Some sun
Varying -
1100 8 Sc RAIN
1300 5 CuNi Sun
1400 8 Sc
Wind S

Some Sun breaks until
1200 8 low Sc Wind light W
1900 RAIN

Some sun, by
1700 8 Cs As Ac.

Getting quite fed up with driving east in the morning with the sun in my eyes, and west in the afternoon with the sun in my eyes. Only 2 more days of it though.

0800 6 Ac Sun
1200 5 Cu. Wind NW.

0600. 8 S, Ns HEAVY RAIN.
0630 stops.
0900 STEADY RAIN
1400 stops.
Very few Sun-breaks.

Wind S. 2-8 Cu, Ac, S. Sun
Warm.

7-8 Cs, Ac Wind S. Sun

BILBO'S BIRTHDAY. Rather dangerous drive to work in the morning in heavy rain. 0600 8 Ns. HEAVY RAIN
0800 Stopping.
1200 LIGHT RAIN
1600 7/8 Cs, Ac Sun Wind W
1800 4 flat Ac

Another fine early autumn day. Again sat outside at lunchtime instead of going to the library.

Sun ~6 var
Hot.

Bright day: definitely autumn, but trees still mainly green and sun quite hot.

Wind W. Sun
~6 Cu. Hot.

Left the flat and drove back down the hill - coolish, sunny morning. Another chapter was beginning. One thing's for sure. I'm not sorry to see the back of that bloody car park.

6-7 Cu. Sun
Cooler. Wind W.

6-7 high cloud, sun, warm. Wind strong N
2300 16°C

Hot and humid again, with excellent thunderstorm in the evening (2½ hours it's been going on so far).

0700 7 Ac, Ci.
1200 0/8 Cs Sun. Hot.
1930 THUNDER
LIGHTNING
HEAVY RAIN
2200 Thunderstorm continues 17°C

Unpleasantly hot and humid. Didn't feel at all well in the morning, so worked from home all day instead of just the afternoon.

0600 8 S
1200 0/8 high haze Sun.
Hot and humid
1600 26°C
2200 19°C

Beautiful day - definite hint of autumn early in the morning with the slanting orange sunlight and tint of the clear sky, and a ceiling of fog at about 100ft. which the bus climbed into going up the hill.
By lunchtime a fine, calm, hot day with a hint of high haze, a bit like the day of Navarth's party in The Palace of Love.

0600 0 Sun Fog 100' up
1600 3 Cc, Ac\m2200 16°C .

0-1 Ac Sun, hot.
1600 23°C.
2200 14°C.

1-6 Ci, Ac; Cs, Cc later. Sun
2300 12°C

Beautiful day, but a cold North wind. A lot of yellow leaves on the poplars as I walked down to Tescos in the afternoon, but those might've been drought-induced.

0600 0 Sun Wind N, cool.
1200 2 Cu.
1700 17°C
2130 11°C

It's got very hot the last few days - as hot as it was a month ago. Quite disconcerting, as with the arrival of September I'd put my autumn head on. I'd forgotten that September can be hot and sunny just as March can be cold and snowy.

0700 8 Sc, Wind W
Lifting to
0900 1 Ci Sun, to
1600 3 varying#
1700 26°C
2100 22°C

Looking a bit autumnal in the morning with high, flat light grey stratocumulus.

0700 8 Sc, wind W. Some sun later, quite hot.
2100 19°C

Av 4 Ci, Cu, Sun Wind W. Hot in the afternoon.
2100 20°C

Wind strong W. Warm.
Av 4 Cu Sun
2130 19°C

8 Sc all day. By 1600 low, with pannus, wind strong SW
2200 18°C

0700 8 Sc, light RAIN soon stops.
Varying Sc, Sun.
1700 23°C
2330 16°C

LAST DAY OF SUMMER. Well, I've enjoyed Summer 2006, but it's a pity we only had two bouts of hot weather. And not much thunder either.

Sc all day, higher and darker later. 6-8, some sun.

Chilly start today, had to have the fan heater on at 6am.

0600 0 Sun
0700 1 Cu cells
1200 4 Cu, Cs\m1600 7 Cu below As, sun-through.
Clearer later
2130 15°C

Sun, Wind W, increasing Cu
1200 6 Cu, CuNi
1600 7 Cu, CuNi HEAVY SHOWER
1715. Stops
2000. 0 Moon
2200. 12°C

Exciting weather, with some huge cumulonimbus and a crack of thunder right overhead like an explosion in the afternoon.

1-7 large Cu:
0900 3 Cu, Cu cells. Sun Wind NW.
1400 7 Cu, CuNi, Ns, pannus, THUNDERY SHOWERS.
1800 More showers.

In the afternoon for end-of-summer walk, just like last year. Picked a couple of blackberries, sweet and ripe. Weather just right - sun and big white cumuli. Stood in the high field in the dry grass looking at the huge sky, ranges of cloud 10 and 20 miles away. Thought as always of the line in Watership Down - 'Frith! You can see the whole world!'

Wind NW 4-6 large Cu. Sun

0800 8 S/Ns, RAIN.
0900 stops
by 1800 1, sun.
2200 15°C

Beautiful day, cold to start with though. Yesterday hinted at one kind of autumn weather, rain all day and a sun-break at sunset; today hinted at the hard, bright, cold other kind. Both just hints though, as was the tiny suggestion of slant in the sunlight on my lunchtime walk. Again, it still seemed like summer - very late summer.

