Village July2019

Village Weather
So-called summer!
Alvechurch
amateur
weatherman Phil
Thomas records
the changes.
Mammatus clouds
If May was quite a bland month
weather-wise, June has certainly
made up for it. It has been the
second wettest June locally over the
past 30 years. Only June 2012 was
worse (184mm) – and at the time of
writing there were still 10 days left
for more rain to fall! Daytime temperatures
were also way below the
expected value, made worse by wellbelow-average
levels of sunshine
– only 46.8 hrs, or 34% of the entire
month’s average.
June 2019 (to the 20th)
Mean Max 16.8C 2.2 below average
Mean Min 9.4C 0.4 below average
Mean 13.1C 1.3 below average
Rainfall 131.1mm 200% of average
Sunshine 46.8 hrs 34% of average
May was quite a “normal” month with
temperatures near the local average.
Warmer days and cooler nights
balanced each other, the mean being
11.7C – just 0.1C above average.
Rainfall of 47.2mm was 85% of the local
mean. Soil temperatures followed
the cooler overnight screen values.
The 30cm soil temperature of 11.8C
was 0.4C below the mean.
May 2019
Mean Max 16.5C 0.4 above average
Mean Min 6.5C 0.2 below average
Mean 11.6C 0.1 above average
Rainfall 47.2mm 85% of average
Sunshine 158.2 hrs 85% of average
Spring 2019 (March, April, May)
Mean Max 14.0C 1.0 above average
Mean Min 5.0C 0.8 below average
Mean 9.5C 0.9 above average
Rainfall 157.6mm 94% of average
Sunshine 425.6 hrs 117% of average
Outlook
The end of June may bring more dry
and settled weather, but by early
July more unsettled conditions may
return. During the first half of July
confidence in the forecast becomes
very low, however it seems most
probable that high pressure will lie
to the south and east of the UK while
Atlantic weather fronts occasionally
affect the north and northwest.
This means showers and perhaps
longer spells of rain are likely in
the northwest, while the south
and southeast may see more in the
way of dry weather, although some
thundery outbreaks are possible, as
is usual for this time of year.
Swallowtail
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40 The Village July 2019