EAST MIDLANDS |
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Issue no. 90
Spring 2004 |
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May 2004 |
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Average sunshine but Warm. Wet start
to month then dry 11th to 27th with unsettled finish |
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| May 2004 |
Total |
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Max |
Total number of days of: |
Total |
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Extremes in degrees C: |
Grass |
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Month's: |
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Total: |
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Rain |
% of |
24hr |
Rain |
Snow: |
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Thunder |
Fog |
Hail |
Sun |
% of |
Day Maximum |
Night Minimum |
Min |
Mean |
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Mean |
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Air |
Grd |
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Fllg |
Lyg |
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avg |
Highest |
Lowest |
Highest |
Lowest |
Lowest |
Max |
Min |
Temp |
avg |
frsts |
frsts |
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STATION |
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| DERBYS: |
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| Derby |
24.9 |
52 |
5.1 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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1 |
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23.1 |
13.0 |
13.1 |
4.4 |
* |
17.9 |
8.4 |
13.1 |
1.6 |
0 |
0 |
| Mickleover |
23.2 |
53 |
5.5 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
176.9 |
99 |
24.2 |
13.5 |
12.9 |
4.3 |
2.6 |
17.8 |
8.2 |
13.0 |
1.3 |
0 |
0 |
| Middleton |
36.2 |
58 |
11.5 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
152.3 |
87 |
20.4 |
10.8 |
12.1 |
3.6 |
-0.7 |
14.9 |
7.4 |
11.1 |
1.5 |
0 |
1 |
| Wirksworth |
38.8 |
68 |
12.6 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
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23.2 |
12.0 |
11.0 |
2.6 |
-1.5 |
17.0 |
7.2 |
12.1 |
1.0 |
0 |
3 |
| Rosliston |
39.8 |
80 |
12.1 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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24.3 |
12.2 |
11.0 |
1.3 |
-1.3 |
17.6 |
7.1 |
12.4 |
1.0 |
0 |
3 |
| NOTTS: |
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| Lowdham |
26.0 |
54 |
8.0 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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25.0 |
14.7 |
12.9 |
1.3 |
* |
17.4 |
7.5 |
12.5 |
0.9 |
0 |
* |
| Eastwood |
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| LINCS: |
19.5 |
46 |
6.5 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
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23.1 |
11.4 |
12.8 |
2.1 |
2.0 |
17.5 |
6.9 |
12.2 |
0.9 |
0 |
0 |
| Laughton |
27.4 |
57 |
6.7 |
8 |
0 |
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0 |
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1 |
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23.4 |
12.7 |
12.8 |
2.3 |
1.4 |
17.4 |
7.2 |
12.3 |
1.6 |
0 |
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| Louth |
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| LEICS: |
35.5 |
68 |
10.5 |
9 |
0 |
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1 |
0 |
0 |
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23.2 |
11.7 |
11.0 |
2.2 |
1.9 |
16.9 |
7.1 |
12.0 |
0.6 |
0 |
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| Mountsorrel |
47.7 |
90 |
13.0 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
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2 |
0 |
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22.8 |
12.5 |
11.9 |
1.3 |
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17.3 |
7.9 |
12.6 |
1.0 |
0 |
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| NORTHANTS: |
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| Pitsford Hall |
43.6 |
88 |
11.9 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
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1 |
0 |
194.0 |
105 |
24.1 |
12.6 |
11.6 |
2.1 |
-0.4 |
17.5 |
7.5 |
12.5 |
0.0 |
0 |
1 |
| WARWICKS: |
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| Bablake |
54.6 |
107 |
11.4 |
15 |
0 |
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1 |
0 |
3 |
183.1 |
95 |
23.1 |
12.2 |
12.4 |
3.4 |
0.3 |
17.1 |
8.1 |
12.6 |
1.0 |
0 |
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| CAMBS: |
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| Ely |
42.2 |
88 |
12.6 |
9 |
0 |
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1 |
0 |
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24.4 |
11.2 |
13.1 |
2.8 |
-0.5 |
17.7 |
8.1 |
12.9 |
1.1 |
0 |
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| MEAN DATA |
35.3 |
70 |
9.8 |
10 |
0 |
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1 |
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176.6 |
97 |
23.4 |
12.3 |
12.3 |
2.6 |
0.4 |
17.2 |
7.6 |
12.4 |
1.0 |
0 |
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| E Mids 71-00May |
50.2 |
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184.3 |
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11.3 |
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Notes: |
1. * = data not available 2. 'Average'
refers to each station's 1971-2000 means |
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OBSERVERS' COMMENTS |
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Mountsorrel: A very wet start & unsettled
at month end, but 12-27th anticyclonic and dry with some warm days |
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Mickleover: Surface pressure 977mb on
5th was lowest for May since my records began in 1984 |
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Derby: Only 0.1mm rainfall 10-28th (longest
May drought since 1961) |
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Wirksworth: Air pressure on 4th lowest
in May on my records (1963) |
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Desford: A dry month with N-ly winds
dominating but no frost |
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