May 2014
A busy bumblebee feeding on the flowers of my water avens which is growing around my pond.

Spring ends with another benign, beautiful and pleasant month with above average temperature.

Summary for  May 2014
Mean Max: 17.4ºC (+0.8ºC)
Mean Min: 9.1ºC (+0.9ºC)
Mean: 13.2ºC (+0.8ºC)
     
High Max: 23.2ºC 17th
Low Max: 13.3ºC 24th
High Min: 12.7ºC 20th
Low Min: 3.6ºC 4th
Mean Grass Min: 7.2ºC  
Grass Min: 2.0ºC 4th
     
Rain Total (gauge): 98.6 mm (177%)
Rain Total (tipping bucket): 97.9 mm (175%)
Rain Days >0.2 mm: 20 Days  
Rain Days >1.0 mm: 13 Days  
Max 24 hrs: 21.2 mm 1st
Days without any rain: 11  
     
Air Frost: 0 Days  
Grass Frost: 0 Days  
Snow Falling: 0 Days  
Snow (50%) @ 9am: 0 Days  
Ice Days: 0 Days  
Thunder Heard: 2 Days  
Hail <5 mm: 0 Days  
Hail >5 mm: 0 Days  
Fog @ 9am: 0 Days  
     
Total Monthly Sunshine: 188.7 Hours (99%)
Most Sunshine in a Day: 14.7 Hours 17th
Average Daily Sunshine: 6.1 Hours  
Sunless Days: 1 Days  
Cloudless Days: 4 Days  
Total Possible Sunshine: 481.1 Hours  
Percentage of Total Sun: 39%  
Maximum UV Index: 6.4 30th
Time of Max UV:   15:15
     
Mean Soil Temp @ 30 cm: 15.7ºC  
Min Soil Temp @ 30 cm: 14.5ºC 2nd 
Max Soil Temp @ 30 cm: 17.1ºC 23rd 
Mean Soil Temp @ 100 cm: 14.6ºC  
Min Soil Temp @ 100 cm: 13.5ºC 1st
Max Soil Temp @ 100 cm: 15.6ºC 30th
     
Ave 10 Min Wind >39 mph: 0.01 Days  
N: 6.18 Days  
NE: 1.16 Days  
E: 1.96 Days  
SE: 3.51 Days  
S: 6.84 Days  
SW: 3.50 Days  
W: 1.32 Days  
NW: 4.61 Days  
Calm: 1.91 Days  
Wind Chill Low: 3.4ºC 4th
Mean Wind: 3.3 mph  
Max Gust: 31 mph 10th
  31.00 Days  
Mean Cloud Cover: 61%  
Mean RH @ 9am: 90%  
Rain >0.1mm/hour: 43.0 Hours  
Frost Duration: 0.0 Hours  
Air Frost in a Day: 0.0 Hours 1st
     
Mean Sea Temperature: 13.0ºC (+0.3ºC)
Normal for Month: 12.7ºC  
Max Sea Temperature: 14.0ºC 31st
Min Sea Temperature: 11.9ºC 2nd 
     
Mean Pressure @ 9am: 1014.7 hPa  
Mean Pressure: 1014.8 hPa  
Max Pressure: 1036.1 hPa 15th
Min Pressure: 996.4 hPa 23rd 
Max Change in 24 hours: 13.9 hPa 2nd 
     
Radiation Daily Mean: 16.84 MJ/m²  
Max Daily Value: 27.21 MJ/m² 15th
Min Daily Value: 7.05 MJ/m² 1st
Number of Days with Data: 31 Days  
1-Hour Maximum: 1235 W/m² 25th
Starting Time of the Hour:   11:15
     
