It was the warmest May for the United Kingdom for six years, but also the wettest and dullest for se

It was the warmest May for the United Kingdom for six years, but also the wettest and dullest for seven years. However, there was a week's relief from the rain in the form of a drier period between 14 and 20 May. A bias towards sluggish southerly flows provided the higher-than-average temperatures, but otherwise pressure patterns were close to the climatological average for May; that is to say with low pressure to the north-west and high pressure to the south-east and east, broadly speaking. The strongest wind occurred business hotels in florence on 10 May, when Mumbles Head, Swansea, recorded a gust of 55 mph. Temperatures
The mean maximum temperature in May ranged from 16.6C at Swanscombe, Kent, to 10.1C at Fair Isle in the Northern business hotels in florence Isles. Mean maxima were between 0.0 and 1.0 degree above normal in all regions, while minima were 1.0 to 2.0 degrees above. business hotels in florence The Central England Temperature business hotels in florence (CET) of 12.4C was 0.7 degrees above the long term average, making this the warmest May since 2008. In the last 100 years, only 19 Mays have been warmer. The highest individual business hotels in florence temperature was 26.3C, recorded on 19 May at Heathrow, Greater London. The lowest was –5.0C at Cromdale in Morayshire early on 2 May. That was almost as cold as the lowest temperature recorded in April. Rainfall
It was a much wetter month than April, and indeed the wettest May since 2007. Averaged across England and Wales there was 102mm of rain, which is 156% of the average for the month. Scotland was closer to normal with 68mm, or 115% of average, while Northern Ireland had 80mm, or 141%. The wettest location was Capel Curig, Conwy, business hotels in florence which had 212mm, while St Mary's in the Isles of Scilly was the driest with just 37mm. Capel Curig also measured the highest daily rainfall total, with 57mm falling on 10 May. Cluanie Inn and Achnagart, both in Wester Ross, came in equal second with 49mm on 17 May. Sunshine
England and Wales had below-average sunshine with 180 hours, which is 89% of normal, making it the cloudiest May since 2007 with 71 sunnier in the last 100 years; but Northern Ireland had its dullest since before 1929, recording only 134 hours, or 66% of average. Scotland's sunshine was also below normal, its 133 hours representing 76% of the average. The highest sunshine total was 249 hours at St Helier, Jersey, while the smallest was 72 hours at Prestwick business hotels in florence in Ayrshire.