May the first, indicates a good harvest.

An east wind in May, it's your duty to pray.

Thunderstorms in May and the farmer sings 'Hey, Hey'

11th - 13th May do not pass without a frost

17th - 19th May occasions a cold blast of air blighting apple trees.

Warwick April 2008
Avg 9.0C (1C higher than 30 yr avg for this area)
65mm rain (40% higher)

On May 1, 8:02 am, "Peter" wrote:

Hoar frost on May the first, indicates a good harvest.

An east wind in May, it's your duty to pray.

Two cold spells with differing outcomes. Presumably there was a
collection of parish records of tithes or something for a scrivener to
come to this conclusion?

But what conclusion? He wouldn't have known about the Norwegian school
of thought and that the first saw is about and anticyclone over the UK
and the second is one of an anticyclone over Iceland and a Low over
Scandinavia.

And he could only have been going by market records for the long term
forecast even if he did.

So does it work?
It has obvious connotations to flowering and pollination but these
lores are also present in earlier months and apply to large animals
too, not just flowers.

On 1 May, 08:02, "Peter" wrote:

Warwick April 2008

Avg 9.0C (1C higher than 30 yr avg for this area)

65mm rain (40% higher)

Hi Peter,

Are you sure about the temperature comparison?

We were -0.1C down the road in Coventry, and although I live in
Warwick, and extol its virtues, it didn't feel any warmer than
Coventry!'

Rainfall-wise we are very close with 67.4mm in Coventry compared to
your 65mm.

See the website for full stats and facts!

Cheers

Steve Jackson
Bablake Weather Station
Coventry UK
www.bablakeweather.co.uk

Hello Steve
Many thanks yours & noted the Bablake figures for April.
I certainly cannot verify my figures as they are unofficial.
I continue to monitor (on a daily basis) Bablake, Dorridge & Wellesbourne
for temperature and rainfall figures - as a check for local anomalies and
better understanding.
Having queried Wellesbourne on their rainfall, they are currently carrying
out experiments with varying devices - but it seems their rainfall is
significantly less than others in this area - interesting!
Dorridge records higher max figures, but less rainfall than Warwick. This
latter fact is surprising as I am in the area twice daily on most days
(passing through Hatton) and rainfall there seems to be more frequent and
heavier than Warwick (ditto Hatton).
Whatever...
I have for Warwick the following April temp figures
Max Min
2008 1st - 15th 13.26 2.47
2008 16th - 30th 14.75 5.56 the min was sig. higher
2008 April avge 14.01 4.01
1971-2000 avge 12.8 3.2
2008 April mean 9.01
1971 - 2000 mean 8.0
Diff 1.01
Finally..
Passing through Hatton, I note my car outside temperature is consistently
lower than Warwick 7 minutes earlier :-)
Regards
Peter J


"Steve J" wrote in message
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Hi Peter,

Are you sure about the temperature comparison?

We were -0.1C down the road in Coventry, and although I live in
Warwick, and extol its virtues, it didn't feel any warmer than
Coventry!'

Rainfall-wise we are very close with 67.4mm in Coventry compared to
your 65mm.

See the website for full stats and facts!

Cheers

Steve Jackson
Bablake Weather Station

Quoting from message
posted on 1 May 2008 by Peter
I would like to add:

11th - 13th May do not pass without a frost

There's also a saying "As many fogs in March as frosts in May"

Anyone have any stats?

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On 3 May, 02:00, Elaine Jones wrote:

There's also a saying "As many fogs in March as frosts in May"

Anyone have any stats?

Well Elaine, in Coventry this looks about right.

Our 30 year averages (1971-2000) suggest an average of 0.9 days with
fog in March, and 0.7 days with frost in May.

How about a "hot May makes a fat churchyard"? Doubt we could find a
correlation there these days!!!

Steve Jackson
Bablake Weather Station
Coventry UK
www.bablakeweather.co.uk