May 2024 Weather – Very Warm
May 2024 was classed as ‘very mild’, with the mean a full 2.5 degC above the average, and the mean minimum an extraordinary 4.5 degC above the average. The mean minimum was actually in double figures, something usually reserved for the summer months.
Most of the mildness came in the first half of the month, with the warmest temperature (25.0 degC) registered on the 11th May. Seven days reached 20 degC in the month. Durham University Observatory confirmed May 2024 as equalling May 1833 as the warmest May in Durham since 1795.
Top 10 Warmest Mays in Durham
1= 1833 13.6 degC
1= 2024 13.6
3 2004 13.4
4= 1808 13.1
4= 1848 13.1
6 2017 12.7
7=. 1952 12.4
7=. 2022 12.4
9=. 2018 12.3
9=. 2023 12.3
The change in the middle of the month to cooler, wetter weather continued for another month into June, making the first half of June 2024 very poor.
Rainfall was on the high side of average, most of it falling in a wet 2nd half. The wettest day was the 22nd May, with over an inch of rain registered. A young person died in a mudslide at Carlton-in-Cleveland on the edge of the North Yorkshire Moors. This was the wettest spring day on record. 94.8 mm of rain fell at Keswick on the 22nd, and 124.0 mm of rain fell at Honister Pass in Cumbria on the observing day 22-23rd.
A big highlight of the month was the incredible Northern Lights ‘show’ on 10th May 2024. This coincided with a spell of anticyclonic weather, resulting in a spectacular display, not only in the North East, but most of the country.
Stats for May 2024
Mean : 13.5 degC (+2.5C)
Mean Max : 17.4 degC (+2.0)
Mean Min : 10.6 degC (+4.1)
Abs Max : 25.0 degC on 11th May
Abs Min : 7.4 degC on 21st May
Rainfall : 70.1 mm (+25.7 mm)
Wettest Day : 27.1 mm on 22nd May.
See : May 2024 at Durham University
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