February was cooler and drier with more foggy mornings than usual. 

Temperatures were not that extreme this month, the lowest min -3.4C was not particularly low but the highest max just 9.6C was the 8th lowest recorded here in last 55 years. 

Cloudy but milder 2nd-7th, 14th-16th and 24th-28th, clearer but colder 1st, 8th-13th, 17th-23rd with 11 airfrosts. 

Generally somewhat cheerless, with only a few worthwhile sunny notably on 5th, 11th, 14th and 24th. 
Mean pressure 1002.5mb was the 2nd lowest recorded here.

5.7 mean max (C) 
-1.3 diff from av (C)
0.6 mean min (C) 
-0.8 diff from av (C)
3.2 mean (C)
-1.0 diff from av (C)
9.6 high max (C) on 5th 
2.0 low max (C) on 8th 
5.8 high min (C) on 25th 
-3.4 low min (C) on 11th 

38.1 rain total (mm)
73.6 % of av 
14 raindays (no. of days with >=0.2mm)
12 wetdays (no. of days with >=1.0mm)
9.8 most in a day (mm) on 19th

11 days with air frost on 1st, 3rd, 10th-13th, 17th, 19th-22nd

3 days with sleet/snow falling
3cm on 1st, 4.5cm on 18th and 4cm on 21st 

3 days with 50% snow cover at 0900, on 1st, 19th and 21st

6 days with fog at 0900
on 4th-7th, 18th and 25th

75.4% cloud cover percent
92.0 mean RH at morning observation

1002.5 mean pressure (mb) at 0900
1026.0 max pressure on 13th
979.4 min pressure on 26th

Overall temperatures were normal but a cool dry start and milder wet end to March.

The 7th lowest March min temp -6.7C was recorded on 8th.

Drier than usual, with 9th fewest rain days in 55 years here, wettest from 19th onwards.

Several bright sunny days but many cheerless dull days too.


10.3 mean max (C) 
+0.4 diff from av (C)
2.4 mean min (C) 
-0.7 diff from av (C)
6.4 mean (C)
-0.1 diff from av (C)
14.8 high max (C) on 18th 
4.4 low max (C) on 31st 
9.4 high min (C) on 20th 
-6.7 low min (C) on 8th 

48.4 rain total (mm)
79 % of average 
12 raindays (with >=0.2mm)
11 wetdays (with >=1.0mm)
7.9 most in a day (mm) on 24th


9 days with air frost (1,2,4,5,7,8,11,13 and 16th)

April was the 6th mildest here (in the last 55 years), although 2005/6/7/9 were even milder. 
Just one airfrost occurred on 22nd, the temperature a modest -0.6C, the 9th highest minimum here.
Rainfall was just over half the normal amount, and has only been lower in 15 years. 
The month was wet from 1st-7th and again 29th-30th but dry 8th-28th. 
Only 9 years have had fewer April raindays. 
During the dry period, max temperatures were between 14C and 20C, giving some very pleasant sunny days.

15.1 mean max (C) 
+1.7 diff from av (C)
4.5 mean min (C) 
+0.2 diff from av (C)
9.8 mean (C)
+0.9 diff from av (C)
20.3 high max (C) on 24th 
6.4 low max (C) on 1st 
10.5 high min (C) on 29th 
-0.6 low min (C) on 22nd 

33.7 rain total (mm)
56.1 % of av 
8 raindays (no. of days with >=0.2mm)
6 wetdays (no. of days with >=1.0mm)
9.7 most in a day (mm) on 29th

1  air frost ( temp <=-0.1C) on 22nd

A warm month, with max temps exceeding 24C from 21st to 30th. The monthly mean temp was the fourth highest in 55 years of record held, beaten only in 2006,2005 and 1976, also the highest low min temp ever recorded here.
Rainfall was just below normal, virtually all falling 6th-9th and 13th, but dry after that. Thunder rumbled some distance away around 0200 but was closer around 1515 on 6th. Very good ripening weather for soft fruit.


22.5 mean max (C) 
+2.3 diff from av (C)
11.1 mean min (C) 
+0.8 diff from av (C)
16.8 mean (C)
+1.5 diff from av (C)
27.4 high max (C) on 26th 
13.6 low max (C) on 1st 
14.6 high min (C) on 24th 
7.6 low min (C) on 2nd 

53.9 rain total (mm)
87.1 % of av 
9 raindays (with >=0.2mm)
8 wetdays (with >=1.0mm)
15.4 most in a day (mm) on 8th

1 day thunder heard on 6th at 0200 and 1515