Weather log June 2022
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A mixed start to Summer 2022 with rain at times and variable temperatures:
Fri 3rd warm sunny intervals (max Lwn 21.8c, Shobdon 21.2c, Trawsgoed 20.8c) but turned cloudy and cool pm Midlands; thunderstorms locally particularly N Wales and the W Midlands, a Criccieth PWS had 95mm and one at Druid's Heath ( S Brum) 39mm fell in one hour.
Sun 5th downpours am Midlands in particular widely giving 20 - 40mm according to the radar, we were in Long Lawford where it was torrential late in the night, CL having 26.4mm (12mm between 04 - 0500) and a Bilton PWS 32mm for the day; also Newport, Salop 27.4mm, Coventry 21.8mm; an overcast and very cool day followed, especially cool for the Midlands with no locations here attaining just 13c; maxima Nottingham 10.9c, CC 11.4c, Coventry 11.6c, Pershore 12.6c, Trawsgoed 13.9c (officially warmest in Wales), Llanwnnen 14.1c.
Tue 14th local frost. a rare Summer air frost here at Llanwnnen, min -0.3c, Tirabad +0.9c, Pembrey Sands & Trawsgoed 2.0c, Coventry 8.7c.
First half of June dry for most of WW (apart from locally Pembrokeshire) and around average generally Midlands; temperatures close to average and many places rather dull. Better weather at times in the second half of June with some very warm and sunny spells:
Thu 16th very warm/ quite hot widely, ROW 27.4c, Hereford 27.1c, Coventry 26.7c, Lwn 26.2c, Trawsgoed 25.8c, Shobdon 25.4c, Aberdaron 17.6c.
Fri 17th warm night for urban areas and some coasts, minima Nottingham 17.1c, Coventry 15.5c, Mumbles 15.4c, Lwn 10.7c, Shobdon 9.4c; a one day blast of heat for the Midlands which we drove into returning from the NE; maxima Nottingham 30.7c, Wellesbourne 30.5c, Coventry 30.3c (earliest over 30c since June 1950), CL & Hereford 29.9c, Trawsgoed 26.4c, Llanwnnen 25.9c, Aberporth 26.0c, Valley 19.4c.
Sat 18th warm night followed by a very cool day! Wet in places. Max widely just 13 to 16c and so 17c lower than the previous day for some such as Coventry; Swyddffynnon, Ceredigion 13.4mm rain wettest in Wales. Temperatures never really rose from the overnight values.
Tue 21st warm or very warm and sunny; max Pershore 25.4c, Coventry 25.3c, Lwn 24.9c, Trawsgoed 23.3c, Aberporth 18.6c.
Wed 22nd very warm and sunny, hot parts of the Midlands; max CITE & Pershore 27.7c, CL, Coleshill, Coventry & Nottingham 26.3c, Lwn 25.3c, Shawbury 25.0c, Milford Haven 24.6c, Aberporth 18.6c.
Thu 23rd very warm widely again and humid, more cloud and less warm S Mids; thundery showers affected Wales afternoon, we were caught in a torrential downpour with a few claps of thunder in Lampeter mid afternoon which gave 12mm in half hour back home; maxima Lwn 27.1c, Nottingham 26.7c, Trawsgoed 24.7c, CL & Coventry 23.8c, Wellesbourne 22.3c, Aberporth 19.5c.
An unsettled and in places wet end to what had been a very dry month:
Sat 25th showery with thunder in places.
Sun 26th cool and windy with spells of rain, heavy at times for WW, in contrast dry with sunny periods much of the Midland; over an inch of rain (midnight - midnight) here at Llanwnnen.
June 30th A single clap of thunder here just before 1pm; locally some torrential downpours that gave over an inch (Pencader PWS 30mm) and for a few spots just north of Lampeter and south of Llandysul and Newcastle Emlyn perhaps above 2 inches as judged by the radar evidence; here at Llanwnnen it was more steady rain that gave just 4mm.
Nature notes
Thu 2nd Forestry caught the Laburnums at their splendid bright yellow peak along the lanes, still some May blossom and Horse Chestnut 'candelabras'; Stonechats as usual and also Redstarts heard here; a cool calm evening, 1 Cuckoo calling quite close and seen within 100m; 1 Nightjar calling most of 2145 - 2215 (50m closest); Willow Warbler singing.
