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currently the lowest spring rainfall. Note the considerable
difference between the total UK measurements and those from
our area due to different climatic conditions across our land.

Spring’s UK wide sunshine record of 626 hours may also be
broken. Currently, we have had 554 hours of spring sunshine here
in Offchurch, which is still some way behind the current record for
our area of 663 hours recorded in 1990 [2].

The reason for this settled period of weather is that the jet stream
has taken a more northerly path than usual allowing high pressure
systems emanating from the Azores and mainland Europe to
dominate the UK, blocking the flow of the more typical unsettled
weather from the Atlantic. Cool northeasterly winds have brought
dry and mostly sunny conditions since early February. However,
there may be a change to the wetter southwesterlies before long...

[1] https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/blog/2025/how-close-are-we-to
-breaking-spring-records, accessed 15/05/2025
[2] Burt, S. & Burt, T., 2019, Oxford weather and climate science
since 1767, Oxford, OUP, p226

For local weather details and forecasts please go to: https://
offweather.hopto.org

Richard Seaton
rkseaton@outlook.com

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