Statistically January's mean temperature was normal, although an unseasonably warm beginning and ending on 1^st – 4^th, and 27^th – 31^st, but turning cold from 5^th – 7^th, and 20^th – 26^th.  Most rain fell before the 8^th , very little after that, making January the 10^th driest in the last 68 years here.  There was a light dusting of snow about 0.3cm from 2000 on 4^th, with 0.2cm still lying the following morning. On the 6^th about 0.5cm snow fell from 1100 although melted by early afternoon.

Quite a breezy month too, especially 1^st – 9^th , and very windy from 29^th - 31^st.  Dullest days were 23^rd – 25^th, and sunniest 11^th – 14^th, 17^th – 21^st, and 26^th –31^st .  Just 1 fog day on 14^th.

  February has been mild, enjoying the 5^th = highest mean temperature in 57 years, and the 4^th = highest mean max and mean min.  Only 1961 and 2014 have had zero air frosts, and now 2022.  Although 14 ground frosts were recorded, the lowest min  temperature never got to freezing point.
Rainflall was the 5^th highest monthly total, most falling on 4^th, 6^th, 13^th to 20^th , and 28^th.
Windiest days were 20^th-21^st (storm Franklyn), 16^th (storm Dudley) and 18^th (storm Eunice), an unusual string of storms in succession passing nearby. It was quite sunny from 22^nd to 27^th, but dull around 8^th-9^th, 13^th-15^th, 20^th -21^st .

9.8 mmax (C) 
  3.5 mmin (C) 
  6.6 mean(C)  +1.9 diff from av (C).
14.0 high max (C) on 16^th  
  5.7 low max (C) on 24^th  
  8.8 high min (C) on 2^nd
  0.7 low min (C) on 11^th
104.2 rain total (mm)
189.5% of av 
19 raindays (days with >=0.2mm) (5^th highest in 67 years)
14 wetdays (days with >=1mm)
10 very wet days (days with >=5mm) (2^nd highest in 67 years)
14 days ground frost
  0 days air frost (only ever happened here in 1961 and 2014 before)
67% cloud cover percent
88% mean RH   ------------------------------------------------

SEASONAL REPORT FOR WINTER  (Dec2021, Jan2022, Feb2022)

                   this year   normal   anomaly
MeanMax       8.4           6.8          +1.6
MEAN              5.7           4.1          +1.6 
MeanMin        2.9          1.3           +1.6

RAINFALL     233.0      198.2       117.6%
Raindays         62          50.3        +11.7
Wet Days        37           35.8        +1.2
V Wet Days     17          14.4         +2.6
Cloud oktas    5.5          5.7          -0.2

After a cooler start to the month, March grew steadily warmer until a downturn on 29^th. It was very pleasant from 22^nd to 28^th. Mean temperature for March was the 6^th highest on record here (in 67 years). Mean Max was 2^nd highest (beating 2012 and 2017) but Mean Min was only 14^th mildest. There were only 2 airfrosts, the 7^th fewest on record, on 8^th and 31^st. In recent years, 2012 and 2019 had no air frosts, and 2017 had just 1.
Rainfall was close to normal, wettest from 2^nd to 4^th and 11^th to 16^th, otherwise good long dry periods.  March had the 12^th fewest raindays. There were brief snow flurries on 31^st, but this did not settle.
Dullest days were 2-3, 11 and 16, and brightest were from 17^th to 31^st, with the exception of 21^st and 30^th. Windiest days were between 8^th and 13^th, calmest 20^th to 30^th. Just one day had fog, on 2^nd, although several days remained misty.

12.9 mmax (C) 
  3.5 mmin (C) 
  8.2 mean(C)  +1.4 diff from av (C), the 6^th mildest in 67 years.
20.8 high max (C) on 24^th  
  6.8 low max (C) on 2^nd    
  7.9 high min (C) on 10^th
 -1.1 low min (C) on 8^th  and 31^st 
 55.8 rain total (mm)
102.6% of av rainfall
11 raindays (days with >=0.2mm)
  8 wetdays (days with >=1mm)
  4 very wet days (days with >=5mm
14 days ground frost
  2 days air frost
  1 day with snow flurries on 31^st
  1 day with fog
52% cloud cover percent
86% mean RH 

April was fairly mild (13^th mildest) and fairly dry (21^st driest).
After a cool start to the month it was mostly quite pleasant from 15^th onwards apart from a dull 28^th.  Wettest days were 6^th, 12^th to 13^th and 19^th, then it was dry from 20^th. Windiest days were 4^th to 7^th, 22^nd to 23^rd.
Good growing conditions for soft fruit and vegetables