Picked and ate a blackberry on the way to work. Still a bit sharp.

0600 0, Sun, cool.
0900 tiny Ac
1200 4 Ac, big Cu Wind
gradually to
2000 7 As, RAIN.

Dark, gloomy, 'murky' (as Jack Vance would say) morning. Middle afternoon had come to the planet Sabria, I was thinking on the bus in the rain.

Everything now bright green again, quite a change from the drought.

0600 dark Sc HEAVY RAIN with dark Cu lines below Sc.
1200 Stops\m1300 HEAVY RAIN
1600 Stops
2000 Sun-break.

Rather dismal weather today, quite autumnal in the afternoon.

0700 dark high Sc.
1500 HEAVY RAIN
1700 Lighter Sc with smaller elements
2130 HEAVY RAIN

Various As above dark Cu, some sun, Ac, wind W.
2130 16°C

0800 6 large low Cu, Sun
1600 8 S, Ns, As, RAIN.
2300 14°C

0600 8 S.
by 1200 Wind S Sun huge Cu 7.
2200 16°C

Again, warmer. Walking home up the approach road I did for a second wonder if there was a mellow, 'bright autumn afternoon' slant to the light, but the shrubs and trees were still so bright green, and the sky so bright deep blue, that I decided it was natural late-afternoon slant.

0700 7 Ac, As Sun, gradually
1200 7 Ac, large Cu, As, wind E to
1600 2 Ci, hot.
2100. 17°C large Cu

Again, warm in the sun. Have been looking closely, whenever the sun's been out in the last week, for the slightly slanting pre-autumnal sunlight that I used to notice around Aug. 20th and last year detected ten days earlier. Haven't seen it yet - looked round thoroughly today and it is definitely still Summer.
Which is good, as I do not enjoy late Oct/early Nov and never really have since, say, 1988.

6 var, Wind SE, to Sun and
1600 6 big Cu.
2100 16°C

6-8 low Cu, Ac, Ci, with sun breaks, wind W. Hot in sun.
2100 19 °C

Very dark, dim day, with more rain, and everything starting to turn green again.

Sun-breaks towards sunset lifted the mood a bit.

0600 8 dark Ns
0730 RAIN
gradually to
0930 HEAVY RAIN
1200 stopped
1600 8 dark Sc Wind N
2000 6 As, Ci, Sun break
2030 14°C

A lot of rain again, heavy showers at times, fine heavy steady rain at others. Stopped about 4pm.

0900 8 Sc At times HEAVY RAIN Sun-breaks, other times FINE HEAVY RAIN
gradually to
1600 6 CuNi
2100 1 flat dark Cu
2130 15°C

Started raining at 1pm and carried on all day. Quite pleasant to be inside on such a windy, rainy day, moving furniture and fitting cables.

0800 8 high Ac, very low Sc. Wind strong N.
1200 RAIN Sun breaks
1300 RAIN
2300 13°C
2400 still RAINing HEAVY at times

Coming out of work, was reminded of a generic afternoon in the summer holidays. The grey sky, wind but comfortable summer temperature had a wide, generous feeling.

Wind N
Earlier 4 high tiny Ac, Sun
1200 8 As, dirty Cu, wind strong.
1600 8 Sc
1730 RAIN
2230 13°C

Getting up in the night last night about 3.30am, saw the beautiful last Full Moon of Summer in the South, bright silvery-gold as suits a summer moon.

Wind N. Varying: some sun 6 Cu, some 8 dk Sc, RAIN in the morning.
2130 1 flat dark S. 14°C

0600 8 Ns
Gradually to
1300 4 Cu, wind N Sun
Very warm
2130 14°C

0900 4 Ci, wind N, air fresh, Sun
1600 Cu under Ci.
2130 17°C

Pissing down early in the morning, kindly lessened during my journey to work.

0430 HEAVY RAIN
0600 8 Ns, continuing HEAVY RAIN till
1200 8 S
Gradually to
1600 6 big Cu/CuNi, wind N, hot. Sun
2200 15°C

2-6 Cu, Sun, Warm.

8 low Sc, wind fresh N. Some sun.
2230 13°C

8 dark Sc, wind strong N. Some sun breaks. Also RAIN (fine and heavy) at times.
2100 16°C

Much colder and greyer today.

6-8 Cu, S, Sc
RAIN at times Wind strong SW. Sun Colder.
2100 13°C

Sun large Cu, wind strong SW, to 1700 8 Cu, Sc, HEAVY SHOWER.
2100 19°C

0600 8 S
1200 6 large Cu Sun
1300 HEAVY SHOWER wind strong SW
up to 23°C
2100 20°C

A bit cooler today.

1200 4 flat Cu
gradually Sun
to
2100 8 Sc-allop 21°C
Up to 26°C.

0600 Mist
to
0900 0 Sun
1500 6 Ci
2000 8 S, Ci, dark small floccus.
Up to 28°C
Wind SSW
2300 21°C

Much cooler start, though we were back up to 85° in the office in the afternoon. 87° is too much, 85° is nasty but sustainable, 83° is hot, 71° is nice for sitting and working, 68° is too cold for that, 65° is too cold to sleep in. Then it's outdoors, and in Celsius - 7° is the upper limit for gloves, hats etc, 0° is cold enough to make you hurry, -4° has the cold striking up through your shoe soles.