Cardiganshire hedgerows – beautiful mysteries
Sat 4th Long Lawford there are now 3 Swift boxes on the side of a house in Townsend Lane (opposite the park); a Swift seen to exit from a gap in a house roof adjacent to the shops (near the school).
Sun 5th a horrible overcast and very cool evening driving back to Wales; unusually 3 single Swifts flew across the motorway/ roads at 3 different locations en route; about 10 Swifts immediately W of Crickhowell; Swifts audible above Abergavenny.
Ash trees: Most (about 90%) of Ash appear affected by Die back now, not many as yet completely dead (no leaves) - perhaps 5%, with up to 10% virtually unaffected. Hopefully this sort of percentage will escape.
Mid month: don't seem so many Swifts and House Martins this Summer. The most seen in the village a screaming party of 7 Swifts, and 3/4 H Martins; plenty of Swallows though as usual for this area.
Tue 14th driving east about 10 Swift above Cwmann (just past Lampeter), a few at Crickhowell, then 3 as we arrived at Long Lawford evening.
Wed 15th 2 Swift darted over the LL garden in the morning, then amazingly a Red Kite viewed from the garden! Never seen one before in Warwickshire.
Fri 17th 5 Swift screaming LL near the garden.
Sat 18th Yellowhammer along the lane to the ford, LL - 'a little bit of bread and no cheeeeese' at just 15 metres.
Mon 20th village hall Swift chicks now audible on rear (east) side also part of an egg shell beneath.
Reduction in bird song evident even at the start of June after it peaked in mid to late May, Song Thrushes still performing well most dusks however.
Tue 21st update on the University boiler room Swallows: there is still a nest attached to the outside of the door and there are now chicks (at least 3 no more than a week old). It does look precarious and vulnerable being so low down (3 feet above the general surrounds) although nicely tucked away.
Sat 25th Forestry late afternoon: Redstart and Stonechats seen close up; Chiffchaffs, Willow Warblers and a few Blackcap in song but lacking the urgency and quantity of April. At least 7 Newts in a deep puddle on the track up, it is likely they only just moved in as it would have been completely dried out until the rains returned a couple of days ago.
Month end: no local Blackbird song heard during the final week although they were still singing by Morrisons in Aberystwyth 29th; Song Thrushes still going quite well each dusk.
June 2022 weather summary
Generally an average sort of month with a day of heat.
Temperatures average to rather warm.
Rainfall variable even locally but totals generally rather dry to average; some places under half the average and with places within 20 miles on the wet side as with Aberporth and Llanwnnen.
Sunshine around average, quite sunny parts of Midlands
June 2022 rainfall
Valley 24.0mm (42%)
Mona 54.4mm (note local variation from Valley also on Anglesey)
Aberdaron c 38mm
Llanwnnen 100.1mm (147% of historical Falcondale but only 116% of 2006-22 here)
Aberporth 33.2mm (55%) - note much less than inland Llanwnnen
MH c 81mm (c 127%)
Pembrey Sands c 53mm
Mumbles c 47mm
Nottingham 36.4mm (55%)
Shawbury 41.2mm (70%)
Coleshill 41.4mm (64%)
Coventry 43.6mm (74%) - note exactly half fell on 4th
CL 56.0mm (100%) - almost half 4th
Pershore 45.8mm (88%)
Hereford 52.2mm (109%)
COL stations:
Llansadwrn, Anglesey 47.2mm (64%)
Ludlow 52.4mm (77%)
Warstock, Brum 71.1mm (98%)
Alvechurch, Worc 53.2mm (76%)
Cosby, Leic 36.1mm (55%)
Hinckley 45.2mm
Towcester 40.2mm (70%)
Daventry (PWS) 49.8mm
June 2022 sunshine
Valley 239.1 hours (109%)
Llanwnnen estimated 166 hrs (101%)
Aberporth 196.9 hrs (91%)
Nottingham 192.1 hrs (113%)
Coventry 207.2 hrs (109%)
Shobdon, Herefordshire 178.5 hrs (92%)
COL stations:
Ludlow 160.4 hours
Alvechurch 185.8 hrs
Cosby, Leic 197.8 hrs
Towcester, Northants 224.9 hrs
