Royston (Iceni) Weather Station

Daily Weather Observations - May 2009

(All Times GMT)

Date Max. Temp. (°C) 09/09h Min. Temp. (°C) 09/09h Grass Min. Temp. (°C) 21/09h Earth (30cms) Temp. (°C) 09h Sun (Hours) 00/00h R'fall (MM) 09/09h Wind Dir'n 09h Mean Wind Speed (MPH) 00/00h Max. Gust Speed (MPH) 00/00h Cloud Cover (Oktas) 09h Mean MSL Air Pressure (mB) 00/00h Mean Rel. Humd. (%) 00/00h Mean Temp. (°C) 00/00h Fog (vis. <1000m @ 09h) Fog (vis. <200m @ 09h) Snow or Rain and Snow 00/00h Snow Lying @ 09h (>50% cover) Hail 00/00h Thunder 00/00h Date
1 20.8 9.4 5.9 12.9 8.8 0.0 S 5.1 25 0 1020.6 72.4 14.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2 19.1 8.0 5.5 13.3 12.0 TR W 4.1 16 2 1024.8 70.1 13.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
3 15.5 8.4 6.4 13.6 5.9 0.0 NW 7.4 32 7 1024.2 63.6 10.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
4 13.6 5.0 1.3 13.2 1.0 0.3 W 5.0 25 7 1023.5 76.8 9.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
5 19.0 10.3 8.5 13.0 2.1 0.0 W 6.8 21 8 1018.5 79.8 13.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
6 19.3 10.4 8.9 13.3 5.1 0.0 W 9.4 39 7 1014.0 76.2 14.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
7 17.5 9.6 8.2 13.5 3.7 0.7 W 7.0 38 8 1009.5 76.7 13.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
8 15.2 8.5 7.1 13.8 8.9 1.8 W 9.2 45 8 1008.6 71.2 10.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
9 16.2 6.2 4.8 13.3 7.7 0.0 SW 5.6 26 4 1014.1 67.0 11.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
10 19.8 6.4 2.4 13.5 10.1 0.0 E 2.2 20 0 1017.8 66.9 12.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
11 17.5 3.4 0.5 13.8 13.6 0.0 NE 5.5 31 2 1021.3 73.9 10.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
12 17.9 5.6 4.0 13.8 10.9 0.1 NE 6.1 33 2 1019.8 71.4 10.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
13 14.6 6.9 4.0 13.9 0.0 0.2 E 2.3 20 8 1012.9 86.4 11.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
14 15.8 10.8 10.5 13.6 0.0 1.5 N 0.6 13 8 1006.0 94.7 12.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
15 16.0 10.6 10.0 13.6 1.8 2.2 SW 4.6 30 8 999.6 86.3 12.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
16 16.6 6.2 4.8 13.6 6.2 4.6 SW 7.0 35 5 1003.5 75.4 11.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
17 15.3 7.0 4.5 13.6 5.7 3.1 S 6.3 36 8 1004.6 84.9 10.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 17
18 16.7 9.0 7.6 13.6 8.3 0.0 SW 8.4 36 4 1009.6 77.4 12.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 18
19 17.0 8.8 7.5 13.8 7.8 0.6 SW 7.0 33 5 1014.8 78.8 12.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 19
20 18.5 7.9 6.4 14.0 9.1 0.0 SW 5.5 20 5 1016.7 73.0 13.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 20
21 19.4 8.9 7.0 14.1 9.7 0.3 SW 6.4 31 6 1011.8 71.5 13.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 21
22 19.0 8.0 6.0 14.5 7.5 0.0 SW 1.9 26 4 1014.6 70.2 13.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 22
23 21.7 9.0 5.7 15.0 11.9 0.0 W 3.1 18 2 1015.1 61.1 16.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23
24 23.1 7.5 4.4 15.0 15.9 0.0 NE 2.1 16 0 1017.7 64.5 15.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 24
25 22.5 10.7 9.2 15.9 6.9 19.5 E 3.3 20 8 1012.4 73.5 16.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 25
26 17.8 9.4 9.4 16.2 6.5 0.0 W 9.9 30 8 1012.1 75.8 12.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 26
27 19.1 8.5 7.0 15.5 0.5 0.0 SW 10.4 33 8 1019.6 80.8 12.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 27
28 23.2 12.8 11.0 15.0 6.4 0.0 W 5.3 20 1 1027.6 74.4 17.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 28
29 23.2 12.3 9.3 15.9 13.7 0.0 E 2.0 17 3 1029.9 70.5 16.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 29
30 22.7 8.6 6.2 16.0 16.0 0.0 E 2.8 18 0 1025.9 66.9 15.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 30
31 25.5 7.9 5.1 16.4 15.7 0.0 N 4.0 21 0 1025.1 72.4 16.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 31
Total/Mean 18.7 8.5 6.4 14.2 239.3 34.9 X 5.4 X 4.7 1016.0 74.3 13.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total/Mean
*Diff./% +1.7 +1.1     126% 74%                           *Diff./%
Date Max. Temp. (°C) 09/09h Min. Temp. (°C) 09/09h Grass Min. Temp. (°C) 21/09h Earth (30cms) Temp. (°C) 09h Sun (Hours) 00/00h R'fall (MM) 09/09h Wind Dir'n 09h Mean Wind Speed (MPH) 00/00h Max. Gust Speed (MPH) 00/00h Cloud Cover (Oktas) 09h Mean MSL Air Pressure (mB) 00/00h Mean Rel. Humd. (%) 00/00h Mean Temp. (°C) 00/00h Fog (vis. <1000m @ 09h) Fog (vis. <200m @ 09h) Snow or Rain and Snow 00/00h Snow Lying @ 09h (>50% cover) Hail 00/00h Thunder 00/00h Date