0600 Mist
to 1200 Sun 4 small Cu, wind SW fresh
to 4 medium Cu.
>= 28°C
2130 20°C

A bit cooler today, and a lot cloudier.

Rather cloudier, but Sun, hot, >= 28°C.
1900 8 Sc with floccus
2100 21°C

Very hot in the afternoon. Thunderstorm about 8pm cooled things off: it had still been 30°C when I got home at 5pm, so it was surely hotter earlier on.

0600 Mist
0800 0 Sun
1600 7 Ci, CuNi.
1700 Also Ac cast. >=30°C
1900 27°C
2000 THUNDER HEAVY RAIN
2100 Stopped 8 S 22°C

Cool, misty start, but very hot later. Up to 87° again in the office.

0600 Mist
0800 0 Sun Wind E
Very hot >=28°C
2200 22°C

Unpleasantly hot, but NE breeze stopped it from being worse. A lot of dried-up plants and trees with yellow leaves about, I've noticed. Also, the tidal bit of the river is, at low tide, just a stream in a sea of mud. You could jump across the actual flowing bit.

Back to work. Apparently it was nastily hot last week, 95° in some offices.

Carried on with Burmese Days, ideally suited as reading for this weather.

0 Sun. Wind NE. Hot. >=26°C
2100 21°C

5-8 big Cu, sun
Wind SW
Up to 27°C
2200 1 Ci, 22°C

Grey, muggy day.

4-8 Ci, S
0800 THUNDER LIGHT RAIN
Sun later
1200 28°C
2200 22°C

Felt hotter than yesterday, but only 30°C (86°F) rather than yesterday's 31°C/88°F.

0-4 Ci, Cu, Ac cast.
Up to 30°C
2230 22°C
Wind SW fresh.

Unnecessarily hot - went down to the retail park for a few components, was back by 10.30am but was drenched in sweat even that early.

Starts 7 Ci, Sc, clears to 5 Cu, [?]now easing[/?].
Over 31°C
2200 24°C
Wind W

Hotter than it's been for a long time - peaked at 31°C/88°F. Stayed inside and tried to keep cool.

0700 0 Sun
Very hot indeed Up to 31°C
Gradually to
1800 2 Ac cast
2200 7 Ac, flat Cu
RAIN and some thunder earlier.
22°C

Hotter than it's been for a long time - peaked at 31°C/88°F. Stayed inside and tried to keep cool.

0700 0 Sun
Very hot indeed Up to 31°C
Gradually to
1800 2 Ac cast
2200 7 Ac, flat Cu
RAIN and some thunder earlier.
22°C

Really hot today.

0 Sun. Very hot.
Up to 30°C
2230 19°C

0-1 Ci Sun, very hot.
Up to 30°C.
2230 20°C

Beautiful day.

0-1 Ci Sun, hot.
Up to 28°C
2200 18°C

Hot day, but cool breeze.

0-1 Sun, hot sun, cool ESE breeze.
2200 16°C

1635 to Liverpool St in oven-hot train, home in the evening.

Nice to get away for first time in some years, in such beautiful weather and to see such beautiful sights.

Newquay excellent - beautiful hot day, jade green sea (Atlantic), wide beaches, deep rock pools with exciting incoming tide. Evening meal in Polgooth Arms, pleasant walk back through dim dusk in deep valley.

Morning 6 Cu, Ci, slightly cas. Ac. Sun
Afternoon 8 Sc, some RAIN.
2200 18°C

Cooler today, and cloudy till the afternoon, with a strong SW wind. A different feel altogether from recent weather.

0900 8 dark Sc, wind strong SW.
gradually to
1700 5 Cu, Sun, wind strong SW.
2130 19°C

Washed car, which had dirt splashes all over it - I suspected possible dust rain during the thunderstorms we had in the week.

4-8 Cu/Sc, high, perhaps Ac.
2100 18°C

0700 6 Ci, Cc.
1200 Wind fresh SW
1700 8 dark Cu with pannus, wind strong.
2300 17°C

Same again, cooler but not very much more pleasant.

0700 8 very low Cu, wind SW.
Cu lifting to
1600 6 Cu Sun
2100. 22°C
Cooler than yesterday

Temperature lower, but felt if anything hotter and more unpleasant. Good thundery shower about 9am, with prodromal smell of damp and gusty winds.

0700 8 S, Ns, pannus. Wind S
0900 LIGHTNING rain for ½ hour
c.1000 heavy rain for ½ hour
then 7 Ac with towers, Cu, S, sun.
1700 27°C
2100 21°C

Very hot again.

Sun, very hot, clearer with Ci i.t.m., i.t.a. 7 dark Cu scallop, some small Ac towers, wind SE.
1800 28°C
2100 22°C

Very hot indeed today.

Sun, very hot, up to 5 Ci, wind E fresh.
1700 28°C
1900 28°C
2100 23°C

Very hot indeed.

0900. Sun 0 Very hot.
Gradually more Ci
1500 29°C
2100 22°C 7 Ci.

Hot again.

Sun, some Ci, hot.
1500 27°C
2200 19°C

Hot day.

Sun 6 Ci, hot.
Wind E.
1700 27°C
2200 17°C

Gorgeous day - a few cumulus cells between 7am and ~9am, then only one tiny cloud all day - mostly cloudless. That fresh East wind which I suspect of being a sea breeze was blowing again.

