Spring 2026 was the warmest on record surprisingly beating 2025 due to a sudden hot spell at the end of May. Rainfall was again below average being the 11th driest Spring on record. No doubt the water companies will be getting excited once again despite a wet winter. The Spring featured one named storm, Storm Dave.
March saw average rainfall and was a wet month with above average temperatures coming in as the 5th warmest on record. The month didn't feature any storms.
March was a mild month with temperatures were mostly in the lower teens. The month didn't feature any prolonged cold weather but only a few "very short cooler spells?" which were above the 1961 - 1990 average and close to average under the 1991- 2020 average. The cooler days were 6th 6.4C and 7.7C on the 6th and 7th and 25th 6.7C. These didn't have cooler nights the cooler nights falling on 1st with 2C and 1.4C on the 26th which was the coolest night during the month. Temperatures were generally uniform through the month and the warmest day was 18th with 19.6C being the high while the next highest was 16.4C on the 17th. The nights also didn't have very much variation with the warmest night 7.9C on the 24th.and the next warmest was the 2nd was 7.4C.
Rainfall in March mainly on the 12th when 26.3mm fell more than half the months total. The next heavy rainfall was 11mm on the 24th. The first eleven days only produced 1.4mm fall. Then from the 13th to the 23rd produced only 6.2C. The total of 57mm was outside driest top twenty March records.
Despite being a mild month Snow did fall on one day the 25th the only Snow of Spring.
The month bucked the trend for quieter weather with 51mph being reached on the 13th with an average 19mph being recorded at 09:00. 50mph was also reached on the 24th.
April 2026 once again temperatures above the average for both the 1961-1990 and the 1991-2020 average. So a warm month overall coming in as the 4th warmest on record. Rainfall wise it was below average for both the 1961-1990 and the 1991-2020 average. The Month was 11th driest on record. The month featured one storm this being storm Dave. The month was windy at first but soon calmed down.
April was rather warm month and didn't feature and cool spells bar one day, the 5th when 9.9C was the high. For most of the month temperatures were in double figures hanging around the mid teens which a few incursions into the low twenties. Night time temperatures were also above average but bar one day the 9th when 10.2C was the low, were in single digits. Some nights were cold enough for ground frosts these being the 7th, 13th, 14th, 19th and the 20th. The coldest nights were the 13th with 1.2C, 20th with 2C and the 7th with 2.3C. The weather was warm 6th to the 9th with the warmest day of the month, 23.6C on the 8th as summer arrived early. The period from the 10th to 12th was cooler but still above average. This was the main feature of the month where the cool spells were still above normal. Temperatures from the 13th to the 22nd sat around the mid teens with little variation. The weather warmed up from the 23rd to the 30th with twenties being breached on the 24th, 25th, 27th and the 30th with 2nd highest temperature of the month being reached, this being 22.6C on the 25th. Upper teens were reached on the 26th.
April was another dry spring month coming as the 11th driest on record. The "wettest" day was the 15th with 4.0mm. Storm Dave didn't bring any notable rain. There weren't any long dry periods like last Spring but amounts were mostly under 1mm when breaking the run of dry days. The longest run of which was 6 days between the 19th and the 26th. Briefly it seems there was a chance of some thundery rain on the 27th but the shower split as it reached Sheffield with the more active section developing more out to the W and taking the thunder and lightning across the moors in the peak district rather than hitting Sheffield.
April briefly bucked the trend in regards to windy weather. 56mph was hit on the 4th as Storm Dave passed through. The winds did start picking up very well for Storm Dave however instead of increasing during the evening as forecast they dropped off and only briefly increased again before midnight then dropped away again moderating during the morning of the 5th. There wasn't any windy weather after the 4th although it was breezy on a some days.
There wasn't Snow during the month although cooler air did produce some hail showers on the 5th.
The month didn't see any Thundery showers or Thunderstorms
May 2026 was a warm month and the 3rd warmest on record. It also had just under average rainfall. Neither of these looked possible until a sudden change on the 22nd to a very hot spell of weather. The month featured two Thunderstorms storm and a thundery shower.
Although May kicked off very warm as 24.6C was reached on the 1st the month was basically average until or slightly below until the 21st. Without the hot spell May could well have been an average or just below average month. Temperatures from the 2nd until the 20th were mostly around mid teens. A few days above and a few days below. Night times were single digits from the 4th to the 19th. The coldest night was the 6th with a low of 2.8C. The 3rd was an exception with 10.5C being the low this not being beaten until the 21st when 10.9C was the low. May was rather warm month and didn't feature and cool spells bar one day, the 5th when 9.9C was the high. For most of the month temperatures were in double figures hanging around the mid teens which a few incursions into the low teens or high teens. Night time temperatures like wise were mostly in single digits with notable cool nights like the 7th when 2.8C was the low. Everything started to changed from the 21st when the start the weather started to rise. The hottest days were on the 25th when 31.7C was reached and 26th when 32.6C was the high. The warmest night was in this period as well when 17.8th was the low. This period pushed May out of rather cool category against the 1991 - 2020 average and also moved spring into the warmest spring on record. The weather cooled down to warm to very warm after the 26th bar the 27th which was hot again which saw 30C reached again.
May was another dry spring month coming as the 11th driest on record. The wettest day was the 2nd when 15.1mm fell. Rainfall was small until the 13th when 8.2mm fell courtesy of showers with hail. Thundery showers on the 18th brought another 7.2mm and a few rumble of thunder. Only 5.5mm fell after 19th until the end of the month. The month also featured showers with hail on 13th and the 17th. Storms forecast for the 26th didn't produce much in the way of rain and neither did overnight storm on the 28th. This meant that spring also was amongst the top driest recorded being the 11th driest.
May was a quiet month in regards to wind which is to be expected for a late spring. The highest gust was 31mph on the 12th. The windiest day was the 10th when 10mph was the average wind speed.
The month had a thundery shower with two rumbles of thunder on the 18th and a side swipe by a Thunderstorm on the 26th which produced pea sized hail for a time. More thunder overnight on the 28th didn't produce much action either.
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| This Spring's Averages Including the Highs and Lows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Average Temp 9.1C | This Spring's Average 10.9C | Difference from average 1.8C |
| Average Max Temp 12.5C | This Spring's Max Average 15.6C | Difference from average 2.9C |
| Average Min Temp 4.4C | This Spring's Min Average 6.1C | Difference From Average 1.7C |
| High Max 32.6C on the 256h of May | Low Max 6.4C on the 6th of Mar | Highest Daily Range 21.2C on the 1st of May |
| High Min 17.8C on the 26th of May | Low Min 1.2C on the 13th of Apr | Lowest Daily Range 0.6C on the 3rd of May |
| Number of Air Frosts 0 | Days of Thunder 3 | Days of Snow 1 |
| Days of Rain > 0 39 Days | Days of Rain with Trace 17 Days | Days with Gusts ≥ 50 mph 3 days |
| Average Rainfall 176.3mm | This Spring's Average 116.1mm | Percentage of Average Rainfall 65.8% |