January was the 4^th wettest in this station's 66 years of records, ranking 2^nd or 3^rd in raindays, wetdays and very wet days. Just 5 days had no rain measured/ The majority of the rainfall was between 11^th and 31^st.
Mean temp 2.6C ranks 12^th= lowest, in recent years only 2010 had a colder 1.5C.The month began cold, until 11^th when it returned to normal, apart from cold days between 22^nd and 26^th. Lowest minimum temps were on 25^th –26^th , 7^th –8^th  and 1^st -2^nd .
There were 15 airfrosts (13^th = greatest number) and 26 ground frosts (4^th = greatest number). Snow fell on 8 days (the 8^th greatest number) bringing a total of 15.8cm of new snowfall (a less impressive 13^th greatest).
Windiest days were 19^th-20^th. There was fog on 8 days (equalling the greatest number on record).

February got progressively colder until 15^th, with significant frosts 9^th to 14^th, and snow from late evening on 7^th until the 11^th. After that it became milder, so the overall temperatures were nearly normal.
Rainfall was above average, with 7^th highest number of raindays and 9^th highest number of very wet days (in 66 years records here).  The first and third weeks of the month were wettest, and the 2^nd and 4^th fairly dry. A quarter of the month's rainfall was on the 1^st and 2^nd .
It was dull for much of the month with occasional sunshine, the best proper sunny days were from 25^th to 28^th. It was windy at times, especially from 18^th to 24^th, the highest windspeeds being recorded on the 23^rd.
So after a wet start to 2021, at least the end of February brought better sunshine and a breeze which has started to dry out the the top layer of the soil in the garden!

  8.0 mmax (C) 
  1.8 mmin (C) 
  4.9 mean(C)  +0.2 diff from av (C).
14.2 high max (C) on 24^th  
  0.6 low max (C) on 8^th and 11^th 
  8.1 high min (C) on 21^st
 -4.9 low min (C) on 11^th
62.0 rain total (mm)
112.7% of av 
22 raindays (days with >=0.2mm) (7^th highest in 66 years)
12 wetdays (days with >=1mm)
  6 very wet days (days with >=5mm) (9^th highest in 66 years)
17 days ground frost
10 days air frost
71% cloud cover percent
92% mean RH 

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SEASONAL REPORT FOR WINTER  (Dec2020, Jan2021, Feb2021)

                     this year  normal   anomaly
MeanMax        6.5             6.8         -0.3 
MEAN               3.9         4.1         -0.2 
MeanMin         1.3             1.3          0.0
RAINFALL       314.2        202.3      115%
Raindays    74 (new record) 51.2 
Wet Days   54 (2^nd  highest) 36.4
V Wet Days25 (=2^nd highest) 14.7
Cloud oktas   4.8              5.7

Although temperatures were slightly below normal, rainfall has been 15% above, with Dec and Jan delivering 128mm and 124mm respectively, adding to that we had in Aug and Oct, so the ground remains saturated.

Statistically March was a mild and dry month. Mean temp 0.4deg above normal (18^th highest in 66 years records here), with temperature increasing steadily throughout the month, becoming very warm on 30^th and 31^st. There were air frosts on 1^st, 6-7^th , 9^th and 22^nd, and ground frosts from 1^st – 9^th, 17^th – 18^th, 22^nd – 23^rd and 27^th. 
Rainfall only 30.2mm, the lowest since 2012, and ranking 14^th lowest on record. While numerically 15 raindays were "normal", March had 11^th fewest wet days, and only 2 years have had fewer very wet days.
It was very windy 10^th – 13^th, and windy 26^th – 28^th.  Fog was recorded on 3 days (1^st, 3^rd and 18^th) and hail on 2 days (11^th and 26^th).
Mean pressure was the highest since 2012, and the 8^th highest in 66 years.

