Although the temperature dropped to 4.2C just before dawn, the strong sunshine since raised the air temperature to 10.8C at 0800. Yesterday was another very sunny day with 9.47 hours of sunshine taking the total this month to 65.8 hours and a peak temperature of 20.8C, the warmest day since the end of September.
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Minimal rainfall and considerable evaporation
After 13 days this month the rainfall total is just 6.3mm when the average for April is 61.4mm. In contrast, the evaporation from the ground, plants and water surfaces is 28mm due to the rising temperatures and drying winds.
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After 6C above, yesterday brought 1C below average maximum temperature
The very warm and dry spell was brought to a halt yesterday as a cold front swept across the country. The maximum was 12.2C with maximum wind gusts to 22mph and 1.1mm of rainfall between 0500 and 0930. In the early hours of this morning the temperature dropped briefly to give a ground frost.
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Five days of rising temperatures
Yesterday brought the warmest day since early October with a maximum of 19.6C. The six consecutive dry days were broken with 1mm of rain this morning and rising wind strength. The UV levels peaked at a maximum of 5.0 on monday but dropped significantly to 2.7 with rising levels of air pollution over cent days.
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Wednesday the warmest day this month
Today the thermometer peaked at 18.2C and follows the warming period over the last five days. This high is 5.5C above the average for April and combined with the light winds recently, that brought maximum gusts of 7mph and 9mph on Tuesday and Wednesday respectively, made for pleasant days.