A mild and changeable March, with little sunshine, was followed by a rather cloudy April, but with temperatures mostly 1°C above average. Northern Britain again had rainfall on or above par, but it was rather dry in eastern England. In contrast, May was sunnier than average everywhere, in some parts the warmest May of the century. Rainfall was variable, caused partly by the localised storms durin
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