11.1 mmax (C) 
  3.3 mmin (C) 
  7.2 mean(C)  +0.4 diff from av (C), the 18^th  mildest in 66 years.
24.3 high max (C) on 31^st 
  3.8 low max (C) on 1^st    
10.5 high min (C) on 31^st
 -3.4 low min (C) on 6^th  and 7^th  
 30.2 rain total (mm)
55.5% of av 
15 raindays (days with >=0.2mm)
  7 wetdays (days with >=1mm)
  1 very wet days (days with >=5mm
14 days ground frost
  5 days air frost
82% cloud cover percent
88% mean RH 

April was a cold and dry month, with only a few "April Showers". Statistically 1.8deg below normal, cooler 1^st – 17^th and 27^th-30^th , but pleasantly warm mostly between 18^th and 24^th.   The Mean Min temperature was just 1.6C, the 2^nd lowest here in 66 years.
Rainfall was a low 19.8mm,  the 10^th lowest here, most falling on 10^th and 30^th, but many days were dry 1^st-4^th and 13^th-26^th .
Snow/sleet showers on 6^th, 10^th and 11^th, although not lying for long, and small hail fell on 6^th, 10^th and 30^th.  Windiest days were 1^st, 5^th, 8^th and 28^th.
Sunniest days were 2^nd-6^th, 8^th, 10^th-26^th, 28^th and 30^th, dullest were 1^st, 7^th, 9^th, 27^th and 29^th.
A new record mean daily pressure was set at 1024.2mb.
A good month mostly for growers,  the sunshine and breeze was good for drying the soil, although the frostly nights had to be watched out for, and many trips with watering cans had to be made for the fruit and vegetables!

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.

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
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)
Ground frost on 5 days
1 Air frost
Mean pressure 1009.7mb
75% cloud cover percent
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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   

Statistically a milder and drier June than usual.
Largely a warm month until 16^th,  then cooler, and the last 10 days normal, the mean temp overall was 1.3 degrees above normal.
rainfall was only 70% of normal, and over half of this fell in a short period from 1730 on 25^th into 26^th . The 25^th experienced 25.2mm of rainfall, the 15^th wettest June day on record.   Some rain fell on 6^th and then from 17^th, but otherwise the first half of the month was very dry. Mostly sunny month, especially in the first half, but dull on 18^th, 20^th, 27^th and 28^th.
It was  windy on 11^th, 26^th and 27^th, with thunder and lightning on 25^th at 1830.
Mean pressure was 11^th highest on record for June.

 22.0 mean max (C) 
 11.3 mean min (C) 
 16.6 mean (C)  +1.3 diff from av (C), the 6^th mildest in 66 years.

28.5 high max (C) on 13
14.3 low max (C) on 20, 28
16.2 high min (C) on 3
  6.8 low min (C) on  23
 50.8 rain total (mm)  70% of av 
 
  11 raindays (days with >=0.2mm)
    8 wetdays (days with >=1mm)
    2 very wet days (days with >=5mm)

No ground frost or air frost
No days with fog 
1 day with thunder 25^th
58% cloud cover percent
79% mean RH 
Mean pressure was 1019.1mb

July was warm overall, anomaly +1.8deg, hot between 15^th and 24^th, while cooler at the start and finish of the month. It was the 5^th warmest July in 66 years records here.
Rainfall was 135% of normal, ranking 36^th =, although a surprisingly high proportion of very wet days, 8 out the 12, which ranks 5^th =.  It stayed dry between 13^th and 26^th.
Windiest on 6^th, 14^th and 28^th – 30^th. Thunder and lightning on 3^rd, 27^th and 28^th, late in the afternoon, with small hail falling on 28^th.
Much manual watering of fruit and vegetables was required mid month!

