Latest Weather Statistics From Crondall Weather

Last Updated:  13:25 on the 08th May  Next Update: 13:30
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Good Afternoon, it's currently Dry and based on the last 12 hours weather trends we expect the weather to be increasing clouds with little temp change.. At the moment we have mostly cloudy skies with greater than 7 mile(s) visibility.

Today we have 15:13 hours / mins of possible daylight  compared to yesterday 15:10:00 (a change of 00:03:16 ) with the sun rising at 05:23 and setting at 20:36. Since the shortest day on 21st December our daylight has increased by 07:17 hours/mins. The moon rises today at 02:20 and is in the Waning Gibbous Moon phase, with the next full moon due at 08:46 UTC 31 May 2026.

Temperature

Currently it's 15.6°C (which with the wind feels like 15.6°C and 18.9°C when you take into account the sun and humidity as well) and in the last hour has changed +2.2°C/last hr. Current humidity is 72% with a high today of 95% and a low of 72%. The maximum temperature today has been 15.6°C at 13:24 and the minimum 2.7°C at 01:26. Over the last week the maximum temperature has been 23.9°C and the minimum has been -0.6°C.

This day last year the maximum was 17.4 °C and the minimum was 4.4 °C. Our highest ever May temperature is 29.1°C which was in 2010 during day 24 , and our lowest ever May temperature is -1.3°C which was in 2025 during day 23.

The average temperature this month is 12.4C (compared to a 30 year average for the month of 12.6°C). The maximum has been 23.9C (on day 1) and the lowest -0.6° C (on day 7).

There have been 1 days this month where the temperature has gone below freezing (we would normally expect 1 days of frost in May) and 31 days in total this calendar year (we would normally expect 34 days of frost to the end of May). Since midnight today we have had 00:00 hours of frost. Going the other way there have been 0 days this month where the temperature has gone above 25°C and 0 days above 30°C

The highest temperature we have ever recorded is 37.3 °C which happened in month 8 on day 11 in 2020, and the lowest is -15.3 °C which happened in month 1 on day 7 in 2010.

In depth temperature records are available here

Wind

Current average windspeed is 3.8 mph (from a  South east direction). In the last hour the maximum gust has been 9.0 mph SSE at 13:11 and the maximum gust today has been 14.0 mph (4 on the Beaufort scale) at 08:42 from the SE. The maximum gust this month has been 26.0 mph (on day 2). The average direction for the month has been East southeasterly.

The strongest gust we have ever recorded is 65.6 mph which happened in month 3 on day 28 in 2016.

So far today we have had 17.48 miles of windrun (yesterday 20.11miles) compared to our all time record of 335.1 miles on 9 2 2020.

In depth wind records are available here

Rainfall / Snow / Lightning

Today there has been 0.0mm of rain (yesterday 0.0 mm), which gives 3.1mm for the month (compared to a 30 year average of 46.5mm). The most rain we have ever had in a month is 222.5mm, which was in January 2014.

The most rain we have ever had in a day is 56.9mm on the 15th September 2009, and the most we have ever had in an hour is 34.2mm which occurred between 4pm to 5pm on 17th August 2022.

So far this month we have had 1 days with rain (which means we've now had 63 days with rain this year) and it's been 5 days since it last rained (on 2/5/2026). The longest period we have had with no rain is 37days, which was in 2007 from 31st March to 6th May.

Over the last week we have had 3.1mm of rain and it's been raining now for 0minutes This year we have now had 232.6mm out of our normal annual rainfall of 691mm

In depth rain records are available here

Within 25miles of Crondall in the last hour we have detected 0 lightning strikes (0 strikes since midnight). This now gives us 0 strikes so far this month and 7 so far this year.

So far this winter we have had 0cm of snow, with snow falling on 1 days.  There has been 0.0cm of snow today (yesterday 0cm) and the snow depth is currently 0cm.  We estimate that snow will fall today at 1975mtrs above sea level.

In depth snow records are available here

Pressure

Current pressure is 1015.2 mb and is Steady, with -0.5 mb in the last 3 hours and +0.2 mb in the last 12 hours. The highest pressure recorded since Feb 1996 is 1049.6mb in month 1, day 19 of 2020 and the lowest is 954.1mb in month 11, day 2 of 2023

In depth barometric pressure records are available here

Cloud Formation and Dewpoint

The current dewpoint is 10.6°C and therefore clouds will be able to form from 2354feet, but remember the Crondall weather station is at 280feet so deduct this in order to get the height above Crondall.

Solar
solar monitor installed 1st March 2020, UV monitor installed 27th December 2020

Today there are a possible 15:13 hours of sun and so far we have had 01:00 hours of sunshine (yesterday 04:46 hours). In May we would normally expect 196:36 hours:mins of sun and are up to 37:46 hours so far.

The current UV is 1.6 (which is Low and means normal skin will burn in 70 minutes) with a peak so far of 3.0 at 09:02. This compares to our maximum of 6.0 over the last week and our record high UV of 12.9 on 3 8 2021 , but remember we've only been measuring UV since 27th December 2020.

The max solar so far today is 526w/m2 (yesterday 1058.0w/m2) and is currently 287w/m2. In terms of overall power generation, this year we have generated 298.4kwh/m2 (31.0kwh/m2 so far this month) out of a typical annual total of 1250kWh/m2.

In depth solar, sunshine and UV records are available here

Air Quality Index

The current Air Quality Index (AQI) level is 56.2 which is Moderate.

Under 50 is Good. 51 to 100 is Moderate. 101 to 150 is Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups. 151 to 200 is Unhealthy. 201 to 300 is Very Unhealthy and above 300 is Hazardous! These readings are taken from our Purple Air monitor and a full map and trend analysis can be seen here

The 2.5 micron particle measure is currently 14.6 which compares to 18.6 in the last 60 mins and 10.2 average for the last 24 hours (with a maximum of 35.6). The Davis Nowcast reading is 21.5 - this is based on a weighted average of the last 24 hours and gives a better indication of rapidly changing air quality.

In this context (based on 24hour average) Under 9 is Good; 9.1 to 35.4 is Moderate; 35.5 to 55.4 is Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups; 55.5 to 125.4 is Unhealthy; 125.5 to 225.4 is Very Unhealthy and above 225.5 is Hazardous!

Danger of Fire

The current Fire Weather Index (FWI) level is 7.7 which compares to 9.2 yesterday and therefore the danger of fire is seen as Low-Moderate. Under 11 is Low and above 50 is Extreme.