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| The weather in April | The weather in April |
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The cold easterly winds that typified March continued for much of the first fortnight of April. This helped to make it as cold as April 2012, which itself was the coldest since 1989. There were occasional snow flurries, but it was rather dry up to 12 April, and the month as a whole was notably dry in north-east England, Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. It was also quite a sunny month, although not as sunny as April 2011. From 13 to 25 April there was a much milder interlude, but it became periodically wet and windy in the north and west. The end of the month was chilly with generally north-westerly winds. | The cold easterly winds that typified March continued for much of the first fortnight of April. This helped to make it as cold as April 2012, which itself was the coldest since 1989. There were occasional snow flurries, but it was rather dry up to 12 April, and the month as a whole was notably dry in north-east England, Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. It was also quite a sunny month, although not as sunny as April 2011. From 13 to 25 April there was a much milder interlude, but it became periodically wet and windy in the north and west. The end of the month was chilly with generally north-westerly winds. |
| Temperatures | Temperatures |
| The mean maximum temperature in April ranged from 13.4C at St James's Park, London, to 7.2C at Dalwhinnie, Inverness-shire. The Central England Temperature (CET) was 7.3C, which is 1.2 degrees below the average, making it the joint coldest April since 1989, alongside 2012. The highest individual temperature was 23.0C at St James's Park, London, on 25 April. The lowest minimum was –11.2C at Braemar, Aberdeenshire, early on the morning of 2 April. | The mean maximum temperature in April ranged from 13.4C at St James's Park, London, to 7.2C at Dalwhinnie, Inverness-shire. The Central England Temperature (CET) was 7.3C, which is 1.2 degrees below the average, making it the joint coldest April since 1989, alongside 2012. The highest individual temperature was 23.0C at St James's Park, London, on 25 April. The lowest minimum was –11.2C at Braemar, Aberdeenshire, early on the morning of 2 April. |
| Rainfall | Rainfall |
| Averaged across England and Wales there was only 38mm of rain, which is 59% of the climate mean – much drier than April 2012, but wetter than April 2011. Scotland's precipitation was a little above normal with 72mm, which is 110% of the average. Northern Ireland had 53mm, which is 91% of its mean. The wettest place in the UK was Cluanie Inn, Wester Ross, which collected 294mm of rain, 209mm of which fell in just six days between 13 and 18 April. The most in one day was 64mm at Broadford airfield, Isle of Skye, on 17 April. | Averaged across England and Wales there was only 38mm of rain, which is 59% of the climate mean – much drier than April 2012, but wetter than April 2011. Scotland's precipitation was a little above normal with 72mm, which is 110% of the average. Northern Ireland had 53mm, which is 91% of its mean. The wettest place in the UK was Cluanie Inn, Wester Ross, which collected 294mm of rain, 209mm of which fell in just six days between 13 and 18 April. The most in one day was 64mm at Broadford airfield, Isle of Skye, on 17 April. |
| Sunshine | Sunshine |
| England and Wales had an average 182 hours of sunshine, which is 109% of the mean – much sunnier than April 2012, but not as sunny as April 2011. Scotland had 187 hours, 116% of the climate mean, and Northern Ireland recorded 209 hours, or 120% of its average. As it was in March, Tiree, Inner Hebrides, was the UK's sunniest location with 224 hours, while Eskdalemuir in Dumfriesshire had the smallest amount of sunshine with 88 hours. | England and Wales had an average 182 hours of sunshine, which is 109% of the mean – much sunnier than April 2012, but not as sunny as April 2011. Scotland had 187 hours, 116% of the climate mean, and Northern Ireland recorded 209 hours, or 120% of its average. As it was in March, Tiree, Inner Hebrides, was the UK's sunniest location with 224 hours, while Eskdalemuir in Dumfriesshire had the smallest amount of sunshine with 88 hours. |
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