If Tuesday had been in November it would still have been considered to be a dull and miserable day. Overnight rain on Monday night gave way mid morning on Tuesday to misty, drizzly weather that didn't clear up all day. It's continued much the same into Wednesday morning. Not much rain to speak of, but everything outside remains wet. So much for my hopes of conditions drying out at the allotment.
Out of interest I thought I'd compare previous Aprils with this year to see how their temperatures and rainfall compared by the 10th of the month.
I'm certainly not surprised to find it's the wettest at this stage of the month. It's worth noting that April 2012 is the wettest April I've recorded with 120mm (4.72in) by the end of the month. Hopefully we wont be getting anywhere near that record. As for temperatures, it's one of the coldest Aprils apart from 2013 which was an exceptionally cold month.
There is a promise of much better weather next week - jam tomorrow you might say!
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However, a week away in weather forecasting is a long time and there's the possibility that things might change but at least there's some hope that weather more like spring or, even dare I say it, early summer might be on its way next week. Fingers crossed!
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Looks good, hope it pans out. Did you find a four-leaf clover or rub your rabbit's foot?
ReplyDeleteSummer next week - for one week only. Clover hasn't started growing yet although the grass certainly is!
DeleteI recall April 2017 when Edinburgh got 4mm rain in the whole month (although it bucketed down in subsequent months). The daily air temperature here is currently peaking at 7C. On the plus side, just now the night time temperature is no lower than 4C. Haar Haar!
ReplyDeleteSame sort of temperatures here too Mal. Looks like we'll have to wait until the weekend to get rid of this easterly breeze. Then summer arrives..... no more paraffin?
DeleteLovely update Martyn thank you for sharing and have a blessed day with Sue
ReplyDeleteyour rainfall at 2.2in mirrors ours down here sodden everywhere
ReplyDeleteThursday turned out to be another dank and dreary day. Temperature just managed to reach 6°C and a drop more rain thrown in for good measure!
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