Home Daily weather diary for Ashford Co. Wicklow May 2006
All readings at 0900GMT except sunshine and wind which are 0000-2400GMT    
    Max Min Mean   Wind Mean Grass     Rainfall Rainfall Days Air Ground Day Day Day Day Hours  
Date Rain Temp Temp Temp Sun Gust Wind Min   Summary 0.2mm 1.0mm without Frost Frost with with with Sleet gale Date
  mm °C °C °C Hrs Mph Mph °C     or more or more Sun     Hail Thunder Fog Snow gusts  
1-May 0.2 14.1 6.5 10.3 9.1 30 9.4 3.2   Sunny spells broken by the threat of showers. 1                   1-May
2-May 4.5 12.0 4.3 8.2 1.6 48 17.9 -0.3   Damp, cool and very windy. Rain cleared in time for evening sunshine. 1 1     1         10 2-May
3-May 2.2 14.3 6.5 10.4 4.8 36 13.3 2.9 Fairly sunny and breezy. 1 1                 3-May
4-May 8.6 14.9 6.1 10.5 0.1 27 4.0 -0.4   Cloudy with some spells of rain, some heavy. Wind very light, stregthening in evening 1 1     1           4-May
5-May 0.0 14.1 3.0 8.6 11.9 36 12.1 -1.9 Sunny and breezy. Breeze making it feel cool.         1           5-May
6-May 2.0 13.7 8.9 11.3 4.0 32 10.5 5.1   Generally cloudy with a heavy shower during middle of day. Fairly breezy. 1 1                 6-May
7-May 0.5 14.3 3.6 9.0 12.6 18 4.9 -1.8 Sunny and dry. 1       1           7-May
8-May 6.4 13.9 7.1 10.5 0.0 18 4.1 2.8   Misty and foggy for most of day. Drizzle died out during afternoon. 1 1 1         1     8-May
9-May 0.0 15.6 5.7 10.7 9.4 16 2.4 1.0 Sunny, morning and evening. Generally cloudy during middle of day.               1     9-May
10-May 0.0 17.1 4.6 10.9 12.9 17 3.7 0.6   Sunny, fairly hazy, all day. Northerly breeze, though light, kept temp down.               1     10-May
11-May 0.0 19.0 6.3 12.7 12.3 10 1.6 3.3 Sunny apart from distant thunderstorm to west in afternoon. Warm.             1       11-May
12-May 1.6 20.8 4.7 12.8 8.0 19 2.7 1.4   Warm for May, very large range. Thunderstorm nearby in afternoon, light rain into night. 1 1         1       12-May
13-May 2.2 11.7 8.3 10.0 0.3 16 3.9 8.5 Cool and damp 1 1                 13-May
14-May 5.0 15.1 8.6 11.9 0.0 20 5.8 7.8   Damp morning, dry afternoon, cloudy throughout. 1 1 1               14-May
15-May 3.6 17.2 10.4 13.8 2.6 16 3.2 9.3 Wet morning, brighter in the afternoon with  shower late on. 1 1                 15-May
16-May 0.7 16.6 4.9 10.8 4.0 28 7.1 1.0   Mostly cloudy, a few sunny spells and a shower around mid day. 1                   16-May
17-May 21.7 14.0 6.4 10.2 0.2 45 12.0 2.4 Moderate rain from mid-morning  cleared before sunset. Very windy from when rain cleared 1 1           1   2 17-May
18-May 3.5 15.6 10.3 13.0 5.8 50 16.3 8.0   Showery and very windy. 1 1               6 18-May
19-May 2.0 16.8 10.5 13.7 5.9 37 11.7 8.6 Sunny morning, cloudy afternoon, some light showers later. Breezy for much of day. 1 1                 19-May
20-May 6.5 16.6 10.2 13.4 3.2 30 6.4 8.6   A few sunny spells and couple light showers. Wind much light than previos day. 1 1                 20-May
21-May 34.8 14.6 7.9 11.3 1.9 32 6.7 3.0 Rain for most of day, with a brief respite during afternoon. Wettest May day on record. 1 1                 21-May
22-May 0.1 12.2 7.5 9.9 2.8 33 11.5 7.5   Rain continued till mid morning. Some sunshine in afternoon. Cool and breezy.                     22-May
23-May 0.9 13.9 -0.1 6.9 6.2 32 9.0 -3.0 Sunny morning, generally cloudy afternoon, showers on the whole bypassed Ashford. 1     1 1           23-May
24-May 0.0 13.9 6.9 10.4 4.2 26 7.8 3.0   Rain before dawn cleared to early sunshine which gave way to cloud for rest of day.                     24-May
25-May 5.6 17.2 1.9 9.6 8.9 26 5.8 -2.7 Sunny spells, reasonably mild, rain arrived before midnight. 1 1     1           25-May
26-May 0.4 20.3 10.7 15.5 4.2 29 7.6 10.4   Early rain cleared by dawn, mild with sunny spells 1                   26-May
27-May 0.2 19.4 11.6 15.5 5.0 34 8.1 9.6 A little rain in morning, cleared to mainly sunshine in afternoon. Mild and breezy. 1                   27-May
28-May 0.1 16.0 9.3 12.7 1.9 24 6.0 5.5   Generally cloudy, stayed dry.                     28-May
29-May 0.0 15.0 6.3 10.7 13.4 36 11.1 0.2 Sunny, cool northerly breeze.                     29-May
30-May 0.0 15.3 7.0 11.2 12.0 30 8.7 2.0   Sunny, dry, cool northerly breeze continued                     30-May
31-May 0.0 15.7 3.1 9.4 14.9 13 4.1 -2.3   Sunny all day, still cool, with a sea breeze.         1           31-May
Total 113.3       184.1           21 15 2 1 7   2 4   18 Total
Avg   15.5 6.7 11.1 5.9   7.7 3.3                           Avg
High 34.8 20.8 11.6 15.5 14.9 50.0 17.9 10.4                         High
Date 21 12 27 26,27 31 18 2 26                         Date
Low   11.7 -0.1 6.9   10 1.6 -3.0                         Low
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