May marks the transition from the dry season to the rainy season in Costa Rica and the weather is a gamble. The past two years have been exceptions with record rainfall in May and almost a whole month of drizzle in Typically the weather starts out dry but by late in the month rainy season weather patterns are once again prevailing.
The rainy season normally comes on slowly. A very slow moving tropical low pressure system set up off the north Pacific coast and drew rain across the central, Nicoya and Guanacaste beaches.
The lowland and Pacific beach temperatures in May depend a great deal on when the rains start. Afternoon and overnight showers are common in May. Please select one of the following:. Location Help.
News Headlines. Customize Your Weather. Privacy Policy. Spring and May Climate Summary Weather. Current Hazards. Local Radar. Rivers and Lakes. Great Lakes Hydrology Program. Climate and Past Weather. Overview and Graphics Seasonal Summary Monthly Summary Events Overview and Graphics Spring had a cold first two months, highlighted by one of the coldest Aprils on record, which was also overall dry but snowy.
The pattern flipped in May to very warm, with some areas receiving above to well above normal precipitation but others staying dry. Spring snowfall was highly variable with respect to normal.
May was very warm across the area. In short, no, not directly. This has seen largely benign weather over the UK, with relatively dry conditions, along with spells of sunshine, but more prolonged cloud for some. According to Met Office models, Ida is set to break up when it enters the Atlantic and is very unlikely to travel across the ocean intact. However, it will have an influence on the position and strength of the jet stream across the Atlantic — currently the jet stream is very weak, but it will strengthen as the remnants of Ida move northeast away from North America.
The strength of the jet stream can be determined by the temperatures on either side of the flow, with cool air to the north and warm air to the south. When the temperature contrast is greater, such as now with Ida bringing a lot of warm air to the south, the jet becomes more energised.
The direction the jet stream then takes will help determine weather patterns for the UK this weekend, with a more northerly position helping to hold high pressure close to the UK. Hurricanes have a major impact on the transport of heat and moisture from the tropics into the North Atlantic. The behaviour of the jet stream is complex but overall it will tend to lie to the north of the UK, this helping to hold high pressure close by. So, whilst rain is likely to spread to some northern parts of the UK on Sunday and into Monday, for many places conditions will remain dry and increasingly warm this weekend and into the first half of next week.
Check the latest Met Office forecast on the Met Office website, app or on social media. With a few days still to go until the full figures are published for summer at the start of September, high temperatures in Scotland and Northern Ireland have helped pull the UK to within the top 10 for warmest summers according to mean temperature, with still some room for manoeuvre before the season is out. The UK has a mean temperature for summer around a degree higher than the average, currently sat at In fact, Northern Ireland has so far seen one of its warmer summers using the same measurement With the best of the dry and warm conditions to be found in northern and western areas of the UK, it has been a markedly different story for the southeast and some southern areas this summer so far.
Greater London has so far seen an average of As you might expect, these areas have also seen less of the sun than average, although there is still time in the season for this to shift more with some good spells of sunshine expected before the end of the month. Of course, this summer did see a heatwave in July, which saw the Met Office issue its first ever amber extreme heat warning , as Northern Ireland broke its all-time temperature record on 21 July with This extended spell of warm weather in July, with stubbornly high night-time temperatures, has helped to lift the averages for the season, with the highest temperatures in that period also seen over western areas, although the rest of the UK was widely warm.
So far, the highest temperature recorded this month was at Tyndrum, Scotland with Temperatures have, however, been fairly consistent over the month of August. August has also been slightly drier than average so far for most, although some regions are close to or above average such as Northern Ireland, eastern Scotland and parts of southeast England. Get the latest forecast for the rest of the month on the Met Office website. Note: Statistics in this blog are representative of the period to 25 August The full statistics will be released at the end of the month.
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