Sunday brought intermittent sunshine, which amounted to 3.99 hours, the highest total for four days. As a consequence the temperature recovered a little to a maximum of 14.1C, just above the average for April. Early this morning there was a light shower amounting to 0.3mm, making it the wettest day this month and bringing the monthly total to 0.8mm when the average for March is 59.7mm. The thermometer did not drop below 7.6C overnight, a much warmer night than of late.
This morning has seen intermittent sunshine again with the wind veering into the north as a consequence of the squeeze between the high pressure to the west and low pressure to the east.
Third successive below average temperature day
The cool west to northwest wind persists so it is not surprising that the maximum temperature yesterday was depressed at 13.1C, the coolest day this month and equal that on the 13th. Intermittent sunshine broke through after midday but it was mainly reduced in strength by thin cloud so only 0.8 hours were triggered on the sun recorder, which has a threshold of 100w/m2.
Overnight the initially clear sky meant that the thermometer tumbled to its lowest of 3.8C at 01.44 this morning but subsequent cloud cover allowed the thermometer to rise a couple of degrees and by 08.00 registered 6.3C.
Strong sunshine has broken through this morning as the cloud cover moved off eastwards.
Rainfall 0.5mm – evaporation 34mm
Early this morning a few drops of rain fell totalling just 0.1mm, a few drops in the bottom of my rainfall measuring jar from the 5inch copper rainfall gauge. This brings the total for March to 0.5mm but evaporation from plant life and ground sources has now risen to 34mm, which is over half the March average rainfall.
Yesterday was mainly overcast with just four minutes of strong sunshine, the lowest daily sunshine count this month, which brings the monthly total to 95.6 hours.
This morning was predominantly cloudy with the sun braking through just after midday.
Coldest day this month
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.
Rainfall 0.4mm – evaporation 28mm, in April
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.
