Alcaston, Shropshire - April 2022

[Freddie]

Cold with some snow and hail to start the month.  Very windy 6th and 7th.  Mostly warm days from the 11th onwards.  Air frost and ground frost above average.  Very dry with no measurable rain from 17th to 29th.

Anomalies (in brackets) refer to the estimated 1981-2010 averages.

Mean max:                              14.7 (+2.5)
Mean min:                               2.8 (-0.6)
Mean temp:                              8.8 (+1.0)
Mean 30cm earth temp:                   9.6

Highest max:                           19.7 (16th)
Lowest max:                             9.3 (1st,2nd)
Lowest min:                            -5.3 ( 3rd)
Highest min:                            9.2 (13th)
Lowest grass min:                      -7.9 ( 3rd)

Air frosts:                               9 ( +2)
Ground frosts:                           16 ( +1)

Days with max  15.0 to 19.9:             15
Days with max  10.0 to 14.9:             13
Days with max   5.0 to  9.9:              2

Days with min   5.0 to  9.9:             10
Days with min   0.0 to  4.9:             11
Days with min  -5.0 to -0.1:              8
Days with min -10.0 to -5.1:              1

Total rainfall:                        17.6 mm ( 29%)
Wettest day:                            3.8 mm ( 6th)
Rain days (0.2 mm or more):            11      (-4)
Wet days  (1.0 mm or more):             6      (-5)
Days >= 10mm:                           0      (-2)
Days >= 20mm:                           0

Days with snow/sleet falling:           2
Days with 50%+ snow cover at 09z:       0      (-1)
Deepest at 0900z                        0 cm   (n/a)
 
Days with thunder heard:                1
Days with hail:                         1
Days with fog at 0900z:                 0

Highest 10-min mean wind:               32 kn ( 7th)
Max gust:                               45 kn ( 7th)
Days with gale:                          0
Highest wind run:                    445.9 nm ( 6th)

Maximum pressure:                       1034.0 (28th)
Minimum pressure:                        981.4 ( 7th)

-- 
Freddie
Alcaston
Shropshire
148m AMSL
http://www.hosiene.co.uk/weather/
Stats for the month so far: https://www.hosiene.co.uk/weather/statistics/alcaston/latest.xlsx