0700 Sun, 0. Tiny Cu cells.
0730 2 - Cu cells. Wind E.
1000 0.
2100 14°C

Much better weather today, clear and bright (cloudless in the afternoon and in the evening) without being too hot.

0700 1 Ci, Sun.
Up to 4 Ci, but from 1500 on, 0. Hot. Wind fresh E
2100 14°C

8 most of day, some light rain, some sun in the evening.
2100 13°C

Gloomy, rainy day. Although it was still quite warm, it looked cold and so felt cold.

0700 8 Ns, rain.
intermittent rain all day till
2000 Watery sun
2100 12°C

Mostly grey 8, quite warm, some watery sun.
2100 15°C

Dull grey start, thought we were in for one of those rainy Saturdays that I like, but it brightened up and grew hot later.

0700 8 dark S, dark small ?Cu below. Rain.
1100 5 Ci, Cu. Sun
2000. 21°C

5-6 Cu/Ac, some low, some high flocc.
Hotter again. Sun
2200 15°C

4-6 Ac, flocc. at times, Sc-like later, wind fresh SW. Sun. Not so hot.
2100. 14°C

Hot sun, cool wind, lots of high cumulus - rather a nice day.

4-6 Ac, Cu
Wind strong SW, sun.
Sun hot wind cool.
2130 15°C

6 large Cu, Ci, wind SW strong. Hot. Sun
2130 16°C

Mostly cloudy, wind quite strong W, still warm. Some sun
2130 16°C

Some sun, lot of cloud, warm. Wind S?
2100 22°C

Salad for lunch due to weather - beautiful, flawless early in the morning.

Cloudless Sun 0800 and in the evening, much more cloud in between. Hot
0000 17°C

Grey start, turned hot and fine.

Cloudy in the morning, becoming 4 growing pillar Cu 1200, Sun, later Ci too, wind N, hot.
2130 15°C

0700 8 cloud.
1600 Change in weather, wind N, 6 large Cu, sun
Colder than recently.
2100 14°C

0700 8 spots of rain.
Some sun at times later.
2000 8 Sc, wind E.
Rather colder.
2100 12°C

Not quite so hot. Lots of heavy rain.

Woke up at 3.15am (1½ hours before sunrise) to see a lot of light in the North-east. I'm sure I haven't seen it so light, so early, before, but it can't've changed. The sky was quite clear, but not unusually clear. Odd.

0700 Hazy sun, hot.
0900 Very dark Ns; Cu pannus. Heavy rain
1200. Sun, 6.
Later Ns again, some rain.
Thunder at various times in day
2100 18°C

Unpleasantly hot during the day, making work unattractive.

0700 6 Cc, Ci
Varying cloud, hot sun, wind S? Very hot.
2100 22°C

Very hot, though not so clear as yesterday.

3 Ci average, Sun
Very hot, humid.
2100 22°C

Gorgeous, flawless day, not a cloud in the sky all day, very hot, deep blue sky.

0630 0 Sun
Clear all day, very hot, E wind (sea breeze I think).
2200 16°C

Another beautiful day. H arrived (late as usual) saying 'Phew what a scorcher.' It's a hot day too,' I said cheekily.

0700 Ci, sun, by -
1600 0 Hot.
2130 16°C

0700 4 Ac cast, wind light W (surface SE).
1200 0, hot.
1600 Some Ci to SE
2100 16°C

~2 Ci, Sun.
Alt. cast. in the morning, no thunder
1700 Grey Ns/flat Cu, spattering of heavy raindrops.
Clearing again.
Wind light W.
2100 15°C

Quite chilly first thing this morning, and a case of cold air/hot sun till lunchtime.

Cold and clear in the morning, warming.
Wind W very light.
Lots of sun, 2 Ci.

Some sun, average 6 Ci, Cu bits, wind W.
2100 10°C

Not so sunny as yesterday, but warm and very peaceful, birds singing away all day. When it's quiet, this is a nice place to live.

Sun, Cs ~6 Ci
More cloud as day goes on.
Warm
Wind W.
2100 16°C

Beautiful weather, cloudless most of the day.

Sun, wind NW, 0 most of day, hot.
1800 2 Ci, Cc.
2300 11°C

Calmish, mostly 8 Sc, some sun, some rain in the morning. Warmer.
2200. 12°C

Weather still cold - unseasonably so for the first day of summer.

8 Sc, wind NW lessening gradually, still cold. Some sun?
2100 11°C

Another disconcerting combination of cold NW wind and powerful sun. Had to re-deploy my hot water bottle last night.

Cold - wind NW brisk, Sc, some sun. Rain at times in the morning.
2100 8°C

Noticeably cold in the morning and all day - odd combination of strong, cold North wind and hot sun.

Large Cu (6) Sun and showers with CuN anv. Wind N, then NW, very cold.
2100 8°C

. Real May weather, with hot sun and showers - but turning much colder later.

0900 3 Cu, wind W. Sun
Heavy showers with CuN anv, wind round to N, much colder.
2100 8°C

On train home, through the deep green countryside, and on the way up the hill from the station in the calm grey evening, and back in the living room with the window open and the chestnut tree outside, I felt a deep calm and peace, the sense of the vast, benign indifference of the universe. As if I'd opened the Box of Jhana and been healed as Hindle was. Because I have been a bit Hindle-like recently.

