Overnight was the wettest period this month, just.

The minimal light rain that fell in the last twenty-four hours totalled 2.8mm bringing the total for April to 9.4mm, the 31-year average is 61.4mm. With winds now in a southerly quarter and cloud cover overnight the temperature at 0800 was 10.7C the warmest morning for several months. The soil temperature at a depth of 5cm was 11.7C, the warmest since the middle of November.