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May 2026 (Means and totals to date are at foot of table) |
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0900 GMT readings |
Daily Readings (See notes at foot of page) |
Weather in previous 24h & hours of air frost (to 0900 on date) |
Date |
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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 |
7ET (mm) |
6Max Wind Speed (mph) |
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1 |
1019.3 |
14.4 |
70 |
1 |
SE |
11.5 |
16.7 |
4.8 |
4.6 |
– 0.6 |
4.66 |
983 |
1.75 |
19 |
Unbroken sunshine 30th April. Clear skies overnight 30th April/1st May | 1 |
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2 |
1013.9 |
13.8 |
83 |
3 |
WSW |
11.5 |
17.4 |
8.5 |
9.2 |
5.0 |
4.13 |
1048 |
2.08 |
15 |
Rain pm 1st May, overcast overnight 1st/2nd | 2 |
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3 |
1014.0 |
7.1 |
96 |
4 |
ENE |
11.0 |
11.6 |
7.0 |
0.4 |
7.8 |
0.00 |
272 |
0.56 |
18 |
Sunny intervals 2nd, rain am 3rd | 3 |
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4 |
1014.7 |
11.6 |
76 |
4 |
W |
10.5 |
15.1 |
6.6 |
0.0 |
6.1 |
8.70 |
919 |
3.38 |
19 |
Overcast and cold 3rd. Clearer skies overnight 3rd/4th | 4 |
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5 |
1015.3 |
8.7 |
69 |
3 |
NNW |
11.0 |
10.3 |
6.8 |
0.0 |
3.9 |
4.16 |
983 |
1.60 |
22 |
Sunny periods 4th, variable cloud amount overnight 4th/5th | 5 |
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6 |
1017.2 |
7.9 |
67 |
3 |
ENE |
10.5 |
11.2 |
2.6 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
5.97 |
932 |
2.74 |
18 |
Sunny intervals 5th, clear skies overnight 5th/6th | 6 |
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7 |
1012.4 |
10.6 |
73 |
7 |
S |
11.0 |
15.3 |
6.1 |
0.0 |
3.3 |
5.00 |
842 |
2.49 |
30 |
Sunny periods 6th, variable cloud overnight 6th/7th | 7 |
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8 |
1015.2 |
10.7 |
79 |
5 |
WSW |
11.0 |
15.1 |
8.7 |
4.8 |
6.1 |
1.97 |
930 |
2.49 |
28 |
Sunny periods 7th. Mainly overcast am 8th | 8 |
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9 |
1024.0 |
5.8 |
93 |
3 |
NE |
10.5 |
10.5 |
5.7 |
0.0 |
4.4 |
2.74 |
926 |
2.75 |
16 |
A few sunny intervals 8th, rain 0600-0830 h 9th | 9 |
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10 |
1022.7 |
9.3 |
71 |
4 |
WSW |
10.5 |
14.2 |
1.1 |
2.4 |
– 2.2 |
8.80 |
1039 |
2.70 |
25 |
Sunny intervals, clear skies overnight 9th/10th | 10 |
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11 |
1014.7 |
6.2 |
63 |
4 |
NW |
10.5 |
11.1 |
2.7 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
8.08 |
1129 |
2.59 |
15 |
Sunny periods 10th, rain late pm 10th, early am 11th, then clear skies | 11 |
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12 |
1008.4 |
10.1 |
69 |
9 |
NW |
10.5 |
13.7 |
6.1 |
0.1 |
5.0 |
9.80 |
1079 |
3.78 |
25 |
Sunny periods 11th, variable cloud amount overnight 11th/12th |
12 |
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13 |
999.8 |
7.9 |
77 |
4 |
NNW |
10.5 |
11.1 |
4.8 |
3.3 |
3.3 |
2.19 |
1058 |
1.70 |
17 |
Sunny periods 12th, brief large hail shower 1330 h. Variable cloud amount overnight 12th/13th | 13 |
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14 |
1003.1 |
8.4 |
78 |
7 |
NW |
10.5 |
4.1 |
1.7 |
Showers pm 13th, variable cloud amount overnight 13th/14th | 14 |
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31 |
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Total/Mean |
13.3
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5.4
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24.8
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– 2.2
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66.20 | 1129
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30.61 | 30
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Pressure (mb) |
Temp (°C) |
Relative Humidity (%) |
Wind Speed (mph) |
Wind Direction |
Soil Temp at 20cm (°C) |
SnowDepth(cm) or Pentlands, Lammermuirs, Moorfoots snowline(ft) |
1 Mean Maximum Temp (°C) |
2Mean Minimum Temp (°C) |
3Total Rain (mm) |
4Grass Min Temp lowest (°C) |
5Total Sun (Hours) |
Solar Rad'n highest (W/m2) |
7Total ET (mm) |
6Max Wind Speed (mph) |
May 2026 so far (to 0900 GMT, 14 May, 2026 Overall mean temperature 9.4C (- 1.0 degC) Trend Precipitation 24.8 mm (41.9%), Sunshine 66.20 hours (33.9%) |
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0900 GMTreadings |
Data in the yellow boxes refers to this month as a whole |
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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 |