Monthly Weather Data Report for Garioch Weather Station, Aberdeenshire – May 2012

Data	Total	Unit	Historic	Anomaly*	Anomaly %
Mean Temperature	9.1	°C	9.0	+0.1	n/a
Minimum Temperature	-1.4	°C	On the 7th
Mean Minimum Temperature	4.9	°C	5.6	-0.7	n/a
Maximum Temperature	24.5	°C	On the 27th
Mean Maximum Temperature	13.3	°C	12.8	+0.5	n/a
Average Wind Speed	1.8	mph	11.0	-9.2	16.4%
Maximum Daily High Wind Speed	31.0	mph	On the 15th
Total Rainfall	22.1	mm	59.7	-37.6	37.0%
Average Sunshine Hours	7.3	hrs per day	5.6	+1.7	130.5%

Cool, but dry, for most of the month, with an exceptionally warm and sunny third week. Note: Wind speed sensor came back into operation on the 14th May, having failed on 20th April..

* anomalies based on Aberdeen data obtained from sources such as the National Climate Data Centre identified by the Climatological Observors Link. http://www.met.rdg.ac.uk/~brugge/ukclimate.html