It rained briefly about 11pm, as it did about 1.30 last night.

May 1992

Hot and clear.

May 14th. Fantastically hot. Took my bike to the repair shop again, walked back in intense heat.

May 16th. Clear and hot again.

May 17th. Clear and warm, not quite so hot as yesterday.

May 18th. Hot again, but a cool breeze helped out.

May 19th. Still hot and sunny.

May 20th. Yet again hot and clear.

May 21st. Still hot and clear, very hot in fact. But haze and some cloud in the evening.

May 22nd. Yet again hot and clear.

'The warmest May of the century' [...]

May 23rd. Very hot again but cloudy later... a thunderstorm was approaching. There were a few rumbles of thunder and a few flashes of lightning and about 5 minutes' rain, but not a lot came of it. Gratifying to see the thunder arriving on schedule in the last third of May.

'violent thunderstorms at the end'

May 25th. Very hot and clear, with a mysterious static cloud somewhere over Harwich which could be seen from 12 noon to 5.30 pm.

'A warm and thundery late spring Bank Holiday'

May 26th. Did my best to avoid the heat in the afternoon.

Grey with showers and occasional sunshine. Went out in the pleasant cool damp evening. Caught the sun just setting through the clouds.

Rain in the morning.

Beautiful Spring afternoon, sunny and very clear. You could see right into Kent and just make out the bridge at Tilbury. The tide was right up and the sun was shining off the estuary.

Weather still very cold.