Alcaston, Shropshire - April 2024

[Freddie]

Average maxima, but night time temperatures above average with less frost than normal.  Below average rainfall - the first nine days were wet, with only small amounts falling thereafter.  No snow or fog.  Windy at times in the first week.

Anomalies (in brackets) refer to the estimated 1991-2020 averages.

Mean max:                              13.2 (+0.3)
Mean min:                               5.3 (+1.6)
Mean temp:                              9.2 (+0.9)
Mean 30cm earth temp:                  10.2

Highest max:                           17.8 (12th)
Lowest max:                             8.4 (27th)
Lowest min:                            -1.3 (18th)
Highest min:                           11.3 (11th)
Lowest grass min:                      -4.3 (18th)

Air frosts:                               3 (-1)
Air frost hours:                        7.4
Ground frosts:                            9 (-3)

Days with max  15.0 to  19.9:             6
Days with max  10.0 to  14.9:            21
Days with max   5.0 to   9.9:             3

Days with min  10.0 to  14.9:             2
Days with min   5.0 to   9.9:            14
Days with min   0.0 to   4.9:            11
Days with min  -5.0 to  -0.1:             3

Total rainfall:                        47.0 mm ( 78%)
Wettest day:                           13.8 mm ( 6th)
Rain days (0.2 mm or more):            20      ( +5)
Wet days  (1.0 mm or more):            10      (  0)
Days >= 10mm:                           1      (  0)
Days >= 20mm:                           0

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

Highest 10-min mean wind:               25 kn ( 6th)
Max gust:                               41 kn ( 6th)
Days with gale:                          0
Highest wind run:                    381.6 nm ( 6th)
Wind direction at 0900z:                 N: 1; NE: 1; E: 3; SE: 0; S: 10; SW: 7; W: 5; NW: 3; Calm: 0

Maximum pressure:                       1032.2 (21st)
Minimum pressure:                        990.5 ( 1st)

-- 
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