6 Cu, sun at times, 8 by 1900. Wind W, fresh at first, light by 1900.
2200 13°C

Rain again from about 10am to 5pm. Slept very badly, about 5½ hours. Wondered if I hadn't eaten something that'd disagreed with me, but felt better about 6pm when the rain stopped and the sun came out.

8 Sc 0700, later heavy rain till 1700, then sun through 6 various
0030 12°C

Tipping down in the morning, fortunately light wind at first, so managed fine with my umbrella. It was like the flood at the end of Maia, the same grey light and all.

0600 8 Ns/Sc, heavy rain, wind light W.
Wind stronger, rain stops 1100
to 1200 6 Cc, Cu, Sc bits, sun, wind brisk W.
2200 15°C

Sun and big clouds, no rain. Had a beautiful varied sky to look at as I plodded home up the hill, after a long day of hard work.

On av 6, Ci above big Cu, wind W. Sun
2200 12°C

More sun-and-showers weather. This is the May thunderstorm season now: there've been some heavy showers and some good anvil-heads, but hardly a rumble of thunder yet.

Sun, big Cu and heavy showers.\Wind strong SW.
2100 11°C

Sun and heavy showers.
0600 Cold, wind NW.
Wind round to SW by 1600.
2100. 10°C

8 Sc, much rain through day, some Sun spells, wind SW strong.
2100 10°C

Very wet day.

8 Sc heavy rain 1100-1900, wind SE.
1900 Sun, 6 flat Sc/Cu.

Wind strong W
6 Cu, Sun,
1600 8 Sc heavy rain.
2100 12°C

Wind strong W. 5 big Cu, Sun, Ci.
1700 8 Sc, rain.
2200 11°C

Wind W, becoming strong.
1200. 5 Cu, Ci, Sun.
2100 13°C

Foolishly didn't take umbrella to house viewings in the afternoon. Spent over 2 hours getting rained on, as I plodded from house to house and back into town to the bus stop.

0700 8 Mist.
Mist clears to
1600 8 Sc slow heavy rain till 1830 at least.
2100 15°C

7-8 Sc/As, watery sun at times
1745-1815 Rain
2100 14°C

0700 7 As, Ci, faint sun.
1130 Some rain.
Hazy sun rest of day, warm
1800 19°C
2100 15°C

Very little watery sun through 8 Sc.
2100. 9°C

Rain overnight.
Some sun.
2300 11°C

0600 0, calm, Sun. Later very warm, ~6 Ci/Cu, wind.
2300 14°C

0600 0, Sun, calm. 7°C.
Later wind NW, varying Ci and small Cu. Very warm
1700 23°C
2100 13°C

0700 0/8 As, pale sun, little wind.
Later 0, Sun, very warm.
1800 21°C
2100 14°C

Rather nice day.

0700 Very light wind, later to 0 slight high cloud Sun.
Warm.
1600 21°C
2100 13°C

Weather very wet for the third day running, which is highly unusual here in the East.

0600 8 Cs, small Ac, sun through.
Wind E.
1000 Heavy rain 8 S/Ns
till 1800

Rained almost all day, like yesterday.

0900 8 S.
1000 Rain, all day with 8 S/Ns/Sc till
1730Watery sun
2100 11°C

Saw G in town, which quite spoilt the warm grey Saturday lunchtime ambience. 0800. Some sun, light rain
1100. 8 S/Sc, warm.
1500. Rain, becoming heavy.
2300 Still raining. 10°C

First genuinely hot day of the year. Horse chestnut blossom out.

0700 3 Ci, very light wind, Sun.
1200 Wind perhaps E?
1800 22°C
2200 12°C
Hot day.

Beautiful day. Donned summer outfit (shirt) for first time this year.

0700. Very light wind Sun.
Later wind E, very warm, 0 high haze..#
1700 21°C
2100 15°C

Beautiful day. Donned summer outfit (shirt) for first time this year.

0700. Very light wind Sun.
Later wind E, very warm, 0 high haze..#
1700 21°C
2100 15°C

Definitely May weather today - warm and sunny, trees heavy with blossom. Very pleasant walk home up the hill past the station in the sunny late afternoon.

0700 3 Ci, wind light SW, Sun, warm.
1700 20°C
2100 14°C

0700 5°C, Sun, 6 Ci.
Later more Cu, wind SW, 16°C i.t.a.
2100 13°C

Rainy in the morning, 8 Sc.
clearing Sun
later ~6 Cu.
Wind NW.
2100 10°C

Bright day.

Wind NW. 5 fair Cu Sun
later more cloud
2200 8°C

Bright day.

Wind NW. 5 fair Cu Sun
later more cloud
2200 8°C

Rainy start. I quite like a rainy Saturday, reminds me of Hancock episodes. Then brightening to another fair-weather North-wind day.

Wind NW.
0800 7 Sc, S, far CuNi. Rain.
0900. 6 fair Cu. Sun.
2200 5°C

North-wind weather, bright and colder than recently.

1200. 4 medium Cu, Sun.
1600. 6 Ci, 6 large Cu, wind N.
2200. 4°C

1200 6 high Ac, low large Cu. Wind W.
2100 10°C

Some sun, mostly cloud.
2100. 10°C

0700 Fog, rapidly clearing.
8 As with Sun glimpses. Wind W.
2100. 12°C

Misty morning, took a long time to clear.

