Mean max 6.3, mean min 1.8, overall mean 4.0
Rain 10.5 mm, wettest day 3.5 mm (21st)
Sun 79.3 hrs, most sun 7.71 (31st)
Snow cover 1 morning, 5 days snow falling, 65.9 hrs frost
30th 1 cm snow at 0900 GMT.
31st Lowest maximum temperature of the month (1.7C), lowest minimum
(-4.8C), lowest grass minimum (-10.0C) and most sunshine (7.71hours.
A very dry and sunny month with the overall mean temperature close to
normal. Mean maximum temperature higher than normal but mean minimum
below normal.
Second driest of any month in the record here (2014). N.B. April 2017
just 4.5 mm.
Mild for the most part but last five days were much colder with some snow.
Westerly winds dominated.
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George in Swanston, Edinburgh, 575'asl
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