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