The maximum of 21.6C on Saturday was exactly the same as on Friday being a significant 7.1C above my long-term average thanks to the many hours of strong sunshine. The increased cloud cover overnight gave us a mild night that saw the thermometer only dip to 6.5C being 2.8C above average. There were a few drops of rain observed very briefly at 19.55 that only dampened the hard surfaces but was not measurable.
Sunday brought us a brief glimpse of weak sunshine after sunrise but cloud very quickly drifted across from the west just after 07.30. This change is due to the anticyclone having deserted us and the depression, centred just off Iceland, throwing a couple of cold fronts across the country today.
The coming week will see the variable weather patten established with, sadly, much less sunshine, the days will not be quite so warm but conversely, the nights will not be so cold.
The first twelve days of April followed the extended dry period in March with no measurable rain having fallen. There is no forecast rainfall in the next couple of days with the possibility of a light shower on Wednesday morning. The sunshine and warm breezes this month has seen the equivalent rainfall of 37.2mm lost through evaporation from ground sources and plant life.