A warm month with a notable hot spell in the first week where the highest temperature of the year for this location was recorded. A muted thundery breakdown on the 10th followed by temperatures within 2-3 degrees of average for the rest of the month. A majority of mild nights, but there were some chilly early mornings 21-23rd with two ground frosts. Virtually dry until the 10th, then rain almost every day thereafter. Overall rainfall total was 10% above average, with a wet day (17.2 mm) on the 19th - most of which fell in a four hour period. Plenty of foggy nights in the first half of the month, with the clearance not coming until 10:00 UTC on the 16th.

Anomalies (in brackets) refer to the estimated 1991-2020 averages.

Mean max: 21.0 (+3.0)
Mean min: 10.9 (+2.1)
Mean temp: 16.0 (+2.6)
Mean 30cm earth temp: 16.8

Highest max: 30.6 ( 8th)
Lowest max: 14.7 (30th)
Lowest min: 4.3 (23rd)
Highest min: 17.6 ( 7th)
Lowest grass min: -0.7 (23rd)

Air frosts: 0 ( 0)
Air frost hours: 0.0
Ground frosts: 2 ( 0)

Days with max 30.0 to 34.9: 2
Days with max 25.0 to 29.9: 5
Days with max 20.0 to 24.9: 5
Days with max 15.0 to 19.9: 17
Days with max 10.0 to 14.9: 1

Days with min 15.0 to 19.9: 3
Days with min 10.0 to 14.9: 17
Days with min 5.0 to 9.9: 9
Days with min 0.0 to 4.9: 1

Total rainfall: 66.0 mm (110%)
Wettest day: 17.2 mm (19th)
Rain days (0.2 mm or more): 20 ( +7)
Wet days (1.0 mm or more): 13 ( +4)
Days >= 10mm: 2 ( 0)
Days >= 20mm: 0

Days with snow/sleet falling: 0
Days with 50%+ snow cover at 09z: 0 ( 0)
Deepest at 0900z 0 (n/a)
Days with thunder heard: 1
Days with hail: 0
Days with fog at 0900z: 1

Highest 10-min mean wind: 21 kn (19th)
Max gust: 41 kn (24th)
Days with gale: 0
Highest wind run: 350.9 nm (19th)
Wind direction at 0900z: N: 2; NE: 3; E: 4; SE: 5; S: 10; SW: 4; W: 0; NW: 0; Calm: 2

Maximum pressure: 1027.8 ( 3rd)
Minimum pressure: 990.6 (20th)

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Freddie
Alcaston
Shropshire
148m AMSL
http://www.hosiene.co.uk/weather/
Stats for the month so far: https://www.hosiene.co.uk/weather/statistics/alcaston/latest.xlsx