Tuesday gave us 1.66 hours of sunshine, which lifted the temperature to a maximum of 12.1C, the highest for nearly three weeks but this was still almost 2C below the 34-year April average.
There was intermittent drizzle during Tuesday and more rain overnight totalling 1.7mm.
The mild southerly winds, gusting to 26mph, and cloud meant a warm night with the lowest temperature of 6.5C.
Wednesday morning is predominantly cloudy with passing light showers that are obscuring the sun as another depression is making its way across the country. The temperature at 08.00 had risen to 8.2C.
Wednesday update at 13.00: wind recently gusting to 28mph and frequent showers amounting to 3mm so far today.
Wednesday update at 15.30: first sunshine of day just broken through after showers until now had merged to give almost continuous rain or drizzle.
Wednesday update at 18.30: 50 minutes of late sunshine lifted the temperature to a high of 10.3C but still 4C below average. Frequent showers have produced another 6mm of rainfall today.