0700 8 S/Mist (ceiling ~100ft). Later some sun breaks but really 8 Cs/As.
2100 9°C
Wind E.

8 Sc/Ns all day. Light rain all day. 2100 10°C

Some sun

1100 3 fair Cu. Sun
1500 13°C
More Ci later
2300. 7°C

Raining again in the evening.

High Cs, Ci, As, low dark Cu
1600 Heavy rain.
1830 Stopping

Wind SW quite stiff.
As/Cs/Ac cover with dark Cu below. Some sun.
2100 10°C

Wind SW seeming cold.
Sun through high thin cloud and Cu/Sc.
2100 11°C

Wind SW. 6 large Cu, Sun
to 8 S/Sc in the evening
2100 10°C

Wind W. Varying Cu, Sc, some dark Ns at times. Sun
2100. 10°C

At first 6 large Cu, ->8 Sc->8 S/Ns rain in the afternoonn\Wind W.
2200 10°C

First appearance this year of distant trees as green, then black, against the sky. Into town for sundries. And saturdries...

8 all day - S/As 1030 with silvery sun, just S later.
2230 9°C

Pleasant walk round lake at lunchtime - blowy Spring day.

0700 Wind W.
Variable cloud, Sun.
1630 Spattery rain.
2100 Clearing
2230 8°C

0700 0, calm.
1200 Wind SW, 6 Cu/Ci.
1600 4 Cu, C.
2100 11°C

On the way home, in blustery wind and rain, went to view another house.

Cold. 0700 2°C
By 1400, 8 S/Sc, rain. Wind SW but very cold, stiff.
Rain stops about 1800.
2130 8°C

Snow in Kent overnight. Only 0.5°C here at 6am.

0700 0, still. 1°C Cold. Later wind N, varying Cu, rain spotters at times.
2130 Clearing, 3°C

Av 6 Cu, Sun, at times 8 dark wet Sc, rain.
Wind W.
2130 3°C

4 big Cu, wind W, Sun. Some rain eg 2030
2200 5°C

0700 8 - varying proportions of S, Sc, Ci, As all day.
1600. Some rain.
2200 7°C

Although wind went back round to the West today, weather still cold.

0700 7 S/Sc some Sun-breaks.
Cold, though wind now strong W.
1300. 5 Ci, unusual rounded Ci patch.
2130 7°C.

Cold snap continues. Two hot water bottles last night.

0700 0 Sun -2°C, very cold, calm.
1100. Wind N, big Cu 4.
2130 4°C

Weather gone back to being cold - had to re-don woolly hat and gloves in the morning. 0700 0 Sun Cold, calm.
1100 8 S, hail.
1400. 4 big Cu, Sun, wind NE, still cold.
2030 Rain
2130 2°C

Av 4 Cu, Sun Wind stiff W, clearer later.
Drops of rain in the morning,
2130 7°C
colder again.

Mostly 2-6 big Cu, Sun. Wind stiff W.
2130 8°C

Some lovely blue sky/white cloud weather today, and a gorgeous rainbow about 6pm.

Mostly 5 large Cu, Sun Wind strong NW.
1800. Heavy rain, then rainbow
2200 7°C

Large untidy Cu. At times to 8 Sc, threat of rain in the morning, some actual rain. Much sun too. Wind strong SW.

2200 11°C

Wind strong SW. Varying Cu/Sc, in the afternoon big untidy Cu. Some sun.
2130 11°C

Again varying Sc and Cu, sun quite often. Rain at times especially 1615. Wind strong SW.
2130 7°C

While I was walking home the wind suddenly turned cold - the downdraught from a huge raft of storm clouds. Powerful gusts lashed me with icy rain, but fortunately I had my back to the wind.

Varying Sc & Cu - bright sun at times.
1700 Cold rain sweeps up fast on strong SW wind. 8 Sc.
2130 9°C.

Strong W/SW wind all day. 8 Sc, light rain occasionally. Rather warm.
2130 9°C

Again much warmer. Difficult to believe that 4 days ago I was walking round with hat and gloves on, and having 2 hot water bottles.

Occasional sun, but mostly Sc.
PM. Light rain.
Wind W quite strong.
2130 11°C.

Persistent rain in the morning, deployed wet weather anti-traffic plan of leaving 6 minutes early to catch the 0714 bus, got to work by 7.50am.

0700. 8 Ns/Sc, persistent rain.
1200 Rain stopped. Wind SW. Much warmer.
1700 11°C.
2200 8°C

Quite a lot of sun today. Not quite so cold either, but still pretty damn cold. Walked right round the lake at lunchtime, for the first time since the autumn. Daffodils in bud.

0700 0 Sun
Wind NE
More cloud to
1700. 7 Sc/As.
Again not quite so cold.
2130 5°C

Bit of sun today. Most welcome.

0700 5 Cu/Sc/Ci. Wind NE. Sun Less cold slightly. ~same cloud level all day
2130 0°C.

Yet more biting Easterly wind. Looked more closely at house buying process, getting list of 25 stages from a website and, as a result, asking a solicitor for a quote for fees. Just wish it was so easy to find a house to buy in the first place.

Odd positive feeling on way home - don't know if it was the sun at its highest 5pm elevation this year, or the house stuff, but I had an extraordinary 'things are moving again' feeling which in some ways I haven't had since circa 1988. 8 flatter Sc. Wind E brisk, very cold.
2100 1°C

Wind stuck in the east for 8 days. Very cold and dry.

