Last year's Spring
was a warm one but rather wet overall with average sunshine. I
expect this Spring to be a little less warm but still above the
long term average and drier and sunnier than last year.
Short-lived cold and wet spells are likely at times but becoming
less frequent after mid-April and the potential for blocking
situations to develop with hot, humid and thundery weather
becoming more common later, especially from May onwards. |
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|
Forecast |
Actual |
March: |
A unsettled start with a
mixture of cold and warmer days but real Spring warmth is not
likely to break through until just after mid-month when more
settled, anticyclonic weather is expected to dominate. |
Mean Minimum = 4°C
(+0.0°C)
Mean Maximum = 12°C (+0.5°C)
Total Monthly
Sun = 130 hrs (105%)
Total Monthly Rain = 50 mm
(85%) |
|
April: |
Fine, dry and sunny weather
should dominate but there are likely to be rather short-lived
incursions of cold and wet weather from the Atlantic at times. |
Mean Minimum = 5°C
(+0.0°C)
Mean Maximum = 15°C (+1.0°C)
Total Monthly
Sun = 200 hrs (110%)
Total Monthly Rain = 40 mm
(75%) |
|
May: |
Rather more unsettled
overall than April with warm, humid and often thundery weather
especially later in the month. There is a potential for very hot
weather during the second half of the month as blocking
situations develop. |
Mean Minimum = 9°C
(+0.2°C)
Mean Maximum = 18°C (+1.5°C)
Total Monthly
Sun = 220 hrs (105%)
Total Monthly Rain = 60 mm
(105%) |
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The Otter Valley Summer
Fantasy-Forecast will appear here around the end of May 2015 |