In Brief:
Unsettled first half and very cool first week. Fine third week and very warm for a time over Easter. Cooler and unsettled final week.
Temperature: [Minimum]:
Lowest: 2.1 degs C on the 12th. Since 2015 every April has had a colder night than this.
Highest: 12.0 degs C on the 23rd. Highest in April since 2013.
Average minimum: 7.18 degs C. Highest since 2013 and 8th highest of the last 16 Aprils.
Nights with temperature below 5 degs C = 5.
Nights with temperature below 0 degs C = 0.
Temperature: [Maximum]:
Lowest: 8.9 degs C on the 14th. Coldest April day since 2013, when there was a very cold spell in the first few days. Below the coldest day in March 2019, which was 10.7 degs C.
Highest: 24.2 degs C on the 20th. Hottest day since 4 August 2018, and hottest April day ever at this location - since before 2004. Previously this was 22.6 in 2015.
Average maximum: 14.62 degs C. Warmest April since 2015 but 6th coolest of the last 16. The record-breaking temperature over Easter did not quite compensate for the cool weather throughout the first week.
The average April max for the last 3 years has been within the range 14.57 to 14.62 degs C.
Days with temperature above 20 degs C = 3. 19th, 20th and 21st. Most for April since before 2004.
Days with temperature above 25 degs C = 0.
Rainfall:
Total: 76.5 mm. Although a relatively low figure, there have been several fairly dry Aprils recently so 2019 was the 4th wettest since before 2009. 2009, 2012 and 2018 were wetter.
March 2019: 121.9 mm.
April 2018: 95.8 mm.
Wettest day: 16.7 mm on the 15th.
Other days with 10 mm or more: 14th (13.3 mm) and 4th (10.9 mm).
Wettest spells: 14th to 15th: 30.0 mm, and 2nd to 8th: 29.9 mm.
Driest spell: 17th to 22nd: No measurable rain, and 9th to 13th: 1.1 mm.
Completely dry days: 11 or 12. 3rd fewest for April since 2016.
Days with no measurable rain: 13 or 14.
Cumulatively: 2019 = 364.5 mm.
2018: 599.8 mm. [-39.2 %].
Thunder:
None this month.
Pressure:
Lowest: 988.2 mb on the 4th.
Highest: 1034.5 mb on the 20th.
