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Just when it was looking like a totally clear day from sunrise to sunset in rolls the sea fret and we're back to overcast, 12.8C with a chilly wind. Can it just be sunny for one entire day?

LetItSnow! Its a similar story here. Take summer 1995 for example: That summer had a mean of 16.2C here. In just the last 10 years, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023 were all warmer. All of the last 8 summers were warmer than a "decent" summer like 1996 aswell. Things have changed a lot.

Just to maintain in the 14s in a month that averages 11.7C shows how unusual it is.

The sky has been completely clear since midday yesterday now. Bizarrely we missed the sea fret overnight altogether. You'll get no complaints about May so far from me, we're running at a mean of 14.1C (+3.4C) - 0.9C above the warmest ever here. The average maximum is 18.5C (+3.7C) and minimum 9.7C (+3.0C), we're on 122.8hrs of sunshine and have only had 12.0mm of rain.

This May has felt more like June in all honesty. The warmest May on record here has an average of 13.2C and this month is running at 14.1C so far. Despite the occasional sea fret it has rarely been cold. The lowest min is 7.3C which is about the average and only two days have failed to reach 15C. Most have been in the high teens or twenties. Just 13mm of rain and over 100 hours of sun already. Quite a decent month.

Summer8906 Mild or warm is no guarantee of good weather these days. With the background warming we now have, a mediocre or poor summer which might have averaged 15.0-15.5C in the past and been "cool", could now be 16.0C-16.5C - historically quite warm, but in no way good. Same old weather, but just 1-2C warmer than before. I think our future are summers like 2018 and 2022 at one end of the spectrum and 2012/2023 types at the other. It would take something for a summer to average below 15C these days I imagine (even sub-16C is tough now) and I certainly can't see a summer month like July 1988 (14.6C) or August 1986 (13.7C) anymore.

We'd actually need 13.5C for the warmest Spring on record as 2017 had 8.8C, 9.0C and 13.3C for the three months (31.1C total) and this year is 8.1C and 9.6C (17.7C total) so far.

Today is a better day than expected here with just 0.2mm of rain so far. The forecast suggested it would be quite heavy. Its the first rain for 11 days and we're only on 9.2mm for the month. The first 13 days of the month managed 98.4 hours of sunshine and is running +3.3C above average. Not a bad start really.

Its worth noting if we finish on 14.0C for May, then the remaining 7 months of the year only need to average 0.6C above the 1991-2020 average for 2024 to be the warmest year on record.

Today is actually the best day of this spell here, we've got blue skies rather than white and no onshore breeze. Currently 22.3C so the warmest day of the year so far.

Still a cool sea breeze here today meaning we reached a max of 18.4C, but the sea fret of yesterday has gone and it has pretty much been sunny all day for once.

matt brid I can see the large bank of sea fret to the east but thankfully it has stayed away today and we reached 17.9C. Its close and the easterly wind has picked up so its only 14.8C now, but at least its still sunny. I imagine around 6-7pm it'll roll back in and then it'll be like being sent back to winter!

I have never seen it here before. Absolutely stunning display.

Pretty much overcast here now. Where on Earth has all of this cloud come from? It warm at least at 21.0C, but still..

As nice as it is to finally get some warm, dry weather, it would really be nice to see some blue sky too. Today is again "bright" but there's so much cloud and clag that the sky is white and the sunshine very hazy. It'll inevitably clear by the evening as usual but it would be nice to just get a clear day for once!

Much warmer than expected here, up to 21.1C now making it the first 20+C day of the year so far.

Harry233 It wasn't the worst here either: wetter than average, but slightly warmer and sunnier than normal too. On the summer index, it came out as 15th best in 44 summers for us. I think the issue is all of the exceptional weather was concentrated into June and all of the worst into July. August was pretty middle of the road. I also think it would not have been looked at as so poor if it came after 2021 rather than a well above average summer like 2022.

Rather surprisingly the cloud has completely burnt off here and its clear, sunny and already up to 14.9C. Not having an onshore breeze certainly helps. There were countless days in the first 10 days of last June where it just clung on despite the stronger sun due to this very reason. It looks like we might hit the first 20C of the year aswell today, which coincidentally would put it between 2016 (5th May) and 1998 (9th May) in the table - both years after strong El Ninos like this one.

Scorcher I can only imagine the comments if we did. We only need a 13.5C May to make it a 10.4C Spring and comfortably the warmest on record. It would also mean 7 of the top 10 Springs in the CET series would have all occurred since 2007 (though May only needs 12.1C for us to achieve that).

Its gone from sunny to cloudy in the space of two hours. I wouldn't be surprised if it rains soon. All I want is two dry days in a row so I can cut the grass, but its looking unlikely now!

damianslaw The perception might be that its from warm minima due to cloud but its actually not. The anomaly is very similar for both (approx. +2.2C and +2.0C vs 1961-90). It has just been consistently mild/warm by day and night but with no real standout warm maxima.

WYorksWeather we're on what should be the edge of the band and its totally overcast here too. Annoyingly it has barely moved all morning. 13.3C here at the moment.

I must say, I can't ever remember a time with thunderstorms coming in from the East in the whole time I've lived here. Usually the North sea kills off anything approaching!

13.3 hours of sunshine today, so the most since 5th September. Previous to today only 30th March and 21st April had more than 9.0 hours. Such a write-off has Spring been so far.

Today is legitimately the first day when it has actually been sunny and stayed that way into the afternoon! Rather warm too at 18.2C.