Village Weather A MONTH OF EXTREMES


Alvechurch amateur weatherman Phil Thomas records the changes.


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une began with cool, wet, and very windy conditions up to the 12th, with all of the rain falling up to the


10th. From the 12th onwards there was no rainfall, while temperatures gradually increased. A temperature of 30.4C was recorded at my weather station on the 19th, the highest June temperature here since 2000.


June 2017 (to the 21st) Mean Max 21.0C 1.9 above average Mean Min 11.7C 1.9 above average Mean 16.4C 1.9 above average Rainfall 43.8mm 73% of average Sunshine 136.2 hrs 101% of average


May enjoyed dry conditions initially. There was only 1.8mm of rain on the 1st of the month, before further rain from the 11th onwards. It then rained every day from the 11th to the 20th. The wettest day of the year so far was the 17th, with rainfall of 22.2mm. The month’s rainfall was 78.9mm, 142% of the local mean.


May 2017 Mean Max 17.7C 1.4 above average Mean Min 8.8C 2.1 above average Mean 13.2C 1.7 above average Rainfall 78.9mm 142% of average Sunshine 165.9 hrs 110% of average


Outlook Low pressure was dominant early in June, followed by high pressure over the south of the UK. Things seem set to change again as July begins, with more changeable and cooler weather. Computer models suggest that high


pressure to the south may return at some point which would again give us good summer weather. However, the position of this high pressure is very important – too far to the east and it would be cold and wet!


More information at www.alvechurchweather.metsite.com You can now see an improved HD weather-cam, updated at one-minute intervals, at: www.alvechurchweather.metsite.com/webcam_alvechurch.php


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Beach weather in Dorset


Lenticular clouds


Stormy skies


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