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May 2025 (Means and totals to date are at foot of table)
	0900 GMT readings							Daily Readings (See notes at foot of page)								Weather in previous 24h & hours of air frost (to 0900 on date)	Date
Date	Pressure (mb)	Temp (°C)	Relative Humidity (%)	Wind Speed (mph)	Wind Direction	SoilTemp @ 20cm (°C)	SnowDepth(cm) or Pentlands, Lammermuirs , Moorfoot Hills snowline(ft) @ 0900 GMT	¹Maximum Temp (°C)	²Minimum Temp (°C)	³Rainfall (mm)	⁴Grass Min Temp (°C)	⁵Sun (Hours)	Solar Rad'n High (W/m2)	⁷ET (mm)	⁶Max Wind Speed (mph)		Date
1	1015.2	14.3	75	5	WNW	13.0		17.4	11.9	0.0	7.5	7.32	1021	3.18	21	Unbroken sunshine 30th April.. Variable cloud amount 1st May	1
2	1017.6	12.2	67	5	WSW	12.0		16.1	6.0	0.0	2.0	9.94	1174	2.92	16	Sunny periods 1st, clear skies am 2nd
3	1015.2	11.8	58	8	NNW	12.0		14.2	7.2	0.0	5.0	4.22	1190	2.51	17	Sunny periods 2nd, clear periods am 3rd	3
4	1023.2	7.2	66	10	WNW	11.0		11.3	2.9	0.0	–5.0	5.68	1199	2.16	15	Sunny intervals 3rd, clear skies overnight 3rd/4th. Grass frost. Overcast by 0900h	4
5	1028.6	8.3	72	3	NE	11.0		14.1	1.3	0.0	– 4.5	10.89	1104	3.33	12	Sunny periods 4th, clear skies overnight 4th/5th. Grass frost	5
6	1026.5	11.2	66	4	WNW	11.0		18.1	4.3	0.0	– 2.5	14.35	814	3.89	12	Prolonged sunshine 5th, clear skies overnight 5th/6th. Grass frost	6
7	1027.3	10.4	78	2	ENE	12.0		14.1	5.4	0.0	1.3	10.65	1071	3.30	18	Unbroken sunshine 6th May. Variable cloud amount 7th May	7
8	1024.8	11.5	67	1	SSW	12.0		15.8	3.1	0.0	– 2.8	14.46	807	3.78	13	Prolonged sunshine 7th, clear skies overnight 7th/8th.
9	1021.3	14.1	69	4	WNW	12.5			5.8		– 0.3					Unbroken sunshine 8th, clear skies overnight 8th/9th. Grass frost	9
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Total/Mean								16.7	9.7	240.3	– 0.6	113.71	1199	64.52	26
	Pressure (mb)	Temp (°C)	Relative Humidity (%)	Wind Speed (mph)	Wind Direction	Soil Temp at 20cm (°C)	SnowDepth(cm) or Pentlands, Lammermuirs, Moorfoots snowline(ft)	¹Mean Maximum Temp (°C)	²Mean Minimum Temp (°C)	³Total Rainfall (mm)	⁴Grass Min Temp lowest (°C)	⁵Total Sun (Hours)	Solar Rad'n highest W/m²	⁷Total ET (mm)	⁶Max Wind Speed (mph)	May 2024 summary, to 0900 GMT, 9 May, 2025 Overall mean temperature 13.2C (+ 2.9 degC) Trend ↑ Precipitation 240.3 mm (405.9%), Sunshine113.71 hours (58.3%)
	0900 GMTreadings							Daily Readings (see notes below)

9 May, 2025 12:35 PM

Notes

1. For the 24 hours from 0900UTC^* on the date to 0900UTC^* on the following day. (The maximum temperature is generally in the afternoon*)

2. For the 24 hours ending at 0900UTC^* on the date. (The minimum temperature is generally just after sunrise*)
*Where a maximum is overnight or minimum is during the day the figure is shown in italics. This often occurs in winter

3. For the 24 hours from 0900UTC^* on the date to 0900UTC^* on following day. SEPA = Scottish Environmental Protection Agency/UKMO 5" diameter gauge

4. For the period from sunset on previous day to 0900UTC^* on the date

5.For the period sunrise to sunset on the date

6. For the period 0000UTC^*–2400UTC^* on the date i.e the Calendar Day

7. Total evapotranspiration on the date (in mm).

^* UTC is Universal Time Coordinated. It has been adopted by the UK Met.Office in place of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). When British Summer Time is in force UTC is BST minus one hour ,e.g.1000BST=0900UTC

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