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MAY 2021

Temperature 1.9 degrees below normal
Rainfall 218% of normal

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Halesowen 65 year, 10 year and 30 year Overview
Basic statistics about temperature and rainfall, and more,
have all been updated to the end of 2020...
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Annual Summary for 2020
A mild year overall, the 4^th mildest on record .
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MAY 2021 Although the month was cooler than usual until 27^th, the month ended with splendid warmth, statistically though the Mean Temp ranking 17^th= lowest. Only the end of the month was dry, May had 11 very wet days (a new record), and 4^th highest wet days and rain days. Many days had some cloud, but 30^th enjoyed 14 hours unbroken sunshine, and 19^th, 27^th and 31^st had 11 hours. It was windy 3-4, 8-10, 20-21 and 23. Thunderstorm on 16^th from 1720, hail fell 4,5 and 10, with large hail on 11^th. A slightly late start to the growing season, but all the soft fruit and vegetables doing well at the moment. ======================== SEASONAL REPORT FOR SPRING (Mar, Apr, May 2021) The mean temp was only 0.3 degrees below normal, although it was the lowest since 2013. Min Mean was 0.7 degrees below normal, ranking 13^th lowest in 66 years. Rainfall was 5.3% above normal overall, although it had been normal in March, very low in April and very high in May. The raindays were 22^nd highest and very wet days 14^th highest, following on from winter's 2^nd highest values. this year normal anomaly MeanMax 13.2 13.1 +0.1 MEAN 8.4 8.7 - 0.3 MeanMin 3.6 4.3 - 0.7 RAINFALL 181.8 172.6 + 5.3% Raindays 47 42.9 + 4.1 Wet Days 28 32.4 - 4.4 V Wet Days 14 11.6 + 2.4 Oktas 5.6 5.4 + 0.2	TEMPERATURES 15.2 mean max (C) 5.8 mean min (C) 10.5 mean (C) -1.9 diff from av (C) 23.6 high max (C) on 31 8.8 low max (C) on 3 12.4 high min (C) on 29 -0.2 low min (C) on 2
	RAINFALL 131.8 rain total (mm) 218% of av 21 raindays (days with >=0.2mm) 18 wetdays (days with >=1mm) 11 very wet days (days with >=5mm)
	OTHER Ground frost on 5 days 1 Air frost Mean pressure 1009.7mb 75% cloud cover percent

Halesowen 65 year, 10 year and 30 year

Mean Min, Max and Mean Temperatures
and Mean Total Rainfall

	*Temperature C*			*Rainfall mm*
	*MMin*	*MMax*	*Mean*
65 year 1956 - 2020	5.8	13.6	9.7	785.8

*10 year*
1956 - 1960	5.3	13.0	9.1	794.6
1961 - 1970	5.1	12.6	8.9	754.1
1971 - 1980	5.5	13.2	9.4	748.4
1981 - 1990	5.5	13.6	9.5	756.2
1991 - 2000	5.9	13.8	9.9	760.1
2001 - 2010	6.5	14.3	10.4	777.2
2011 - 2020	6.7	14.6	10.6	913.6

*30 year*
1971 - 2000	5.6	13.5	9.6	754.9
1981 - 2010	6.0	13.9	9.9	764.5
1991 - 2020	6.4	14.3	10.3	816.9

Halesowen Annual Summary for 2020

A mild year overall, the 4^th mildest on record here in 65 years, beaten only by 2006, 2011 and 2014, having 9 months above average, Jan Apr and May exceptionally so. Only Jul and Oct were below normal, and Dec was normal.

New record HiMax was 35.6C on 31/7/20.

New record HiMean was 26.7C on 12/8/20.

New record 220 raindays, also 7^th highest 152 wetdays, and 57 very wet days.

MONTHLY RAIN AND MEAN TEMPS

month

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

JUL

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

rain mm

56.2

147.8

40.8

41.0

5.8

60.2

56.4

138.0

22.0

110.0

45.8

128.4

rain %

85%

316%

75%

66%

10%

99%

96%

208%

35%

134%

62%

178%

Rain rank

New highest

New lowest

3^rd highest

12^th highest

7^th highest

temp C

5.9

5.9

6.6

11.4

13.7

16.2

16.4

18.1

14.7

9.9

7.9

4.3

30yr avg

4.1

4.2

6.5

8.7

11.9

14.8

16.9

16.5

13.9

10.4

6.8

4.3

anomaly

+1.8

+1.7

+0.1

+2.7

+1.8

+1.4

-0.5

+1.6

+0.8

-1.5

+1.1

0.0

65yr avg

3.8

4.0

6.1

8.5

11.7

14.6

16.5

16.1

13.7

10.4

6.5

4.4

TEMPERATURES

15.0 mean max (C) , +1.1 diff from av (C) 4^th = highest
6.8 mean min (C) , +0.9 diff from av (C) 7^th highest
10.9 mean (C), +1.0 diff from av (C) 4^th = highest

HiMax 35.6C on 31/7/20 New highest
LoMax 0.5C on 28/12/20

HiMin   18.9C on 26/6/20 6^th highest
LoMin   -3.7C on 31/12/20

Highest Mean 26.7C on 12/8/20 New highest
Lowest Mean   –0.9C on 31/12/20

RAINFALL

852.4 rain total (mm), 111 % of av 16^th highest

220    raindays (with 0.2mm or more)   New highest
152    wetdays (with 1mm or more)       7^th highest
57    verywetdays (with 5mm or more) 18^th highest

35.2 most rainfall in a day (mm) on 15/2/20

Rainfall duration 792.5 hours

SNOWFALL

2 days with snow falling, totalling 5.5cm;
Most snowfall in a day 3.5 cm on 28/12/20.
4 days with lying snow

PRESSURE

1014.0 mean pressure (mb) , +0.5 pressure anomaly (mb)
1049.3 max pressure at any time of day, on 20/1/20 New record highest
968.5 min pressure at any time of day, on 28/12/20 10^th lowest

FOG

15 days with fog

FROSTS
25 air frosts, 3^rd fewest, the last was 14/5/20, first 4/11/20,
so 174 days airfrost free

81 ground frosts, last 15/5/20, first 28/9/20,
so 136 days with no air or ground frost.
Frost duration 147.5 hours.

It is noteworthy that all 17 years with fewest airfrosts (less than 64), have occurred since 2000, with 2010 ranking 19^th, 2000 was 24^th and 2001 was 46^th.

THUNDER 6 days with thunder heard, 16/6 17/6 10/6 11/6 12/8 17/8 - 9^th fewest

HAIL 5 days with small hail, 1 day with large hail

HUMIDITY 86.1% at 0900

CLOUD COVER 61.9% at 0900

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65 year 1956 - 2020

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