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May 2023 (Means and totals to date are at foot of table)
 
  0900 GMT readings
 Daily  Readings (See notes at foot of page)
Weather in previous 24h & hours of air frost (to 0900 on date)
Date
Date
Pressure
(mb)
Temp (°C)
Relative
Humidity (%)
Wind Speed (mph)
Wind Direction
SoilTemp @ 20cm
(°C)
SnowDepth(cm) or
Pentlands, Lammermuirs , Moorfoot Hills snowline(ft)
@ 0900 GMT
1Maximum Temp (°C)
2Minimum Temp (°C)
3Rainfall
(mm)
4Grass Min Temp
(°C)
5Sun (Hours)

Solar
Rad'n High
(W/m2)
7ET
(mm)
6Max Wind Speed (mph)
1
1015.4
13.3
78
5
SW
10.0
14.9
8.6
0.0
6.7
5.59
1005
1.52
17
 Heavy shower 1650h 30th April. Variable cloud amount am 1st May
1
2
1026.2
7.3
84
1
SSE
9.0
12.6
5.1
0.0
4.6
1.15
1125
1.70
10
 Sunny am 1st. Much cooler pm with NE winds. Overcast pm 1st/am 2nd
2
3
1027.2
8.9
93
1
ENE
10.0
13.4
6.4
0.0
4.0
1.45
819
1.96
11
 Mainly overcast 2nd, low cloud am 3rd
3
4
1022.3
7.9
76
5
ENE
10.0
10.7
6.2
0.2
4.8
1.13
942
2.01
26
 A few sunny intervals 3rd. Overcas/low cloudt am 4th
4
5
1011.6
9.7
92
3
ENE
10.0
14.4
6.3
0.6
5.8
1.40
990
1.57
17
 A few sunny intervals 4th. Overcast/low cloud am 5th
5
6
1013.2
8.7
97
2
NE
10.5
11.7
7.5
12.0
7.4
0.02
587
0.89
9
 A few sunny intervals 5th, fog later pm. Fog am 6th
6
7
1016.1
9.2
97
1
NW
11.0
14.7
7.8
2.5
8.0
2.30
1143
1.47
16
 Rain, heavy at times pm 6th. Showers am 7th. Fog 6th/7th
7
8
1010.7
11.6
92
8
S
11.0
18.4
9.1
4.7
8.8
1.73
993
1.91
30
 Low cloud/fog am 7th clearing early pm then sunny intervals. Rain am 8th
8
9
1008.0
13.5
75
5
WSW
12.0
16.7
9.8
0.2
5.5
10.81
1016
3.25
16
 Rain am and late pm 8th, a warmer day. Clearer skies am 9th
9
10
1007.7
12.4
82
4
SSE
12.5
17.3
8.8
3.3
4.0
3.21
1169
1.96
21
 Prolonged sunshine 9th. Variable cloud amount am 10th
10
11
1015.1
13.8
78
3
ENE
11.5
16.6
7.3
0.2
3.6
10.09
1172
2.79
15
 Showers pm 10th, clear skies am 11th
11
12
1029.7
8.1
97
3
ENE
11.0
12.9
7.5
0.0
7.8
0.00
374
1.02
12
Prolonged sunshine 11th, low cloud/fog later. Fog am 12th
12
13
1028.4
12.9
84
3
E
12.0
18.9
5.4
0.0
–0.2
12.41
958
3.76
11
 Fog clearing by noon 12th then overcast. Clear skies overnight 12th/13th
13
14
1017.3
13.9
71
5
WSW
13.0
15.5
7.9
0.0
4.3
2.93
949
2.36
19
 Prolonged sunshine 13th. Overcast am 14th
14
15
1021.1
10.3
65
5
NW
12.0
15.3
5.2
0.0
3.6
11.80
1164
3.45
20
 Sunny intervals 14th, v. light showers early pm but NMR. Clear skies am 15th
15
16
1022.9
12.6
70
8
W
12.0
16.2
6.7
0.0
4.9
6.70
1074
3.02
22
 Prolonged sunshine 15th. Clear skies early am 16th but more cloud by 09h
16
17
1027.8
13.1
74
3
NW
12.5
16.8
7.8
0.0
6.3
5.28
793
3.23
16
 Sunny periods 16th, clear skies am 17th
17
18
1025.7
12.9
73
3
SW
12.5
16.6
9.2
0.0
7.5
1.66
1014
3.00
16
 Sunny intervals 17th. Variable cloud amount am 18th
18
19
1028.0
13.8
70
4
W
12.5
18.7
8.8
0.0
7.6
6.81
1092
3.12
12
 A few sunny intervals 18th. Variable cloud amount am 19th
19
20
1028.8
13.5
77
0
ENE
13.0
16.9
10.3
3.6
7.7
0.00
415
1.75
10
 Sunny periods 19th. Overcast am 20th
20
21
1025.3
12.0
92
0
W
13.0
14.0
10.9
2.0
9.8
0.00
622
0.81
12
 Overcast 20th, rain evening. Rain, drizzle, low cloud am 21st
21
22
1024.9
10.9
96
2
WNW
13.0
16.3
9.7
0.0
9.7
3.43
886
2.26
14
 Low cloud/fog at times 21st. Rain and drizzle am 22nd
22
23
1027.2
11.7
75
5
WSW
13.0
15.2
7.8
0.0
3.6
4.18
976
3.15
20
 Cloud clearing mid afternoon 22nd then sunny intervals. Clear skies am 23rd
23
24
1026.0
12.2
75
6
WSW
13.0
17.7
8.2
0.0
6.6
13.70
990
3.96
22
 Sunny intervals 23rd, variable cloud amount am 24th
24
25
1031.8
11.0
84
1
N
13.5
20.2
8.4
0.1
5.7
8.94
1129
3.71
12
 Prolonged sunshine 24th. Clear skies early am 25th, more cloud later
25
26
1033.7
9.7
94
2
NW
14.5
19.8
9.2
0.0
4.5
7.73
1107
2.95
11
 Sunny periods pm 25th. Low cloud and fog am 26th
26
27
1025.1
15.3
68
8
WSW
15.0
17.6
10.0
0.0
8.3
10.09
1063
3.38
23
 Sunny periods pm 26th. Mainly clear skies am 27th
27
28
1028.7
11.1
65
2
ENE
14.0
15.1
5.9
0.0
1.8
10.27
1178
3.48
13
 Prolonged sunshine 27th. Clear skies am 28th
28
29
1031.1
14.7
69
3
WNW
14.0
21.3
5.9
0.0
5.3
15.44
867
4.47
13
Prolonged sunshine 28th. Variable cloud amount am 29th
29
30
1033.2
16.0
68
3
ENE
14.0
21.9
8.3
0.0
5.5
15.48
851
4.44
11
Unbroken hazy sunshine 29th. Clear skies am 30th
30
31
1031.8
11.5
88
2
ENE
15.0
15.0
8.2
0.0
4.5
5.48
754
2.74
14
Unbroken hazy sunshine 30th. Low cloud/hill fog am 30th
31
Total/Mean
16.2
7.9
29.4
– 0.2
181.30
1178
81.09
30
  
