Tuesday 1st May Weather Observations

[Summer Sun]

Dry clear and finally clam after a windy day yesterday

Temp 3.7c

[The PIT]

Dry cold clear spells bre1012mb falling, Breezy start

Temp 4.4C low 3.1C, Barometer 1010mb falling, Wind F3 WSW, Rainfall nil

[SteveB]

Dry partly cloudy start

Temp 8.4c

[johnholmes]

Sunny, dry and a low of only 1.3 C, no sign now but I would guess there was a touch of ground frost around dawn; the last ground frost was 5 April

[Beverley Lass]

Ended up an all dry day here yesterday.
Woke to 2 C on this May day and a slight ground frost.
Glad we banked up the potatoes and put tender plants back in the greenhouse in readiness.

B.   

[Summer Sun]

Dry with unbroken sunshine

Temp 9.6c

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry and clear night with the first ground frost since April 5th. A clear and sunny start to this morning.

At 0800 g.m.t

Temp; 8.6c

24 hr max; 8.6c

24 hr min; 1.1c

Grass min; -2.3c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0800 g.m.t; 0.0 mm

Mean wind speed; 17 mph W

1 okta Ci

Vis; over 80 km.

[DTHFCJ]

Dry,overcast with light winds.

[Polar Continental]

Tuesday 01st May 2018:

Turning mainly clear overnight, widespread ground frost forming, jus missing an air frost here, screen low 0.1c. Sunny start this morning, temperature rising quickly.

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday 10.5∞C. 
Minimum temperature overnight 0.1∞C
24-hour maximum 10.5∞C
24-hour minimum 0.1∞C
Minimum temperature on grass -2.5c.
Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 22.0 mph N
Rainfall total: 0.0mm

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

2 Oktas Cirrus, Cumulus huumilis.
Visibility >10 Miles.
Temperature: 10.0∞C
Humidity: 74.3%
Dew point 5.7∞C
Wind Direction: WSW Force 3
Barometer 1004.8mb: Trend steady.

Yesterday.

Variable cloud overnight, dry. Overcast this morning, feeling cold in a fresh north wind. A good deal of high and medium level cloud through the day, the high clod thinning towards the end of the afternoon allowing hazy sunny spells. Feeling cold for much of the time in the fresh north wind.

April 2018:

Mean temperature: 9.5c (0.5c) (of local average 1992-2014)
Maximum temperature: 26.6c on the 19th.
Minimum temperature: 0.2c on the 01st
Grass Minimum:  -3.5c on the 01st.
Rainfall 78.9mm
Wettest 24 hours = 15.1mm on the 9th
Maximum wind gust: 29.3mph WSW the 4th.
 
2018 so far:
 
Maximum temperature: 26.0c on the 19th April.
Minimum temperature: -7.0 on the 01st March.
Grass Minimum: -9.6c on the 28th Feb.
Rainfall 314.1mm
Wettest 24 hours = 23.4m on the 12th March.
Maximum wind gust: 44.9 mph W on the 18th Jan.

[The PIT]

After the cold start a mild day with long sunny spells but with brisk sw breeze

Max temp 14.2C now 12.3C, Barometer 1007mb falling, Wind F4 SW, Rainfall nil

[SteveB]

Mostly cloudy day with the odd shower

Temp 14.1c

Max Temp 17.1c

Min Temp 6.9c

[Terminal Moraine]

A sunny start to the day then Cu gradually building to limit the sunshine to sunny intervals by afternoon. Thickening cloud later this afternoon eventually brought intermittent light rain before sunset.

At 1800 g.m.t

Temp; 9.4c

Max today; 13.0c

Min last night; 1.1c

Grass min; -2.3c

Rainfall from 0800-1800 g.m.t; Trace

Sunshine today; 8.27 hrs

Mean wind speed; 21 mph SW

Highest gust today; 45 mph SW at 1458 g.m.t

8 oktas As and Cu humilis

Vis; over 80 km.

[hillbilly]

A touch of frost to start leaving a dry day with sunny spells,cloudy later,max 13 deg,min 1 deg