  24.3 mean max (C) 
 13.6 mean min (C) 
 18.9 mean (C)  +1.7 diff from av (C), 
        the 5^th warmest in 66 years.
 33.4 high max (C) on 22
 15.4 low max (C) on 30
 16.7 high min (C) on 19,20
 10.4 low min (C) on  1

August was only slightly cooler than normal, a bit cooler on 16^th and 30^th-31^st.
Rainfall was statistically slightly below average, but more than half the month's rainfall fell torrentially in a short time, 13.6mm between 18:30 and 19:00 on 19^th, 10.4mm between 23:00 and 23:40 on 21^st with thunderstorm.
Halesowen was on the northern edge of a storm centre tracking eastwards just to the south of Birmingham on 21^st August, and Halesowen had 14.7mm of torrential rain, along with Shirley 14.8mm and Becketts Farm on the A435 18.0mm (in 24 hours), while areas north and west of me, such as Wolverhampton,  Dudley, Coseley, Kingswinford, Kidderminster all recorded less than 3mm rainfall in the 24 hours, and Rowley Regis just to the north of Halesowen recorded 7mm in the 24 hours. (Source: local Davis weather stations shown on WeatherLink.com)

20.6 mmax (C) 
12.3 mmin (C) 
16.4 mean(C)  -0.4 diff from av (C)
25.4 high max (C) on 10^th 
15.4 low max (C) on 31^st    
15.3 high min (C) on 15^th
  7.9 low min (C) on 3^rd 
65.6 rain total (mm), 93.7% of av 
15 raindays (with >=0.2mm)
10 wet days (with >=1mm)
  3 very wet days (with >=5mm)
Greatest fall 18.2mm on 21^st 
Thunderstorm on 21^st at 23:10
No ground frost
No air frost
Windiest days 6^th, 7^th, 8^th ,16^th, 17^th
76% cloud cover percent
87% mean RH 
Highest pressure 1033.1 mb on 24^th 

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SEASONAL REPORT FOR Summer  (Jun, Jul, Aug 2021)

Summer had the 4^th = highest mean temperature 17.3C (beaten only in 1995, 2006 and 2018) with the 10^th = highest MeanMax and 3^rd = highest MeanMin. The LoMin of 6.8C was the highest summer Lomin on record here.
Rainfall was statistically normal overall, June a bit drier, but July wetter. Torrential rain seemed more frequent, with 5 of the 9 greatest rain days this year falling in this summer period, 25.2mm on 25/6, 21.4mm on 4/7, 13.4mm on 29/7, 16.6mm on 19/8 and 18.2mm on 21/8. However the number of raindays, wetdays and very wet days was about normal, the intensity being greater.

September was a mild month, having the 2^nd highest mean temperature (beaten in 2006). While rainfall was normal overall, none fell in the first 8 days, and most fell in the final 4 days of the month, which were also the  windiest days.
After a short lived very warm spell at the start of the month the temperature steadily fell in the second half, feeling decidedly autumnal by the end of the month.
Sunniest days were 4^th – 8^th, 16^th, 19^th – 20^th, 22^nd and 26^th – 27^th.
Dullest days were 2^nd, 13^th and 25^th.

 21.3 mean max (C) 
 11.7 mean min (C) 
 16.5 mean (C)  +2.3 diff from av (C)

 31.7 high max (C) on 7
 14.4 low max (C)  on 29
 16.2 high min (C) on  10
   5.7 low min (C)  on  29

 64.2 rain total (mm)  98% of av 
 Most rain was 13.2 mm on 28^th  
  14 raindays (days with >=0.2mm)
  12 wetdays (days with >=1mm)
    6 very wet days (days with >=5mm)

No days with ground frost or air frost
No days with fog 
No days with thunder
60% cloud cover percent
92% mean RH 
Mean pressure was 1018.1mb

A very wet month, only exceeded in 2013, most falling at the beginning and the end of the month. Unusally there were 9 days having more than 5mm rainfall, this was only exceeded in 2013 and 1960. Torrential rainfall in the early hours of 5^th, and early morning 30^th .
Temperature was +1.3 degrees above normal, between 6^th and 20^th, making it the 11^th mildest October in 66 years, with a cooler end to the month. It was sunniest on 1^st, 6^th, 10-11^th, 15^th and 21^st, and sunless on 14^th, 19^th and 28^th. There were very windy days at the start and end of the month, especially 24^th to 29^th.  No air or ground frosts were recorded, the lowest temperature was 4.6C on 21^st, the highest on 7^th.

