Monthly Summary for April 2014

April produced a variety of weather from a continuous dry spell of twelve days to three days with substantial rainfall. The total precipitation was 83.6mm being 138% of the long-term average. The wettest day was the 25th when 20.1mm was recorded.
It was a warm month with the mean 1.4C above the long-term average, which was principally due to warmer nights resulting from much cloud cover retaining warmth from the daytime. There was only one air frost when the thermometer dropped to -1.6C. around daybreak on the 19th.
Because of the cloud cover the solar energy total was 86% of the long-term average and global sunshine amounted to 265 hours, which is 30 hours less than the figure for April 2013. Direct sunshine totals for the end of the month were depressingly low, except for 12.9 hours on the 16th. No measurable direct sunshine was recorded on the 20th, 22nd and 25th.
The last week was notable for the light winds except for the strongest gust of 34mph on the 26th.

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