Author: Eric Gilbert

With more cloud yesterday the sunshine total was much reduced, down to 3 hours. This, combined with the persistent northerly breeze meant a cool day with below average maximum temperature at 13.1C, the coldest day for a fortnight. However, when the sun did shine the UV level edged back a little higher at 5.6 (Moderate). Again another day with no rainfall.
This morning dawned with much cloud cover although there was the occasional glimpse of the sun just after it rose and a cool start with a temperature of 6.6C at 0800.

Another very sunny day yesterday with 6.6 hours of strong sunshine and the UV level in the ‘Moderate’ category. This pushed the thermometer a little higher again with a maximum of 15.5C at 15.55 (1.5C above the average) yesterday afternoon. The continuing high pressure still influences our weather so that any cloud having dispersed overnight, the thermometer dropped to a very chilly minimum of 2.4C at -6.37 this morning before the sun got to work raising this to 6.4C at 08.00.
This month we have had two very short showers amounting to 0.4mm, the average for April is 59.7mm, but evaporation from plant life and the ground is now 28mm.

The westerly wind continued to affect our weather yesterday although the maximum temperature did reach 1C above the average at 14.9C. The brisk cool wind made it feet cooler than the thermometer indicated. Again no rain in the past twenty-four hours but the sunshine total rose again to 8.28 hours. Overnight cloud and a light breezes meant a less cool night than recently with a minimum of 5.4C, almost 2C above the average.
Today dawned with thick his cloud but as the morning progressed the sun broke through.

The north-westerly breeze brought more cloud yesterday and therefore less sunshine, 5.63 hours. As a consequence of the wind from that direction, and less sunshine, the maximum yesterday was 14.3C at 16.21. This is a drop of 8.5C from the very warm day yesterday. Much of the cloud melted away late afternoon that allowed the thermometer to drop to a minimum of 2.1C early this morning.
Another day without rainfall and evaporation this month amounting to 25mm, which is half the monthly rainfall.

The sunshine total was down slightly yesterday on the previous day with 11.5 hours but the south-easterly breeze brought very warm air, which propelled the thermometer to a maximum 22.8C at 15.31, thus is 9C over the average. Shortly afterwards the wind backed into the west and the temperature began to fall with a minimum of 6.9C overnight.
The sun made an appearance this morning between broken cloud. The humidity level at 08.00 was the lowest for several weeks, at 86%, due to the drier north-eastely breeze, the many hours of sunshine, which has dried out the land surface drying out