Differences from average:

Differences from average shown in red. Reference periods used are as follows: Temperature 30 Years 1976/2005; rainfall 30 Years 1971/2000; sunshine 30 Years 1971/2000.

(*The differences from average quoted during the course of the month relate to the cumulative daily averages up to the date of the last observation, not the averages for the month as a whole)

Additional Data:

Rainfall Duration  16.5 hours

Air Frost Duration  NIL hours

Graphs and Charts:

Click on the following links to view this month's graphs and charts.....

1. Daily Maximum, Minimum & Grass Minimum Temperatures

2. Daily Maximum & Minimum Temperatures (with 30 Year Comparative Means)

3. Daily Earth (30 cms Depth) Temperature @ 0900 GMT  4. Daily Rainfall  5.  Daily Sunshine

6. Daily Maximum Gust & Mean Wind Speed  7. Daily Wind Direction @ 0900 GMT

8. Daily Mean MSL Air Pressure  9.  Daily Mean Relative Humidity   10. Thermograph 

11.  Barograph  12.  Hygrograph  13.  Anemograph  14.  Wind Direction

15. Sunshine Duration  16. Rainfall Intensity & Duration

May 2009 Weather Review:

......and click on the link below for a text report of the May 2009 weather in Royston

May 2009 Weather Review

May (since 1972) at Royston (Iceni) Weather Station:

Mean daily maximum temperature (30 years 1976/2005) 17.0°C

Mean daily minimum temperature (30 years 1976/2005) 7.4°C

Highest temperature 30.3°C (27th May 2005); lowest temperature -1.0°C (16th May1996)

Lowest grass minimum temperature -5.2°C (16th May 1996)

Warmest May 1992 (Mean temperature 14.5°C); coldest May 1984, 1996 (Mean temperature 9.7°C)

Average May rainfall (30 years 1971/2000) 47.0 mm

Wettest May 2007 (Rainfall 147.5 mm); driest May 1990 (Rainfall 3.7 mm)

Wettest Day 27th May 2007 (Rainfall 65.7 mm)

Highest number of "rain days" (0.2 mm or more) 22 (1983); lowest number of "rain days" 3 (1990)

Highest number of days with thunder 8 (1983)

Highest number of air frosts 4 (1996)

Highest number of ground frosts 14 (1996)

Highest number of days with snow falling 2 (1997)

Highest number of days with snow lying (ground with more than 50% snow cover @ 0900 GMT) 0

This picture is of the Chinese Bridge at the delightful Wrest Park, Silsoe, Bedfordshire (27 km SSW of Royston), taken at 1131 GMT on 2nd May 2009. Nearby is the Chinese Temple which was originally built around the mid-1750's when a Chinese taste was in vogue in England. The Chinese Temple has recently been rebuilt, and the Chinese Bridge itself has been replaced several times, the one seen here dating from 1876. The day was warm and mainly sunny both at Wrest Park and at Royston, the maximum temperature at the latter location reaching 19.1°C, which is 3.3°C above the 30 Year (1976/2005)average for this day. Sunshine at Royston was 12.0 hours.

The large tract of land seen here (at 0814 GMT on 21st May 2009) stretches from the B1039 Royston to Saffron Walden road (just behind the photographer) to near to the A505 road on the eastern side of Royston. An even larger similar tract of land to the right of the tree belt on the right does, in fact, stretch all the way to the A505 without interruption. The Spring sown crop is just starting to germinate as evident in the foreground whilst the light coloured nature of the soil in the distance owes this characteristic to both the underlying chalk and the dry weather of May so far (and the dry months of April and March). A SW wind of mean speed 6 knots gusting to 12knots is in evidence, in a temperature of 14.0°C. The scene here is a good example of how wild flowers can enhance the urban environment. The location is the wide verge at the side of the A1072 Martins Way in Stevenage (20 km SW of Royston) which runs between the neighbourhoods of St. Nicholas and Pin Green. This picture was taken at 1014 GMT on 22nd May 2009, and less than two months prior to this the whole area now colonised by the wild flowers was covered in daffodils (obviously set, not wild!). This view is looking westwards from a position not too far from open country on the eastern side of the town. The picture indicates a pleasant Spring day, and at Royston the temperature reached 19.0°C and sunshine of 7.5 hours was experienced.

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