Max Dewpoint: 15.7ºC 31st
Min Dewpoint: 2.8ºC 4th
Mean Dewpoint: 10.1ºC  
     
Max Humidity: 99% 21st
Min Humidity: 47% 14th
Mean Humidity: 83%  
Weather Data for Otter Valley, Devon. May 2014.
  Temp oC Grass Hum (%) Soil oC DP (oC) Wind (mph) Rain Air (hPa) W/m² UV Sun Frost Calm Wind Sea Observations
  Min Max Min Min Max 30 100 Min Max Max Ave Run mm Min Max Max Max Hours Hours Hours Chill Temp
1 10.1 13.8 5.8 88 98 14.7 13.5 9.3 12.5 15 1.3 30 21.2 1009 1013 339 0.7 1.6 0.0 8.8 9.8 12.2 Sunshine & showers
2 9.2 13.6 9.8 78 98 14.5 13.6 8.4 10.7 11 1.9 46 0.0 1013 1027 597 1.7 0.5 0.0 5.0 9.1 11.9 Brief sunny ints all day
3 8.6 15.0 3.1 65 90 14.5 13.7 4.6 9.5 12 2.1 51 0.0 1027 1029 882 2.1 6.0 0.0 7.5 8.4 12.1 Sunny intervals all day
4 3.6 14.7 2.0 70 98 14.5 13.7 2.8 10.1 16 2.9 69 0.0 1019 1027 909 2.3 10.9 0.0 8.5 3.4 12.2 Sunny intervals all day
5 6.1 16.1 3.7 71 97 14.5 13.8 5.1 11.4 23 5.3 127 2.0 1006 1019 855 2.7 4.0 0.0 0.5 6.0 12.2 Sunny intervals all day
6 7.7 17.3 5.3 69 98 14.5 13.8 6.8 12.5 20 4.7 113 5.9 1004 1007 1020 2.9 6.0 0.0 4.0 7.4 12.4 Sunshine & showers
7 9.2 16.8 7.6 64 93 14.5 13.9 7.9 11.1 22 4.2 102 0.7 1007 1013 695 3.2 3.0 0.0 0.0 9.1 12.4 Sunny intervals all day
8 11.1 18.7 10.1 77 98 14.7 14.0 7.7 15.4 22 4.8 115 12.0 1007 1013 936 2.2 1.4 0.0 0.0 10.5 12.1 Sunshine & showers
9 10.1 17.7 7.4 56 93 14.8 13.9 7.8 10.2 22 4.7 114 2.3 1010 1015 888 3.1 6.5 0.0 0.0 9.4 12.1 Sunny intervals all day
10 11.1 16.3 9.9 66 97 15.1 14.1 6.9 12.3 31 7.6 183 4.1 1003 1015 963 3.1 3.4 0.0 0.0 8.8 12.0 Sunshine & showers
11 8.8 16.3 5.4 53 82 15.0 14.1 5.7 9.6 25 5.8 139 0.7 1004 1009 978 3.1 9.2 0.0 0.0 7.5 12.0 Sunny intervals all day
12 5.2 16.9 2.5 55 98 14.8 14.2 4.2 10.5 18 2.9 69 2.5 1009 1014 1018 2.6 8.1 0.0 7.3 4.9 12.0 Sunny intervals all day
13 7.6 17.1 5.1 59 97 15.0 14.3 6.2 10.0 21 3.4 82 0.7 1014 1026 903 3.5 8.4 0.0 6.8 7.5 12.1 Sunny intervals all day
14 6.8 20.9 4.4 47 98 15.0 14.3 5.8 11.6 14 2.5 59 0.0 1026 1034 997 3.9 11.7 0.0 4.8 6.5 12.4 Sunny intervals all day
15 6.7 20.3 5.9 60 97 15.4 14.3 5.8 13.7 13 3.2 78 0.0 1034 1036 886 3.7 14.7 0.0 1.8 5.9 13.2 Sunny all day
16 7.6 19.8 6.0 62 98 15.9 14.5 6.7 14.4 13 2.7 64 0.0 1029 1035 870 3.6 14.5 0.0 10.3 7.3 13.4 Sunny all day
17 7.6 23.2 6.4 54 97 16.2 14.6 6.7 14.3 13 2.4 59 0.0 1019 1029 877 3.6 14.7 0.0 4.3 7.3 13.8 Sunny all day
18 8.1 20.6 9.9 63 98 16.7 14.8 7.1 15.2 13 1.9 46 0.0 1006 1019 890 3.6 14.6 0.0 8.0 7.7 13.3 Sunny all day
19 12.6 17.8 11.5 77 94 16.9 15.1 10.3 14.3 16 2.1 51 5.4 1000 1006 928 2.5 2.9 0.0 5.3 11.6 13.6 Sunny ints and thunder
20 12.7 17.2 5.8 79 97 16.7 15.2 8.5 14.4 21 3.9 102 0.9 1000 1010 895 3.7 5.4 0.0 5.0 9.6 13.5 Cloudy am, sunny ints pm
21 4.6 20.3 3.3 57 99 16.5 15.2 3.8 12.9 11 1.8 43 0.0 1002 1011 919 4.0 12.1 0.0 6.5 4.2 13.9 Sunny intervals all day
22 10.1 17.2 8.0 69 97 16.8 15.3 9.2 13.2 14 2.7 65 21.2 999 1002 1006 4.9 7.7 0.0 3.3 9.8 13.7 Sunny intervals all day
23 11.1 15.9 10.0 85 96 17.1 15.4 10.2 13.5 22 4.3 103 5.4 996 1006 612 2.6 4.0 0.0 0.3 11.1 13.5 Sunny intervals all day
24 10.1 13.3 7.4 89 98 16.7 15.5 9.1 12.0 18 3.1 69 5.2 1005 1009 408 1.5 1.4 0.0 3.3 9.7 13.6 Sunny ints am, rain pm
25 11.1 16.8 8.1 75 94 16.3 15.6 9.7 13.1 27 8.7 206 0.0 1010 1017 1235 5.5 8.0 0.0 0.0 9.2 13.8 Cloudy am, sunny pm
26 7.4 16.3 5.8 72 98 16.3 15.5 6.7 12.4 11 1.3 31 0.5 1017 1019 645 5.4 0.5 0.0 10.0 7.4 13.9 Sunny ints am, cloudy pm
27 11.3 18.3 10.9 69 95 16.3 15.6 10.3 12.9 12 2.4 57 0.7 1015 1018 619 4.7 1.1 0.0 3.5 11.2 13.7 Cloudy am, sunny ints pm
28 11.1 15.9 10.4 80 96 16.4 15.6 10.0 13.4 14 2.1 50 0.9 1014 1016 413 3.8 0.0 0.0 7.0 10.9 13.6 Cloudy all day
29 12.2 17.6 12.2 80 96 16.5 15.6 11.1 14.1 14 3.3 78 4.1 1013 1017 528 3.9 0.5 0.0 0.5 12.1 13.5 Cloudy am, sunny ints pm
30 12.6 17.8 12.5 84 97 16.5 15.6 12.0 15.6 11 1.6 38 1.6 1017 1024 526 6.4 1.3 0.0 5.3 12.5 13.7 Cloudy am, sunny ints pm
31 9.1 19.4 7.7 70 99 16.6 15.6 8.6 15.7 12 2.1 51 0.0 1024 1026 790 5.7 4.7 0.0 5.3 9.1 14.0 Sunny intervals all day
9.1 17.4 7.2 69 96 15.7 14.6 7.6 12.7 17 3.3 2485 98 1012 1018 807 3.4 188.7 0.0 127 8.5 13.0  
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