A very dry month, ranking 4^th lowest in last 66 years, with precipitation predominantly 1^st to 3^rd, 19^th to 12^th, but most falling on 26^th, 27^th and 29^th .  Snow was falling or lying on 27^th to 29^th. Mean temperatures were overall only slightly below normal, it was milder 9^th to 20^th, but colder 22^nd to 29^th.
Windiest days were 26^th and 27^th as storm ARWEN passed the east coast.
Brightest days were mostly 1^st to 5^th, less so 7^th to 9^th and 17^th to 19^th.
So not a very nice end to the month with the snow and wind, although otherwise the month had not been that bad.

  9.8 mmax (C) 
  3.9 mmin (C)  
  6.8 mean(C)  -0.2 diff from av (C)
14.0 high max (C) on 9^th 
  2.3 low max (C) on 27^th
  9.7 high min (C) on 13^th
 -2.9 low min (C)  on 28^th

39.0 rain total (mm)
47.6 % of av 
20 raindays (days with >=0.2mm)
10 wetdays (days with >=1mm)
  2 very wet days (days with >=5mm)
Most daily rain was 14.8mm on 26^th

14 days ground frost
  6 days air frost
  2 days fog
68% cloud cover percent
93% mean RH 

SEASONAL REPORT FOR AUTUMN  
(Sep, Oct, Nov 2021)
This autumn has been very mild (4^th = highest MeanMax, 4^th highest Mean and 5^th = highest MeanMin), making it +1.5 deg above normal for the month. This came about since Sep had the 2^nd highest Mean, Oct the 11^th highest Mean, Nov was close to normal.
Autumn rainfall has been only slightly above normal, however Sep had the 14^th lowest, Oct had the 2^nd highest and Nov the 4^th lowest rainfall, which produced the almost "normal"  overall seasonal value.

The very mild periods from 11^th to 18^th and 23^rd to 31^st elevated the December mean temperature +1.5 degrees above normal, the final days being around 8 degrees  above normal. Consequently only two days (2^nd and 22^nd) saw a slight airfrost, the 4^th = fewest on record in 67 years here.

The final three days of December recorded new max temps, 13.8C on 31^st, 13.3C on 30^th and 13.2C on 29^th, each of  these the highest for that December day in any of the 67 years here.

It was a wet month with 23 raindays, ranking 9^th = most raindays, especially 1^st to 14^th and 22^nd to 31^st, making December the 15^th wettest in 68 years. The Christmas rainfall for 24^th and 25^th December totalled 40mm.

Most sunshine occurred between 1^st and 10^th, but it was dull and mostly cloudy from 11^th to 31^st. The first half of the month was windy, quietening down from 16^th to 22^nd before turning windy again from 28^th to 31^st.

   8.1 mean max (C) 
   4.1 mean min (C) 
   6.1 mean (C) ,  +1.5 diff from av (C), the 6^th mildest

 13.8 high max (C) on 31
   4.3 low max (C) on  2
 11.8 high min (C) on  31, a new record high min
  -0.6 low min (C) on  2, 3^rd highest low min

99.0 rain total (mm)  127% of av , 15^th wettest in 68 years
Wettest days were 25.2 mm on 24^th  then 14.8mm on 25^th.
23 raindays (days with >=0.2mm), 9^th equal highest raindays
15 wetdays (days with >=1mm)
  6 very wet days (days with >=5mm)

Ground frost on 14 days
Air frost on 2 days
5 days with fog
83% cloud cover percent
93% mean RH