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EAST MIDLANDS MAY 2010 Issue No 114

Mostly dry and cool but with a foretaste of summer 20th to 24th

MAY

Total   Max Total number of days of: Total   Extremes in degrees C: Grass Month's Diff Total

2010

Rain % of 24hr Snow: Thu- Sun % of Day Maximum Night Minimum Min Mean Mean Mean from Frosts:
  (mm) avg (mm) Rain Fllg Lyg nder Fog Hail (hrs) avg Highest Lowest Highest Lowest Lowest Max Min Temp avg Air Grd
                                             
STATION  
DERBYS:  
Derby 19.3 40 12.3 9 0 0 0 0 0 * * 28.2 9.5 14.9 0.1 * 16.2 7.1 11.6 0.1 0 *
Mickleover 19.2 44 10.9 8 0 0 0 0 1 * * 28.1 9.8 14.2 1.1 -1.9 16.3 6.9 11.6 -0.1 0 5
Middleton 16.3 26 6.1 10 2 0 0 3 0 165.0 94 25.3 6.7 15.1 0.8 -3.4 13.5 6.0 9.7 0.0 0 6
Wirksworth 12.3 21 4.8 9 0 0 0 0 0 * * 27.6 9.4 14.0 -1.0 -7.4 15.6 5.8 10.7 -0.4 1 13
Rosliston 14.4 29 6.3 9 0 0 0 0 0 192.8 104 28.0 10.1 14.2 -2.1 -5.9 16.7 5.5 11.1 -0.3 3 9
NOTTS:  
Lowdham 23.3 51 9.4 11 0 0 0 0 0 * * 28.8 10.2 14.5 -0.4 -3.5 17.1 6.5 11.8 0.1 1 6
LINCS:  
Louth 18.5 38 7.3 9 0 0 0 * 0 * * 29.0 10.9 14.0 -1.1 -2.6 16.6 6.3 11.5 0.5 2 4
LEICS:  
Desford 30.7 56 8.5 10 0 0 0 0 1 * * 28.9 8.7 13.6 -1.2 * 17.0 5.6 11.3 -0.1 2 *
Mountsorrel 14.6 28 6.0 6 0 0 0 0 1 182.0 100 27.5 14.7 9.0 -1.3 * 16.2 6.8 11.5 0.1 2 *
Loughborough 27.7 52 6.5 8 0 0 0 0 1 * * 28.5 9.5 14.5 -1.0 * 16.8 6.7 11.7 0.0 2 *
Cosby 21.7 41 6.6 10 0 0 0 0 0 197.1 112 27.6 9.3 13.2 -2.0 -3.9 16.4 5.3 10.8 -0.5 3 5
NORTHANTS:    
Pitsford Hall 27.3 55 14.1 8 0 0 0 0 0 192.2 104 26.7 8.3 13.6 0.5 * 16.2 6.9 11.6 0.0 0 *
WARWICKS:  
Bablake 22.4 44 9.4 10 0 0 0 0 0 190.1 98 26.8 9.1 14.3 -0.2 -6.1 15.8 7.0 11.4 -0.2 1 8
CAMBS:  
Ely 23.3 49 7.1 9 0 0 1 0 1 * * 28.0 9.0 13.7 -0.3 -4.0 17.1 6.6 11.8 -0.2 1 6
   
MEAN DATA 20.8 41 8.4 9 0 0 0 0 0 186.5 102 27.8 9.7 13.8 -0.6 -4.3 16.3 6.4 11.3 0.0 1 7
EAST MIDS  
1971-2000 50.2 184.3 11.3  
   
      Notes: 1. * = data not available 2. 'Average' refers to each station's 1971-2000 means    
OBSERVERS' NOTES
Rosliston: Coolest May overall since 1996 in spite of very warm third week
Louth: Highest day maximum for May since my records began in 1981
Cosby: Very dry mid-month with no rainfall from 13th to 25th
Middleton: Driest May since 1991 and second driest on record
Lowdham: First May air frost since 1993
Desford: 20th to 24th Spring heatwave with max temp 28.9C