May enjoyed the 3^rd highest mean temperature in  67 years here, beaten only in 2017 and 2018. The mean min was the 2^nd highest, and mean max 9^th highest (in fact 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020 and 2022  are all in the top 9).
Much of the month had mean temperatures above average, except for the final few days. There were no ground frosts or air frosts, one of 10 years having neither during May.
Rainfall was 87% of normal, but was spread throughout the month, so 23 raindays, which ranks 3^rd greatest number for May, but only 14 wetdays and 5 very wet days.
Half the month experienced at least 4 hours of "bright sunshine", with the longest daily sunshine over 11 hours recorded on the 13^th, 14^th and 27^th. Windiest days were 10^th  to 11^th, 13^th, 17^th, and 25^th to 27^th.

18.7 mean max (C) 
  9.1 mean min (C) 
13.9 mean (C)  +1.5 diff from av (C)
24.3 high max (C) on  14
13.2 low max (C) on  1
12.6 high min (C) on  16
  6.2 low min (C) on 31
52.8 rain total (mm)
87.4% of av 
23 raindays (days with >=0.2mm)
14 wetdays (days with >=1mm)
  5 very wet days (days with >=5mm)
No Ground frost  and  No Air frost
Mean pressure 1018.2 mb
71% cloud cover percent

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SEASONAL REPORT FOR SPRING 
 (Mar, Apr, May 2022)

            this year     normal        anomaly

Statistically 0.5 deg milder than usual for June. The Mean temp 15^th highest in 67 years here. It was warmest 14^th – 17^th, and 20^th – 23^rd, and coolest 1^st – 2^nd and 19^th – 20^th.
Rainfall was only 77% of normal, and nearly half of this (26mm) fell on 4^th and 10mm on 18^th. It remained dry 2^nd – 4^th, 10^th –17^th and 20^th – 23^rd.
Sunniest days were 7^th, 11^th -12^th, 14^th, 20^th – 22^nd, 26^th – 27^th and 30^th, and it was dull on 5^th and 18^th. The cloud cover was the 4^th smallest at obs hour. It was windiest from 25^th to 28^th.

21.3 mean max (C) 
10.3 mean min (C) 
15.8 mean (C)  +0.5 diff from av (C
30.5 high max (C) on 17
10.6 low max (C) on 5
16.0 high min (C) on 17
  5.9 low min (C) on  2
 55.6 rain total (mm)  77% of av 
 
  13 raindays (days with >=0.2mm)
    8 wetdays (days with >=1mm)
    3 very wet days (days with >=5mm)

No ground frost or air frost
No days with fog 
No days with thunder
48% cloud cover percent
77% mean RH 
Mean pressure was 1015.8 mb

A very warm month overall, the mean temperature ranking 5^th highest, but the Hi Max on 18^th achieved a record breaking 38.2C (previous record was 35.6C in 2020). Likewise the Hi Min on 19^th was 22.5C ( beating previous record 21.5C in 2009).
The middle two weeks 8^th – 21^st were the warmest.

Rainfall totalled 36.8mm, ranking 18^th lowest for July in 67 years here. There were 18 consecutive dry days from 4^th to 21^st, the only appreciable rainfall was 1^st  - 2^nd, 21^st – 27^th, and 30^th – 31^st, with 9.0mm rain falling on 21^st , 8.0mm on 30^th and 6.6mm on 1^st, these 3 days alone accounting for almost 2/3 of the  total month's rainfall.

Sunniest days were between 5^th and 19^th,  also 29^th and 31^st.
Dullest days were 20-21^st, 28^th and 30^th.
Windiest days were 23-25^th and 6-9^th

So statistically a very warm and fairly dry month, good for growing fruit and vegetables, providing you watered everything well during the extended dry middle of the month.

 24.6 mean max (C) , 5^th warmest
 13.4 mean min (C) , 8^th warmest
 19.0 mean (C)  +1.8 diff from av (C), the 5^th warmest in 67 years.

Weekly mean temps were:
1^st –   7^th   15.6C
8^th – 14^th   20.5C
15^th – 21^st  22.3C
22^nd – 28^th  17.4C

 38.2 high max (C) on 18, new record daily highest
 17.6 low max (C) on 2, the 9^th highest on record
 22.5 high min (C) on 19, new record daily highest
  7.6 low min (C) on  5, the 18^th highest on record