| Monthly Climate Summary for May 2003 at Milhaguet (Carreau) | |||||||||||||
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| Cool and changeable for three weeks, then warm and sunny | Back | Forward | |||||||||||
| Overall mean temperature was | 13.9 | ēC | which is | -0.2 | degC | compared with the 1971-2000 average | |||||||
| Mean day maximum (09-21) was | 20.0 | ēC | which is | -1.0 | degC | compared with the 1971-2000 average | |||||||
| Mean night minimum (21-09) was | 7.7 | ēC | which is | +0.5 | degC | compared with the 1971-2000 average | |||||||
| Mean 24hr maximum (09-09) was | 20.0 | ēC | |||||||||||
| Mean 24hr minimum (09-09) was | 7.7 | ēC | |||||||||||
| Highest day max was | 31.0 | ēC | on the | 30 | |||||||||
| Lowest day max was | 11.4 | ēC | on the | 6 | |||||||||
| Highest night min was | 13.5 | ēC | on the | 31 | |||||||||
| Lowest night min was | 0.8 | ēC | on the | 14 | |||||||||
| Lowest grass min was | -1.1 | ēC | on the | 14 | |||||||||
| Total rainfall this month was | 78.3 | mm | which is | 92.1 | per cent | of the 1971-2000 average | |||||||
| Highest daily fall was | 28.2 | mm | on the | 5 | |||||||||
| Number of hours with rain was | 104.0 | hrs | |||||||||||
| Equiv. TSR rainfall duration was | 72.8 | hrs | which is | per cent | of the 1971-2000 average | ||||||||
| Highest no of wet hrs | 21.0 | hrs | on the | 5 | |||||||||
| Highest equiv duration | 16.8 | hrs | on the | 5 | |||||||||
| Total sunshine this month was | 210.9 | hrs | which is | 100.9 | per cent | of the 1971-2000 average | |||||||
| Equiv. C/S sunshine total was | 232.0 | hrs | which is | 100.9 | per cent | of the 1971-2000 average | |||||||
| Highest daily sun was | 11.2 | hrs | on the | 23 | |||||||||
| Maximum snow depth was | 0.0 | cm | on the | ||||||||||
| Mean sea-level pressure at 09Z | mbar | which is | mbar | compared with the 1961-1990 average | |||||||||
| Highest pressure at 09Z | mbar | on the | |||||||||||
| Lowest pressure at 09Z | mbar | on the | |||||||||||
| Number of days with: | |||||||||||||
| Air Frost | 0 | 0.2mm rain | 17 | No sun | 2 | Snow lying | 0 | ||||||
| Grnd Frost | 2 | 1.0mm | 12 | 3h sun | 24 | Snow/sleet | 0 | ||||||
| Max < 0ēC | 0 | 5mm | 6 | 6h sun | 20 | Hail | 0 | ||||||
| Max > 10 | 31 | 10mm | 2 | 9h sun | 14 | Thunder | 0 | ||||||
| Max > 20 | 11 | 25mm | 1 | 12h sun | 0 | Fog at 09Z | 0 | ||||||
| Max > 30 | 2 | 50mm | 0 | 15h sun | 0 | Gale | 0 | ||||||
| Notable events during the month: | |||||||||||||
| Notably warm spell 29th-31st with 31.0ēC on the 30th | |||||||||||||
| Nearly 40mm fell in 36 hours of persistently wet, gloomy and cold weather on the 5th and 6th | |||||||||||||