Today's Weather

[Stargazer]

The second day in a row of unbroken sunshine. Currently sunny, 26.4, wind light SE. Today's maximum 27.5, last night's minimum 11.3.

[DeepSnow]

Hmmm, just been in the car and thermo said 31C! i bit off i think, just come in to find the weather station reading 29C so climed higher after i thought it would stop, now slowly falling! im just glad i haven't got sun burnt yet.

Edited May 23, 2010 by Deepsnow

[NL]

The surface wind direction has now changed here from an easterly which kept temps pegged around 19°C, it is now coming in from a westerly direction and temps have risen to 24.7°C ...!! Drier air too as Dp's have fallen from 14°C to 9°C and falling rapidly so sadly no storms for me...

[MAF]

Sunny

Temp (°C°F) 28°C 82°F

Wind (mphkm/h) Westerly 6mph 10km/h

Humidity: 34%

Pressure: 1021mb, falling

Visibility: Very good

[reef]

After that cloudy period earlier it has turned sunny again. The temperature increased too, but the max earlier of 26.7C wasnt surpassed.

Currently 24.6C with 52% humidity.

[Marcus_surfer]

Another very warm day for may, temperatures in the mid 70's , locally high 70's °F

Temperature: 76 °F / 24 °C [Max 78 °F / 25 °C]

Humidity : 44%

Wind : Light

[johnholmes]

4th day on the trot with over 26C, today hotter than yesterday at 29.9C, even with a breeze. Bit too hot really walking in the Peak but visibility was superb.

[reef]

I agree. In general the Weather Underground sites serving Tyne and Wear/Durham tend to be pretty good- Paul Tall's in Newton Aycliffe gives very representative values while Neil Bradshaw's in Marsden, with the exception of occasional suspiciously high maxima in late winter and early spring, also tends to be pretty good.

But I remember checking out the Weather Underground sites for the Hull district on the 11th May (when Reef was reporting a sleety shower from the area). Most sites were reporting maxima of 17-20C, and a few were approaching 25C, when official maxima in the area were down at 11-13C!

Yes, Ive noticed that around here too.

Even in the shade with lots of airflow, unshielded stations can still over report by a degree or two. Its very easy to underestimate how objects in the vicinity radiate heat. Im using a Davis with 24 hour FARS these days and find the temperatures can be quite different at times compared to my old LaCrosse station in an unaspirated shield. Due to good positioning, min and max temperatures are generally within 0.5C of each other - which is within acceptable levels. However in days that are very changable or with still air, the old station can lag and miss temperature spikes such as those you'd see in convective showers.

[Terminal Moraine]

Hot, sunny and almost cloudless today, just a few small cumulus developing this afternoon.

The warmest May day on record here back to 1963 and probably the warmest since 1953.

At 1800 g.m.t;

Temp', 21.8c

Max' today, 25.3c

Min' last night, 15.1c

Gass min', 10.1c

Rainfall from 0800-1800, nil

Sunshine today so far, 13.53 hrs

Mean wind speed, 13 mph NW

Highest gust today, 24 mph W at 1248 g.m.t

1 okta cu

Vis' over 80 km.

[sunny scunny]

A max temp of 29c here this afternoon, and it's currently at 26c with hardly a cloud in the sky.

[magicpatch]

Currently 24.5c now, loosing around 1c an hour, high was deffo 26.9c now at 3.30pm, rather annoyed i've been stuck inside most of the day

[BornFromTheVoid]

Max temp here today was 25.9C, currently 23.0C and 57% RH. My base station which is sitting on the window sill in the sun got up to 47.5C!

[Sunshine]

It reached 27ºC here this afternoon. Looking at the records on the site below, it's the equal warmest May day at Birmingham airport since at least 1973 (with 31/5/03 and 27/5/05).

http://www.tutiempo.net/en/Climate/Birmingham_Airport/35340.htm

Edited May 23, 2010 by Sunshine

[Intrepid]

Reached 25c for the second day in a row here today but by late afternoon the northerly breeze set in and now have see fog coming in and temperature down to 11.8c already!

[johnholmes]

Hot, sunny and almost cloudless today, just a few small cumulus developing this afternoon.

The warmest May day on record here back to 1963 and probably the warmest since 1953.

At 1800 g.m.t;

Temp', 21.8c

Max' today, 25.3c

Min' last night, 15.1c

Gass min', 10.1c

Rainfall from 0800-1800, nil

Sunshine today so far, 13.53 hrs

Mean wind speed, 13 mph NW

Highest gust today, 24 mph W at 1248 g.m.t

1 okta cu

Vis' over 80 km.

yes that vis report TM ties in with what I found in the Over Haddon, Bakewell area, temps as well-lovely day.

[damianslaw]

Hot, sunny and almost cloudless today, just a few small cumulus developing this afternoon.

The warmest May day on record here back to 1963 and probably the warmest since 1953.

At 1800 g.m.t;

Temp', 21.8c

Max' today, 25.3c

Min' last night, 15.1c

Gass min', 10.1c

Rainfall from 0800-1800, nil

Sunshine today so far, 13.53 hrs

Mean wind speed, 13 mph NW

Highest gust today, 24 mph W at 1248 g.m.t

1 okta cu

Vis' over 80 km.

I'm very surprised that you haven't seen anything higher than 25.3 degrees since 1963. What about early May 1990?

[Zenarcher]

Castlebay Isle Of Barra

Outdoor temp 11.1c

Outdoor humidity 95%

Pressure 1019.1mb

Wind direction North West

Wind speed 11mph

Cloud Height 330ft

Wet Bulb 10.7c

Total rainfall This Month 31.2mm

Dew Point 10.3c

Wind Chill 10.8c

Weather Partly cloudy dry dull

Over The Last 24hours averages and extra details,

Temperature dropped 1.0c

Pressure dropped 7.6mb

Humidity rose 3%

Average wind speed 14mph

Dewpoint dropped 0.4c

Average wind direction South West

Moon age 10 days 78%

Sunrise and Sunset 5:04am - 9:52pm

Moonrise and Moonset 4:33pm - 2:44am

[BornFromTheVoid]

15.2C now, so a drop of 8C in around 2 hours as the sun dips below the horizon.

[damianslaw]

Not quite as warm as yesterday when we reached 26 degrees, todays max was just above 25 degrees and this only occured for a few minutes around 2pm. It cooled thereafter thanks to a fair amount of cloud which bubbled up, however, the cloud cleared by early evening to leave a stunningly beautiful clear evening - one of those with long casting shadows right up to sunset. Its cooled down quite ab bit this evening we are under 13 degrees, indicative of the cooler uppers descending down to this region.

Tomorrow will feel much cooler here, expecting maxes of only 17 or 18 degrees and tomorrow night will be quite chilly I suspect 6's and 7's.

There is going to be a massive contrast in maxes tomorrow between London and Lerwick - some 20 degrees difference.

[DeepSnow]

Maxed out at 29C @ 17:33, its been a great day! temp now 18C with humidity at 82% and a clear sky.

[Marcus_surfer]

Clear evening, still warm.

Temperature: 66 °F / 19 °C

Humidity : 63%

Wind : Light

Outlook: Cooler Tuesday

[Terminal Moraine]

I'm very surprised that you haven't seen anything higher than 25.3 degrees since 1963. What about early May 1990?

23.2c on May 5th 1990 which is a very high value here so early in the month.