MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for MAY. 2006 NAME: Ferryhill CITY: Ferryhill STATE: Co. Durham ELEV: 394 ft LAT: 54° 41' 00" N LONG: 1° 33' 00" W TEMPERATURE (°C), RAIN (mm), WIND SPEED (mph) HEAT COOL AVG MEAN DEG DEG WIND DOM DAY TEMP HIGH TIME LOW TIME DAYS DAYS RAIN SPEED HIGH TIME DIR ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 7.9 11.4 16:30 5.2 00:00 7.6 0.0 2.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 2 8.9 13.2 17:30 3.8 4:30 6.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 3 13.3 19.6 16:30 7.3 4:30 3.1 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 4 15.2 20.2 14:30 10.1 5:30 1.8 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 5 15.4 20.4 15:30 11.2 00:00 1.2 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 6 13.3 18.4 13:30 9.1 5:30 2.6 0.4 6.8 0.0 0.0 --- --- 7 11.4 13.2 14:30 10.2 00:00 4.0 0.0 7.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 8 12.2 15.6 14:00 9.9 3:30 3.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 9 11.6 15.4 13:30 8.4 4:30 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 10 12.4 18.1 16:00 6.9 5:00 3.6 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 11 13.4 23.8 14:00 8.3 4:00 3.1 1.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 12 11.5 17.1 17:00 8.3 3:00 4.2 0.2 6.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 13 7.8 8.6 0:30 7.1 00:00 7.7 0.0 1.4 0.0 0.0 --- --- 14 8.3 10.6 11:30 5.3 4:30 7.2 0.0 8.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- 15 11.2 12.9 14:00 9.4 0:30 4.2 0.0 8.4 0.0 0.0 --- --- 16 13.9 18.8 16:30 10.3 4:00 2.1 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 17 14.1 17.7 14:30 11.0 2:30 1.8 0.4 6.8 0.0 0.0 --- --- 18 13.6 17.7 15:30 11.0 00:00 2.1 0.2 1.8 0.0 0.0 --- --- 19 11.9 14.1 14:00 9.8 5:30 3.6 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 20 9.9 10.8 4:30 8.6 23:30 5.5 0.0 4.8 0.0 0.0 --- --- 21 9.6 12.4 13:00 6.2 6:00 5.9 0.0 15.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- 22 7.1 9.3 0:30 5.8 17:30 8.4 0.0 12.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 23 8.3 13.3 17:00 4.1 6:00 7.2 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 --- --- 24 9.1 13.5 17:00 5.6 4:00 6.4 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 25 10.7 15.7 18:00 6.0 6:00 4.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 26 10.4 15.9 19:30 7.3 4:00 5.1 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 --- --- 27 13.1 16.8 18:00 10.1 00:00 2.5 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 28 12.6 16.8 16:30 9.2 00:00 3.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 29 9.0 11.3 13:00 6.6 5:30 6.5 0.0 1.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 30 8.7 12.0 16:00 5.3 6:30 6.9 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 31 9.1 12.8 15:00 5.3 5:30 6.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11.1 23.8 11 3.8 2 142.2 6.8 86.8 0.0 0.0 --- --- (+1.0) (175%) Max >= 32.0: 0 Max <= 0.0: 0 Min <= 0.0: 0 Min <= -18.0: 0 Max Rain: 15.60 ON 21/05/06 Days of Rain: 19 (> .2 mm) 11 (> 2 mm) 0 (> 20 mm) Heat Base: 15.5 Cool Base: 15.5 Method: Integration Overall the warmest May for five years. Another month of contrasting halves. The first half was dry, warm, and sunny - indeed the sunniest first half since May 1945. The second half was very wet - the wettest second half of May since 1979. It took until the 3rd for the temperature to reach 20C somewhere in Britain for the first time in the year - the latest since 1983. On the 4th it reached 27.7 at Northolt (London), the earliest 80F has been exceeded since 1995, and the highest temperature of the month. The mini heatwave was accompanied by some spectacular thunderstorms, particularly in western and central Scotland on the 4th. The temperature fell to -5.9C at Kinbrace (Sutherland) on the night of the 13-14th. Overall it was very wet, with 115 mm, 85% above average in England and Wales. It was particularly wet in west Wales and relatively dry in the far north. It was quite dull in the east and south.