Spring's 2025 was another warm one and a dry one as well. It was one of the driest Springs on record being the 4th driest on record and also the warmest on record. There weren't any named storms during spring due to the domination of high pressure throughout the spring months.
March started mild to very mild with temperatures by day in double figures. Night saw some chilly nights with ground frosts but nothing outstanding. A very mild period from the 5th to the 9th saw temperatures more like early may than early March. The third warmest day occurred on the 8th when 17.5C was reached. A cold spell arrived on the 11th to the 17th with coolest day being the 13th with 6.3C however the coldest night didn't occur until day time temperatures recovered with -2.3C being the low on the 19th and 20th. This produced a temperature range of 20.5C on the 20th. The 20th was also the 2nd warmest with 18.2C being the high. The cool spell was short lived and mid to late spring returned from the 19th to the 31st bar a brief pause on the 23rd. The warmest day was on the 31st 18.4C. Nights did see any particular mild nights with the highest being 7th on the 28th.
March saw only four air frosts and didn't see any wintry weather.
The Rainfall wise the month was very dry being the 8th driest on record with only 27.4mm falling. 17.4mm of this fell on the 22nd the only day when double figures were reached. The next highest was only 3.4mm. The month saw 20 days without any rain including four days with trace condition.
There wasn't any real windy weather during March with the highest gust being on 39mph and average wind speed 18mph.
April was third warmest on record and the seventh driest on record.
The first twelve days were on the mild to very mild side with temperatures 23.3C being reached on the 11th. This period also recorded the coldest nights with -0.7C on the 7th and -0.2C on the 8th. The temperatures briefly dropped back a bit with 9.6C on the 16th being the coldest day. Temperatures stayed above normal and really warm weather returned on the 27th with temperatures rising slowly to 25.8C was the high. The warmest nights were on the last four days when nights remained in double figures with 11.1C being the low on the 27th. This helped to push the overnight temperatures well above average.
Rainfall for April was well below average. The first 14 days saw 12 days without any rain and two days with a trace condition. The last nine days were also rainless a run that would continue into May. The wettest day was the 21st with 6.6mm of rainfall. Only four days saw any rainfall measurable.
The month didn't see any wintry weather or any thundery weather. The month was quiet in regards to wind with only 38mph on the 16th.
May continued the dry theme set by the previous two months and briefly the driest spring and driest May on record looked possible. A change to Atlantic driven weather from the blocked pattern prevented any new records being made and May quickly dropped down the driest top twenty Mays on record. Spring settling at the 3rd driest on record. May saw 19 days without rain from the 1st to the 19th. Add on the 8 days from April and 27 days without any rain at all. The first rain fell on the evening of the 20th when a shower brought 0.2mm. A few spots of rain on the 22nd brought a trace followed the first proper rain of the month on the 23rd when 4.8mm fell. Overnight rain for 24th to the 25th didn't really materialised limited to a few spots of rain. A shower on the morning of the 24th brought 0.3mm. Rainfall on the 26th and 27th sealed the fate of the driest spring on record when 9.1mm and highest of the month 12.9mm fell respectively. Further rain albeit fairly small amounts pushed the month further down the list of driest Mays ending up the 16th driest due to the final 3rd being very wet. So no new records but the month tried very hard
May was another month were there wasn't any real cool weather by day however it did feature a few chilly mornings and it was the minima until the 25th that kept the monthly average in check. This reversed in final six days of the month when nights became warm and highs were suppressed. The warm weather from April continued into the first two days with the warmest day of the month on the 1st when 26.3C was reached. Temperatures fell away after that with a few cools days on the 4th and 5th when the highs were 12.6C, the coldest day of the month and 13.2C. The coldest night of the May was the 6th with 1.1C and a rare ground frost. Temperatures returned to 20's from the 9th to the 13th with the 2nd warmest day on the 12th when 25.4C was reached. The second half of the month saw the temperatures in the mid teens to low twenties with pleasant sunny days. The day time temperatures didn't alter much right through to the end of the month. Night's were in single digits from 3rd until the 25th when the warmest night was recorded on the 30th with 13.3C being the low as the nights turned rather warm to warm which pushed the night time average to slightly above normal. If the northly blocking had continued the night time average could well have been slightly below normal. Considering how warm the seas are around the UK this is rather surprising. The other interesting point is the lack of a variation in the temperatures. No run of high Maximums with just two days over 25C. This sort of suggests the weather is getting less extreme and ties in well with the less windy weather we get these days as well. Whether the trend will continue or not is another matter.
There weren't any Thunderstorms or windy weather during May.
| This Spring's Average and the Highs and Lows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Average Temp 8.4C | This Spring's Average 10.7C | Difference from average 2.3C |
| Average Max Temp 12.5C | This Spring's Max Average 16.3C | Difference from average 3.8C |
| Average Min Temp 4.4C | This Spring's Min Average 5.1C | Difference From Average 1.1C |
| High Max 26.3C on the 1st of May | Low Max 13.6C on the 8th of May | Highest Daily Range 20.9C on the 20th of Mar |
| High Min 11.8C on the 25th of May | Low Min -2.3C on the 19th,20th of Mar | Lowest Daily Range 2.4C on the 23rd of Mar |
| Number of Air Frosts 6 | Days of Thunder 0 | Days of Snow 0 |
| Days of Rain > 0 23 Days | Days of Rain with Trace 14 Days | Days with Gusts ≥ 50 mph 0 days |
| Average Rainfall 176.3 mm | This Spring's Average 71.6mm | Percentage of Average Rainfall 40.6% |