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13 May 2026 13:15:54
A few brief heavy showers but overall a sunny day (so far!)
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14 May 2026 06:02:32
A sunny start at 8.2 °C. Brisk, fresh feeling west winds. The heavy rain predicted by the BBC pictorials for Sunday is as expected no more.

Showers are predicted for today but I won't hold my breath for anything substantial. Yesterday's allowance was 1mm, which dried up within an hour. The garden irrigation will continue apace.

Vale of the Great Dairies

South Dorset

Elevation 60m 197ft

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14 May 2026 07:18:27
Ditto
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Retron
14 May 2026 11:32:49
Overcast, breezy and genuinely cold: 8.3, dew 6.3, with the high so far being just 9.9 (the 91-20 average is 17!)

0.4mm of rain so far today.

Leysdown, north Kent
johncs2016
14 May 2026 12:03:26
Mostly cloudy here in Edinburgh with showery rain at times, a cold wind and temperatures of only around 10°C which is very poor indeed, when you consider that we're now just over two weeks away from what should be the start of the meteorological summer.😡

As a result, I don't think that Jerry will be able to enjoy sitting in his garden today somehow.

The north of Edinburgh, usually always missing out on snow events which occur not just within the rest of Scotland or the UK, but also within the rest of Edinburgh.

Crepuscular Ray
14 May 2026 13:00:15

Mostly cloudy here in Edinburgh with showery rain at times, a cold wind and temperatures of only around 10°C which is very poor indeed, when you consider that we're now just over two weeks away from what should be the start of the meteorological summer.😡

As a result, I don't think that Jerry will be able to enjoy sitting in his garden today somehow.

Originally Posted by: johncs2016 

No garden today John. Inside next to the radiator. Another brief shower coming through and 9.5 C 🥶 brrrr.....

Jerry

Edinburgh, in the frost hollow below Blackford Hill

johncs2016
14 May 2026 13:53:13

No garden today John. Inside next to the radiator. Another brief shower coming through and 9.5 C 🥶 brrrr.....

Originally Posted by: Crepuscular Ray 

It's got worse as the day has gone on as it's now become very dark with some hailstones now mixed in with all of that.

The north of Edinburgh, usually always missing out on snow events which occur not just within the rest of Scotland or the UK, but also within the rest of Edinburgh.

Roger Parsons
14 May 2026 16:59:01
Stupendous full rainbow to the east. 5.50-55pm. Fading now... 🌈
RogerP

West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire

Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.

William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830

tierradelfuego
14 May 2026 17:14:22
15.6c the high today, only a few passing showers and nothing like yesterday's hail and 70+mm/hr rate, sunny now and calm
Bucklebury

West Berkshire Downs AONB

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VP2 with daytime FARS

Rainfall collector separated at ground level

Anemometer separated above roof level

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14 May 2026 17:41:21
Ground with a complete cover of hail in Rochford shown on BBC weather
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doctormog
14 May 2026 18:49:00
Sunshine and showers and strong very chilly winds for the time of the year. Currently 7.1°C and between showers. The change to warmer conditions can’t come soon enough.
Aberdeen

Current conditions (personal WS) 

cultman1
14 May 2026 18:54:01
same here in london Ive never known such a cool few days in mid May
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14 May 2026 19:59:26

In parts of the Northern Hemisphere, the period from May 11 to May 15 is often believed to bring a brief spell of colder weather in many years, including the last nightly frosts of the Spring.

The Ice Saints are Mamertus, Pancras of Rome, Servatius of Tongeren and Boniface of Tarsus. They are so named because their feast days fall on the days of May 11, May 12, May 13 and May 14 respectively, which often saw the last cold snap of the season. [Wiki]

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15 May 2026 06:09:50
Hope this is the last chilly night and day of this Spring. Currently 7.1 °C, clear and sunny with light winds. I wonder if the forecast showers will reach me today? Yesterday each one missed.

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15 May 2026 06:32:53
6.8C, sunny with some layered high cloud giving way to more continuous cover from the north
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15 May 2026 11:56:59
Just had a rainshower but not enough to show in the gauge. Dampens the dust, though and the winds are less too. 
Vale of the Great Dairies

South Dorset

Elevation 60m 197ft

johncs2016
16 May 2026 04:32:25
We've just had a ridiculously cold night for this time of the year here in Edinburgh (we are just over two weeks away from what should be the start of meteorological "summer" after all) as the temperature at Edinburgh Gogarbank dropped to no higher than -0.04°C with an official air frost being recorded there as a result.

According to my records, that has to be one of the latest air frosts which I've reported on here since I joined this forum 10 years ago. In my books, that is like the polar opposite of us getting a 20+°C maximum in November which has never happened here in all of my time here on TWO.

Nevertheless, normal service has been resumed for here at this of the year with a return to our more familiar sunshine and only small amounts of cloud to start the day.

Currently, a ridiculously cold (for this time of year) 0°C here in Edinburgh.

The north of Edinburgh, usually always missing out on snow events which occur not just within the rest of Scotland or the UK, but also within the rest of Edinburgh.

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16 May 2026 05:27:52

We've just had a ridiculously cold night for this time of the year here in Edinburgh (we are just over two weeks away from what should be the start of meteorological "summer" after all) as the temperature at Edinburgh Gogarbank dropped to no higher than -0.04°C with an official air frost being recorded there as a result.

Originally Posted by: johncs2016 

But see my post #38 above re the 'Ice Saints'.

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16 May 2026 05:28:42
6.4C sunny but with streaky cloud working its way in from the west
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Chichester 12m asl

johncs2016
16 May 2026 07:11:26

But see my post #38 above re the 'Ice Saints'.

Originally Posted by: DEW 

Well, the temperature here in Edinburgh has now recovered to around 6°C in the sunshine after dropping to a minimum of -0.1°C at Edinburgh Gogarbank.

Like many others on here, I'm just looking forward now to the upcoming warm up if it comes and hopefully, the coming week will at least be a bit more seasonal as a result.

The north of Edinburgh, usually always missing out on snow events which occur not just within the rest of Scotland or the UK, but also within the rest of Edinburgh.

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