One washout June, please, to make up for things! 😁

I'll be interested in the Met Office anomaly maps for May because despite no rain falling at all in the first two-thirds of the month, I bet we end up not that much below average in terms of total rainfall.

The UK recorded 630 hours of sunshine between 1 March and 27 May - beating its previous sunniest spring in 2020 by four hours, the forecaster said.

https://news.sky.com/story/uk-has-its-sunniest-spring-since-records-began-met-office-says-13375942 

Same over here. Exceptionally dry then enough rain in the last few days to bring it up to at least near average. Fairly solid rain here at the moment. Love these gloomy twilight rains of Summer (I know, not technically summer yet, but nice all the same). 

Could had reach 700 at least if this idiot 3 x Bank Holiday curse did not occurred.  This recent BH is the worst one out of other 2 BH weekends.

Can't wait to get away from this utter hellhole in two weeks time for a trip to Italy in which I'll be able to experience sunshine for the first time in three months.

Five vile days this month and, apart from yesterday, all have been at the weekend. It's beyond belief and is being engineered by Satan there is just no rational explanation.

Well over half of the rainfall this spring has fallen at the weekends with the two wettest days being Saturdays (22nd March and 24th May). Only two Springs in 20 years (2006 and 2017) have had wetter Saturdays.

The coldest day of April was a Saturday (5th) and the coldest day of May was a Sunday (4th). The dullest day of May so far was a Sunday (18th) but that could change to today looking out at yet another day of rancid, cold, grey easterly filth.

Basically all we've had all Spring is crap weekends while it's been glorious during the week, particularly Tuesday to Friday. It's been detestable and a season that looking back on will invoke few good memories. There is nothing pleasurable about being stuck indoors all week looking out at blue skies to end up stuck indoors at the weekend looking out at soul destroying grey filth.

I'll post the final figures tomorrow but it is already the worst Weekend Curse season I have recorded in 20 years regarding rainfall. For sunshine it looks like coming in the top 5 worst alongside horror shows like Spring 2023 and Summer 2007.

If it wasn't for the crap weekends May would have been the first month ever to reach 300 hours sunshine. Infuriating and depressing in equal measure. The rest of the year will end likely end up a dull, wet washout like 2020 bar September. It's already beyond the pale with today the 9th consecutive day of rain and nearly the whole monthly average recorded in that time. Only recorded a stretch as bad as this once in 20 years in May and that was just three years ago in 2022. Dreadful Springs so far this decade.

Otherwise I hope your Italian holiday goes well and the sun shines from dawn to dusk under traditional Mediterranean blue skies. With no Saharan dust of course.

Temperature (°C)

Lowest Minimum:                                                                                  -4.19 (on 18/3/25)

Highest Minimum:                                                                                13.46 (on 29/5/25)

Mean Minimum:                                                                                    4.82

Minimum Anomaly:                                                                               +0.25

Lowest Maximum:                                                                                 6.51 (on 17/3/25)

Highest Maximum:                                                                                23.65 (on 30/4/25)

Mean Maximum:                                                                                    14.53

Maximum Anomaly:                                                                              +2.47

Lowest Average:                                                                                     1.45 (on 17/3/25)

Highest Average:                                                                                    17.09 (on 29/5/25)

Average Temperature:                                                                            9.68

Average Anomaly:                                                                                   +1.36

Lowest Diurnal Temperature Range:                                                     2.13 (on 16/4/25)

Highest Diurnal Temperature Range:                                                    19.24 (on 16/5/25)

Average Diurnal Temperature Range:                                                    9.68

Other Temperature Statistics

Single Figures Maximum Temperatures:                                               14

Single Figures Minimum Temperatures:                                                77

Double Figures Maximum Temperatures:                                             68

Double Figures Minimum Temperatures:                                              7

Maximum Temperatures Above 20°C:                                                   10

Number of Frosts

Ground Frosts:                                                                                          38

Air Frosts:                                                                                                  8 (77.6% of 1991-2020 spring average)

Rainfall (mm)

Total for spring:                                                                                          88.4 (59.5% of 1991-2020 spring average)

Wettest Day:                                                                                               12.0 (on 27/3/25)

Highest Hourly Total:                                                                                  6.4 (on 27/3/25 at 20:00)

Highest Ten Minute Total:                                                                          2.2 (on 24/5/25 at 23:20)

Rain Days:                                                                                                    17 (56.2% of 1991-2020 spring average)

Dry Days:                                                                                                      61

Longest Dry Spell                                                                                         22 days (1/5 to 22/5)

Longest Non-Dry Spell                                                                                9 days (23/5 to 31/5)

Most Consecutive Rain Days                                                                      4 days (23/5 to 26/5 and 28/5 to 31/5)

Longest Period Without a Rain Day:                                                          22 days (1/5 to 22/5)

Month with lowest rainfall total:                                                                 April 2025: 23.0 (50.1% of 1991-2020 April average)

Month with highest rainfall total:                                                                May 2025: 37.6 (74.9% of 1991-2020 May average)

Month with fewest rain days:                                                                       March 2025: 4 (38.9% of 1991-2020 March average)

Month with most rain days:                                                                          May 2025: 8 (74.3% of 1991-2020 May average)

Wind Speed (mph)

Average Mean Wind Speed:                                                                          8.5 (93.5% of 1991-2020 spring average)

Highest Mean Wind Speed:                                                                           30.4 (on 29/3/25)

Highest Wind Gust:                                                                                        42.7 (on 29/5/25)

Most Common Wind Direction                                                                       ENE

Pressure (mb)

Lowest Pressure:                                                                                               993.9 (on 24/5/25)

Average Pressure:                                                                                             1017.2

Highest Pressure:                                                                                              1034.1 (on 1/3/25)

Sunshine Total (hrs)

Total for spring:                                                                                                  601.6 (134.2% of 1991-2020 spring average)

Sunniest Day:                                                                                                     15.0 (on 17/5/25)

Sunless Days:                                                                                                      5

Most Consecutive Sunless Days:                                                                      2 days (4/3 and 5/3)

Month with lowest sunshine total:                                                                     March 2025: 138.1 (124.4% of 1991-2020 March average)

Month with highest sunshine total:                                                                    May 2025: 276.2 (145.8% of 1991-2020 May average)

Month with fewest sunless days:                                                                        May 2025: 0

Month with most sunless days:                                                                           March 2025: 3

Conclusion

Overnight minimum temperatures in the spring were around average though with a below average number of air frosts, but daytime maximum temperatures were well above average which meant that the spring was warmer than average overall.

The spring of 2025 was also quite a lot drier than average both in terms of the actual rainfall amounts and in terms of the number of official rain days, with all three spring months being drier than average by both of those definitions.

The spring of 2025 was also substantially sunnier than average with all three spring months being sunnier than average. Indeed, it was even officially confirmed as Scotland's sunniest spring on record by the UK Met Office.

And so it was!

These two anomaly maps illustrate it perfectly:

In terms of number of days where rain fell, proportionately amongst the driest in the country, with 6-10 rain days fewer than average.

And yet, when it comes to the actual rainfall amount anomaly, NW England as a whole was about average - with a few parts getting 125-150% of average.

It shows just how much rain fell in the last 7/8 days of the month!

https://www.theweatheroutlook.com/twodata/cet.aspx