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April ends with showers

March adds to the drought

A taste of winter finally blows in

Month after month, it’s mild

Mildest autumn for 20 years

Rejoice and be merry!

Very warm and very dry

Here’s to a very British summer

Year still waiting for a soaking

Unexceptional – with exceptions

Run of 24 rain-free days

Now the rain’s stopped, too

Where did all the snow go?

New year back to normal

So, how cold was it?

A chilling record

November chill beats the records

Sun shines on an autumnal chill

Summer average takes a soaking

August downpours end dry spell

Hot and sunny summer start

Chill turns to heat

Showers stay away

Dry spell ending?

Dry spell coming to an end?

It’s been the coldest winter in 30 years

Let it snow, let it snow . . .

Wild and windy, wet and mild

SEVENTEEN days without rain

Another wet one for the records

May was too cold to think of casting clouts

Posted on May 20 2009 at 5:45:32 0 comments

Alvechurch amateur weatherman Phil Thomas records the changes.

Up to the time of writing, May has been quite cold, with the mean temperature to the 19th at 10.6C, which is -0.8C below average for the month. Rainfall, meanwhile, was already 51mm, which is 90% of the average for the entire month.

The outlook for the end of May into June is uncertain at present, but the showery spell of weather seems to be settling down later in the month with the chance of a more settled and slightly warmer June.

Weather Lore:
Ne’er cast a clout till May be out. . .

. . . indicating that frost is still possible in this area even at the end of May.

(Editor’s note - or is it when the flower is “out” on the hawthorn or “May” tree?)

See Phil’s daily local forecast at http://www.alvechurchweather.metsite.com