Monday, May 01, 1995

May 1995

1st. Lovely Spring weather.

2nd. Lovely weather.

3rd. Very hot today, too hot for a coat.

4th. Even hotter today. Went and voted tactically, both votes for the Lib Dems.

5th. Beautiful weather, very hot. Tories took a beating, Labour did extremely well.

6th. Even hotter today.

7th. Really hot today but it cooled down in the evening.

'Notable heatwave in the first week, bettered only by May 1990. 27C was reached somewhere in the south every day 4-7th.' [...]

8th. Much cooler, a cold front having passed over last night.

'Temperatures were 12C lower on the VE celebration Bank Holiday Monday on the 8th'

17th. Grey skies, heavy rain.

'The 17th was very wet'