8 S/Sc. Wind NE brisk. Very cold.
2130. 3°C

Varying Cu, Sc, some sun, wind NE, cold.
1700 0.
2130 2°C

Wind E, strong. 5-8 Cu, Sc. Very cold
2200. 1°C

in the morning 6 Sc, some sun, some snow flakes. Wind E strong, very cold.
in the afternoon 8 Sc.
2200 2°C.

Weather right back to winter with a freezing East wind and dark grey, dry overcast.

8 S/Sc. Wind E. Very cold. Light snow and rain at times.
1700 2°C
2130 1°.

Weather spring-like in the afternoon - hazy sunshine from a clear sky, no wind, and that 'spacious' feeling.

0700 8 S/Sc Calm.
Warmer.
1500 0 Sun
2130 0°C. .

0700 8 Sc 2°C, Wind SE, very cold. Flakes of snow at times. One or two scallop sun breaks.
2130. 4°.

0700 0°C.
6 Cu, Ci, sun
Wind SE, very cold.
1700. 1°C
2130 8 Cs, full moon.

A cold, grey-white day, not at all like the weekend.

8 S. Colder

Back to work tomorrow. Mornings won't be so dark or so cold now, I hope.

7 Cu/Sc. Wind SE. Cold. Some sun. 2130 0°C

AM. 6 Cu, Ci, some sun.
PM. 8 Sc, snow several times.
Colder.
2230 -3°C

8 Sc, 5°C.
Wind W.
Colder.
Much rain.

Rained solidly till 3pm, so read Dedicated Troublemaker by Mark Steel.

8 Sc, wind SW, rain constant till 1500. Few sunbreaks then.
10°C - rather warmer.

Miserable wet day, stayed in in the afternoon and tidied.

Rapidly clouding to 1100 8 Sc, very light drizzle, rain gradually heavier till heavy pm
Wind strong, but air warmer.
2200 4 °C

Warmer. Fair-weather Cu gradually increasing, sun, to 8 Sc by 1400.

Sunny again, not quite so cold.

Gradually increasing fair-weather Cu. Sun
Not quite so cold
Wind NW

Another sunny spring day, warm enough not to feel hard-edged - in the sun anyway. Very cold overnight and in the shade.

0400 -6°C
0900 Frost 0
1100 Cu cells
1200 3 fair weather Cu
1600 6 Cu
Wind NW.

A beautiful very early Spring day, blue sky, West wind, fair-weather cumuli, with trees still bare and still some snow lying in the shadows, though the sun was warm.

0400 -4°C
Snow lying in the morning.
Wind SW - 4 fairweather Cu, some Ci.
2200 0, -3°C. Still tiny snow remnants in shadows.

Wind W - heavy frost. Gradually more Cu/Sc till
1500 8 Cu, heavy snow till about 1800. Clearing again later
Slight snow cover

FIRST DAY OF SPRING. Beautiful day, but cold and hard-edged again like Saturday.

4 fair weather Cu. Wind strong NW, very cold. Clearer later
Few snow flakes in the afternoon.
2130. -1°C

LAST DAY OF WINTER.

Wind NW. Varying Sc Cu bits, fair amount of sun.

Began to chill out about 9.30am, when I reached the roundabout on the outskirts of Ipswich, and got the idea that I wasn't going to work. Sky dirty, with dark Cu bits below high pearly grey As, but even that had a special beauty.

0900. 8 As with dark Cu bits below, light wind. Gradually 8 Sc, more wind. Very cold.

0900. Wind E, cold, 3 Sc bits, bright sun. Gradually to 8 Sc by 1500.

Bright sunny day - one of those hard-edged, windy, cold sunny winter days that feel over-exposed and headachy. Wind NE, 3-6 low Cu all day.
Very cold in wind, warm in sun.

0700. 8 low Sc again, 1°C, wind E, very cold, but more sun-breaks today.

Coating of snow on the ground first thing, and wet snow falling. Deployed thermal leggings.

0700. Snow overnight. 8 Sc, wind NE, snowing.
Snow continues, growing wetter, stops about noon.

0700. 8 Ns/Sc, rain, 3°C, wind NE, very cold.
Rain stops, 8 Sc all day, wind perhaps round to E.

0700 8 Sc 2°C Wind NE, very cold. Sun breaks, but heavy rain in the morning.
1600. 8 Sc with pannus, light rain.

0800 8 S/Sc. 5°C. Wind NE. Cold.
Sun-breaks, but
1600 8 Sc, cold rain.

8 S/Sc all day. Colder

Frost 0800, but Blue Skies, av 5 large Cu.
Sun warm.

Varying amounts of Cu and Sc bits all day.
As little as 3 Cu in the afternoon.
Wind W, light.

Some real sunshine today: blue sky and white cumulus, then dark clouds and a heavy shower, then back again. It's still obviously late winter, but it resembles spring.

Odd feeling of happiness on the bus home, with a powerful westering sun shining up through yellow-grey horizon clouds. Warmer weather revives my feelings of 'spaciousness' - I'm not sealed in a tiny bubble of in-clothes warmth when I'm outside.

Mostly 3 Cu, wind NW, sun, heavy shower c.1330
More shower clouds seen later, but 4.

