Re: UK Weather - Spring 2021
Posted: Mon 24/05/2021 02:38
Hello spwill. We have certainly been on the cold side of the polar front for many weeks, but there are tentative signs of a real pattern change this coming week with drier and slightly warmer weather in the forecast as the NW flow gets cut off. Hopefully the Spring Bank Holiday next weekend will see something better for the hospitality industry to work with.
The deep low (around 982mb) for the time of the year crossed the UK on Thurs/Fri giving wind gusts over 50mph inland and over 70mph on the more exposed coasts in the west and south, but surprisingly little damage reported - quite a few trees are not yet fully in leaf as a result of the cold Spring, so this may have saved some of them. It is wet and breezy again today (Sun 23rd May) as we get ready for the last round of matches for this years Premier League - still a couple of European places to be decided today.
This May has been very wet and may possibly be ranked in the top 20 wettest list (in the series dating back 250 years+ to 1766) which is in complete contrast to April which was the 10th driest on that list.
The CET for May was 9.7°C (-1.1°C) up to the 22nd and the EWR was 101mm up to the 21st, which is 155% of the monthly average.
The deep low (around 982mb) for the time of the year crossed the UK on Thurs/Fri giving wind gusts over 50mph inland and over 70mph on the more exposed coasts in the west and south, but surprisingly little damage reported - quite a few trees are not yet fully in leaf as a result of the cold Spring, so this may have saved some of them. It is wet and breezy again today (Sun 23rd May) as we get ready for the last round of matches for this years Premier League - still a couple of European places to be decided today.
This May has been very wet and may possibly be ranked in the top 20 wettest list (in the series dating back 250 years+ to 1766) which is in complete contrast to April which was the 10th driest on that list.
The CET for May was 9.7°C (-1.1°C) up to the 22nd and the EWR was 101mm up to the 21st, which is 155% of the monthly average.