 
Pressure
(mb)
Temp
(°C)
Relative
Humidity
(%)
Wind Speed (mph)
Wind
Direction
Soil Temp
at 20cm
(°C)
SnowDepth(cm) or
Pentlands, Lammermuirs, Moorfoots snowline(ft)
1 Mean Maximum
Temp
(°C)
2Mean Minimum
Temp
(°C)
3Total Rainfall
(mm)
4Grass Min
Temp
lowest
(°C)
5Total Sun
(Hours)
Solar
Rad'n highest
W/m2
7Total ET
(mm)
6Max
Wind Speed
(mph)

May 2023 summary(to 0900 GMT, 1 June, 2023 )

Overall mean temperature 12.1C (+ 1.8degC )↓ 

Precipitation 29.4 mm (51.6%), Sunshine 175.82 hours(90.2%)
 
  0900 GMTreadings
Daily Readings (see notes below)  
    
1 June, 2023 3:20 PM
Notes
1. For the 24 hours from 0900UTC* on the date to 0900UTC* on the following day. (The maximum temperature is generally in the afternoon*)
2. For the 24 hours ending at 0900UTC* on the date. (The minimum temperature is generally just after sunrise*)
*Where a maximum is overnight or minimum is during the day the figure is shown in italics. This often occurs in winter
3. For the 24 hours from 0900UTC* on the date to 0900UTC* on following day. SEPA = Scottish Environmental Protection Agency/UKMO 5" diameter gauge
4. For the period from sunset on previous day to 0900UTC* on the date
5.For the period sunrise to sunset on the date
6. For the period 0000UTC*–2400UTC* on the date i.e the Calendar Day
7. Total evapotranspiration on the date (in mm).
* UTC is Universal Time Coordinated. It has been adopted by the UK Met.Office in place of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). When British Summer Time is in force UTC is BST minus one hour ,e.g.1000BST=0900UTC

 

 

 

 

 


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