Much rain overnight
0800 8 S drizzle
Wind W. Then 0 at times Sun
More cloud mostly

0700. 5°C, wind NW, 8 Sc thinning
More sun till
1600. 4 Sc chunks, wind SW. Warmer

0700. 5°C, wind NW, 8 Sc thinning
More sun till
1600. 4 Sc chunks, wind SW. Warmer

0700 8 Sc. 9°C
Wind light N. Glimpses of Ci, but
1600 8 dark Sc.

0700 8 Sc. 9°C
Wind light N. Glimpses of Ci, but
1600 8 dark Sc.

8 all day, rain all day.
Warmer.

Rather an evocative dull Saturday afternoon with long high stratocumulus.

Wind W, warmer, 'large' dark Sc

Mostly grey, festoon clouds 1600, cold

0700. Clear. Bright sun. Wind N, very cold.
Slightly more cloud in day

Clear. Sun. Wind NW. Never more than 2, flat Cu bits. Warmer (4°C 0730)

First proper 'evening' of the year, with an orange sun sinking into open sky at the trailing edge of the clouds about 4.30. When you go home in the dark in the winter it's as if evening hasn't happened - just day, then night.

0700 8 S, wind NW, warmer.
1700. 6 S, sun free at W edge, wind SW.
2000 Wind stronger

8 S, very light wind, same all day.

0900. 8 S
1100. Sun break
6 S
Overcast again rest of day

8 S all day. Cold

0700. 8 S. Wind very light. Very cold -1°C.
Same all day.

CANDLEMAS. GROUNDHOG DAY. 0700. 8 ripple S. Very cold -1°C. Wind very light. Mist.
Same all day.

0700. 8 S/Sc Wind much lighter NE.
1300 Almost sunbreak, but not quite.

Sixth day of North-east wind. Rather cold.

8 S all day. Wind continues from NE, very cold.

Wind NE. Cold. 8 Sc, with sun breaks in middle of day, but 8 heavy by 1700.

Very sunny and clear in the morning, quite hot in the sun. Opened living room door to let excess heat into North side of flat, found temp there rose from 62°F to 67°F. NB for future reference.

0900 Clear, sun, wind NE (still).
Gradual Cu bits till
1600. 8 Sc.

Clear, sun with strong breeze. Cold.

0700. 8 Sc. Wind NE.
Sun breaks, but
1600. 8 Sc, snow shower.

0700 6 Flat Sc bits, Wind NE, very cold. Sun at times then
1600 8 dark Sc, some mammae, light rain

0700 8 low Sc, -1°C, cold.
1100. Wind N, low Cu with breaks, sun.
PM 3 flat Sc bits to sunset.
Bedroom 61°F.

0700. 8 light grey S/Sc, -4°C Very cold indeed. Calm.
Same all day. 63°F in bedroom in the evening.

0700. 8 S/Sc (light grey 'high')
Calm. Very cold 2°C. Same all day.

Sunny intervals. Cold

Only 5½ weeks of winter to go - thought btw one night during the week that I caught a waft of that early-evening spring-coming smell that one notices in early Feb.

Few clouds clearing to Cs bits; sun
Calm. Cold.

A lot of sunshine from mid-morning, which made a real change to this gloomy month.

8 Sc, Wind W, quite strong.
1030. Cloud recedes, clear sky from W, wind round to NW
Colder, sun.

8 cloud to
1600 8 Sc, wind W.
Rather mild

Cloudy start, sun breaks all day. Including
1300. 8 As, Cs, S.
Light rain at times.

Cloudy start, sun at lunchtime through flat Sc bits/Cs,
1600 6 chaos with mackerel.
Light rain at times

8 S/Sc, light rain at times. Nearly breaking at times.

8 S all day.

0800. 6 Sc/2 As with sun through in E.
Much the same.

Apparently this has been an unusually sunless start to January. Certainly it was a pleasant surprise to get a few minutes of bright sunshine in the early afternoon.

0700 8 S 4°
Wind SE
Very cold.
To 8 Sc
1400 Sun-breaks
Back to 8 Sc.

Beautiful clear still morning, with thick mist in the hollows and valleys. From the university at 8am I could see across the river valley over the top of the fog.

0700. -1°C. Clear. Still. Thick mist only in low-lying areas - ceiling top visible from hill.
1000 Fog. 8 S.
8 S rest of day, fog clearing

1700 Clear
Cold.

0700. 8 S. Wind S.
1200. Wind W. Much colder.
Wind strengthens.
1900 Light rain.

0800. 8 S/Sc. Wet snow/rain.
Precipitation stopped, but no sun.

0700 8 S/Sc. Wind cold SE 3°C. Gradually to quite sunny at lunchtime, quite clear by 1700.

0700 8 dark S to 6 S with distant Cu.
1100. Short snow shower.
1200. 6 heaped Cu, wind SE Very cold.
1600 8 dark S/Sc. 2°C.

Odd weather, overcast and rainy till about 2pm, then clear, allowing me to see that the nights are drawing out again.

0700. 8 dark S.
0900. Drizzle Wind E
1400. Clear.

Rather gloomy in the morning.

Came on to rain in the afternoon, falling straight down from an overcast sky. It was a very pleasant sadness if you know what I mean.

0700. 8 S/Sc
1200. Rain
1800. Rain fading out.
Wind W all day.
Warmer.

8 Sc. Mild.
PM 7 Cs/Ci