Still cold - where's summer?

More rain, generally cloudy and cold for late May - apparent temperatures of below 8° all day and a low apparent temperature close to freezing.  It's about time it warmed up!

Temperature 
Maximum: 11.9°C (16:24) minimum: 6.8°C (01:54).  Average temperature for the day: 9.1°C
Highest apparent temperature: 7.9°C (19:24).  Low apparent temperature: 1.2°C (00:09)

Wind
Highest sustained wind speed: 14.9mph (13:49).
Highest gust speed: 21.3mph (13:39), bearing 315 (NW)
Dominant wind bearing: 292 (WNW)

Pressure
Maximum: 1026.2Mb, minimum: 1011.8Mb

Humidity
Highest: 84% (06:24), lowest 57% (17:54)

Rainfall
Total for today: 1.5mm. Highest hourly rainfall: 0.9mm/hr (09:59)

Sunshine and heavy showers

Today has been a real day of sunshine, punctuated by heavy showers throughout, all along with a cold wind that really pegged the temperatures back.

Temperature 
Maximum: 10.4°C (16:33) minimum: 5.4°C (01:28).  Average temperature for the day: 7.8°C
Highest apparent temperature: 6.0°C (14:28).  Low apparent temperature: -0.2°C (20:42)

Wind
Highest sustained wind speed: 21.1mph (20:42).
Highest gust speed: 25.9mph (20:41), bearing 135 (SE)
Dominant wind bearing: 288 (WNW)

Pressure
Maximum: 1011.8Mb, minimum: 1000.6Mb

Humidity
Highest: 87% (03:58), lowest 63% (16:33)

Rainfall
Total for today: 3.0mm. Highest hourly rainfall: 1.2mm/hr (00:48)

Wet and miserable, slow to clear

When Bob Geldof wrote about not liking Mondays, he was probably thinking about a similar Monday morning to today.  Rain, not in any hurry to move on, that lasted a good part of the morning, and even after it stopped, the skies didn't make much effort to improve.  At least not until mid afternoon, when gradually the sun began to make an appearance, in between heavy shower clouds that brought hail as well as rain.  Despite all this, after tea the rain stayed away and we had a reasonably pleasant end to the day.  Temperatures all day were again nothing to write home about though - it's about time some warmer weather arrived.

Temperature 
Maximum: 10.7°C (17:24) minimum: 5.9°C (23:58).  Average temperature for the day: 7.9°C
Highest apparent temperature: 6.4°C (17:24).  Low apparent temperature: 2.9°C (19:49)

Wind
Highest sustained wind speed: 16.3mph (14:54).
Highest gust speed: 19.7mph (14:44), bearing 270 (W)
Dominant wind bearing: 292 (WNW)

Pressure
Maximum: 1017.6Mb, minimum: 1001.6Mb

Humidity
Highest: 86% (04:54), lowest 62% (15:29)

Rainfall
Total for today: 10.5mm. Highest hourly rainfall: 1.5mm/hr (05:44)

Chilly and cloudy

Apart from the lightest of drizzle for a short spell over lunchtime, today was once again dry, but again the wind, this steady run of north-westerlies we've experienced recently, pegged back the temperatures well below the seasonal average.  It was actually warmer on the first of January (max 12.6°C) than it was today!  There was also much more cloud than yesterday, so we didn't have the sun to lift things at all.

Temperature
Maximum: 12.3°C (15:14) minimum: 7.3°C (02:34).  Average temperature for the day: 9.6°C
Highest apparent temperature: 8.8°C (18:59).  Low apparent temperature: 3.0°C (04:24)

Wind
Highest sustained wind speed: 15.4mph (08:29).
Highest gust speed: 20.6mph (11:24), bearing 292 (WNW)
Dominant wind bearing: 297 (WNW)

Pressure
Maximum: 1029.0Mb, minimum: 1017.6Mb

Humidity
Highest: 79% (02:59), lowest 60% (15:19)

Rainfall
Total for today: 0.3mm. Highest hourly rainfall: 0.3mm/hr (23:04)

Some sun but still really cool

Some rain overnight, then variable amounts of cloud for most of the day.  But there was some sun too, and gradually the sun won over, ensuring the day ended bright and cheerful with blue skies.  Despite the sunshine, there was a stiff north-westerly breeze, ensuring temperatures remain disappointing - by mid-May we really should be feeling something a bit warmer.

Temperature
Maximum: 11.9°C (15:39) minimum: 7.6°C (23:54).  Average temperature for the day: 10.2°C
Highest apparent temperature: 9.5°C (00:14).  Low apparent temperature: 2.9°C (11:14)

Wind
Highest sustained wind speed: 20.3mph (11:14).
Highest gust speed: 28.2mph (11:09), bearing 270 (W)
Dominant wind bearing: 283 (WbN)

Pressure
Maximum: 1029.1Mb, minimum: 1021.1Mb

Humidity
Highest: 90% (02:14), lowest 54% (16:04)

Rainfall
Total for today: 1.2mm. Highest hourly rainfall: 1.2mm/hr (00.49)

A pleasant sunny day

Originally we weren't holding much hope out for Friday as all week the forecast said a band of rain would be moving through.  By yesterday this had changed - rain was expected during the afternoon now - but the reality was still better.  A sunny morning with plenty of sunshine, clouding over for a time before more sun in the afternoon.  Temperatures not overly warm but better than of late.  A little drizzle by later in the evening.

Temperature
Maximum: 16.6°C (15:28) minimum: 3.9°C (05:44).  Average temperature for the day: 10.7°C
Highest apparent temperature: 14.1°C (15:43).  Low apparent temperature: 1.6°C (05:49)

Wind
Highest sustained wind speed: 10.4mph (16:33).
Highest gust speed: 13.0mph (16:28), bearing 180 (S)
Dominant wind bearing: 196 (SbW)

Pressure
Maximum: 1025.7Mb, minimum: 1021.4Mb

Humidity
Highest: 85% (22:49), lowest 45% (15:28)

Rainfall
Total for today: 1.8mm. Highest hourly rainfall: 0.6mm/hr (21.48)

Dry, fine with some sun yet still cool

A dry day and some regular spells of sunshine, cloud thickening and breaking regularly all day.  There has been a low pressure system moving south east from Ireland, bringing wind and rain to Wales, then the midlands and the south of England, but for once it didn't trouble us - the northern edge of this system stayed just to the south of Oakdale Weather Station.

Temperature
Maximum: 12.9°C (14:14) minimum: 5.6°C (05:39).  Average temperature for the day: 9.3°C
Highest apparent temperature: 10.3°C (14:14).  Low apparent temperature: 2.8°C (05:44)

Wind
Highest sustained wind speed: 9.1mph (10:24).
Highest gust speed: 12.1mph (10:14), bearing 90 (E)
Dominant wind bearing: 98 (EbS)

Pressure
Maximum: 1022.6Mb, minimum: 1016.9Mb

Humidity
Highest: 78% (02:39), lowest 50% (14:19)

Rainfall
Total for today: 0.0mm. Highest hourly rainfall: 0.0mm/hr