May 2012
Weather in Letchworth Garden City, day by day
Mean temperature
12.2°C
Station average 13.2°C
Highest
27.5°C
On Mon 28 May
Lowest
2.1°C
On Mon 7 May
Rain
68.2 mm
162% of the station average, 42.0 mm
Wet days
15
With 0.2 mm of rain or more
Wettest day
14.0 mm
On Tue 1 May
Strongest gust
28 mph
On Thu 10 May
Highest pressure
1037.2 hPa
Lowest 1001.9 hPa
How it compares
The 5th coldest May of the 18 on record, and the coldest since 2010.
The 3rd wettest May of the 18 on record.
Day by day
| Day | High | Low | Rain | Gust |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1 | 15.0°C | 9.3°C | 14.0 mm | 21 mph |
| Wed 2 | 13.2°C | 7.4°C | 3.6 mm | 14 mph |
| Thu 3 | 7.8°C | 6.1°C | 13.8 mm | 20 mph |
| Fri 4 | 8.6°C | 5.3°C | 0.2 mm | 14 mph |
| Sat 5 | 8.6°C | 3.2°C | 0.4 mm | 17 mph |
| Sun 6 | 8.6°C | 3.2°C | 0.0 mm | 10 mph |
| Mon 7 | 12.6°C | 2.1°C | 1.2 mm | 11 mph |
| Tue 8 | 16.9°C | 9.8°C | 0.6 mm | 17 mph |
| Wed 9 | 14.3°C | 8.9°C | 8.0 mm | 16 mph |
| Thu 10 | 18.4°C | 13.4°C | 5.4 mm | 28 mph |
| Fri 11 | 14.8°C | 6.2°C | 0.0 mm | 21 mph |
| Sat 12 | 14.3°C | 3.6°C | 0.0 mm | 12 mph |
| Sun 13 | 16.2°C | 3.3°C | 0.0 mm | 18 mph |
| Mon 14 | 12.2°C | 5.3°C | 6.2 mm | 17 mph |
| Tue 15 | 11.7°C | 3.6°C | 3.4 mm | 22 mph |
| Wed 16 | 14.1°C | 2.9°C | 0.0 mm | 12 mph |
| Thu 17 | 14.0°C | 7.2°C | 0.0 mm | 10 mph |
| Fri 18 | 15.7°C | 7.5°C | 0.8 mm | 15 mph |
| Sat 19 | 13.8°C | 8.0°C | 0.2 mm | 14 mph |
| Sun 20 | 9.8°C | 7.2°C | 0.0 mm | 14 mph |
| Mon 21 | 14.8°C | 7.9°C | 0.0 mm | 14 mph |
| Tue 22 | 23.8°C | 9.7°C | 0.0 mm | 15 mph |
| Wed 23 | 20.9°C | 11.1°C | 0.0 mm | 7 mph |
| Thu 24 | 23.8°C | 11.6°C | 0.4 mm | 11 mph |
| Fri 25 | 24.3°C | 11.2°C | 0.0 mm | 21 mph |
| Sat 26 | 25.2°C | 12.2°C | 0.0 mm | 17 mph |
| Sun 27 | 26.7°C | 10.2°C | 0.0 mm | 15 mph |
| Mon 28 | 27.5°C | 11.4°C | 0.0 mm | 9 mph |
| Tue 29 | 18.0°C | 12.4°C | 0.0 mm | 11 mph |
| Wed 30 | 25.3°C | 12.3°C | 10.0 mm | 12 mph |
| Thu 31 | 18.8°C | 12.3°C | 0.0 mm | 14 mph |
Weather fronts
- Likely cold front · Mon 14 May, 17:15
- Likely cold front · Tue 22 May, 18:30
Found automatically from this station’s readings alone, so likely rather than certain. What’s a front?
May in other years
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Rainfall up to yesterday is from the Environment Agency’s rain gauges near Letchworth: the station’s own gauge is sheltered by nearby buildings and trees and catches less than falls. Today’s is the station’s. Contains Environment Agency information © Environment Agency and/or database right, under the Open Government Licence.