Bracknell, Berkshire, UK (51° 24'N, 0° 46'W, 77m AMSL) May 2013
Day defined as 0000-2359 UTC.

The first week of May was pleasant, with some warm days and cool nights.
Thereafter the month was predominantly cool and rather cloudy, with just the
odd day getting above the May average temperature. May 24th was particularly
cold and wet, with a maximum temperature of only 9.1 C.
Fortunately, there were no air frosts in May.
Rainfall was somewhat above the 1981-2010 average, but with nearly half the
rain falling from 27-30th. Sunshine was rather below average.

Comparisons with 1981-2010 averages for Bernard Burton's site in Wokingham in
brackets.

Mean Temp (integrated): 11.5 C (-1.0)
Mean Temp (daily (Tx+Tn)/2): 11.4 C (-1.1)
Mean Max: 16.5 C (-1.0)
Max Max: 23.8 C on 7th
Min Max: 9.1 on 24th
Mean Min: 6.3 C (-1.2)
Min Min: 1.9 C on 16th
Max Min: 11.6 on 21st
Grass Frosts: 8
Mean Grass Min: 3.0 C
Lowest Grass Min: -2.4 C on 1st
Highest Grass Min: 12.6 C on 21st
Mean 30cm Earth Temp: 12.1 C
Max 30cm Earth Temp: 14.1 on 8th
Min 30cm Earth Temp: 10.2 C on 25th

Rainfall 00-24: 58.6 mm (116% of average of 50.4 mm)
Rainfall 09-09: 58.3 (5 inch)
Max Rainfall: 18.0 mm on 28th
Days with Rain = 0.2 mm: 16
Days with Rain = 2.0 mm: 8
Days with Rain = 20.0 mm: 0
Days with Thunder: 0
Days with Hail: 1 on 23rd

Days with at least a few flakes of snow: 0
Days with Rain & Snow: 0
Days with Snow Lying 50% at 0900: 0
Max Snow Depth at 0900: 0

Days with Fog at 0900: 0

Hours of Sunshine: 172.4

Mean Pressu 1012.4 hPa
Max Pressu 1026.8 hPa on 1st
Min Pressu 986.3 hPa on 15th

Average Wind Speed: 3.5 kt
Maximum Daily Average Windspeed: 9.1 kt on 9th
Minimum Daily Average Windspeed: 0.8 kt on 16th
Max Wind Gust: 35 kt from 203 deg on 9th
Dominant Wind Direction: SSW
Average Wind Direction: 263 deg

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Roy Avis
Current Bracknell Weather plus Latest Statistics at:
http://www.weatherfamily.org/bracknell
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