Temperature
Mean daily maximum: 11.6 (0.5 below average)
Mean daily minimum: 3.4 (0.2 below average)
Mean temperature: 7.5 (0.3 below average)
Highest daily maximum: 21.9 (23rd Apr)
Lowest daily maximum: 4.3 (2nd Mar)
Lowest daily minimum: -3.5 (9th Mar)
Highest daily minimum: 10.7 (11th May)
Lowest daily grass minimum: -5.5 (27th Apr)
Number of air frosts: 9
Number of ground frosts: 34
Days with max 20.0-24.9: 1
Days with max 15.0-19.9: 21
Days with max 10.0-14.9: 37
Days with max 5.0-9.9: 31
Days with max 0.0-4.9: 2
Frost duration: 50.8 hours
Rainfall
Total fall: 306.2 mm (131% of average)
Wettest day (0900-0900) 33.5 mm (30th Mar)
Rain days (0.2 mm or more): 52
Wet days (1.0 mm or more): 40
Snow
Days with snow or sleet falling: 15
Days more than 50% cover at 0900: 1
Deepest at 0900: 2 cm (26th Mar)
Sunshine
Total sunshine: 303.4 hours (96% of average)
Sunniest day: 12.5 hours (26th Apr)
Days with no sun: 25
Other phenomena
Days with thunder heard: 0
Days with hail: 13
Days with fog at 0900: 0
Wind
Mean wind speed: 6.4 mph
Maximum gust: 60 mph (31st Mar)
Days with gale: 0
Remarks
A rather wet spring overall with near average sunshine and with temperatures a little below average. The season was perhaps notable for little in the way of ‘springlike’ weather. Much of the season had more of a late winter feel.