April was a fairly bright month, at times quite warm but with several
days of damp weather. Mean temperatures finished up being somewhat above
the long term average and rainfall was down. Events of note include one
day (21st) where humidity was especially low at 24%. A lightning strike
from a small thunderstorm on the 27th caused a short power outage at the
University campus but passed just to the north of the station so only
2.0mm of rain was recorded. The 30th was pleasantly warm, and at 24.4°C,
was the warmest day since 5th September 2004.


April daily summary:
http://www.canterburyweather.co.uk/m...r=2005&month=4

April charts:
http://www.canterburyweather.co.uk/m...th=4&year=2005


Temperature
Mean 9.8 °C (+1.6°C*)
Mean Max 15.1 °C
Abs. Max 24.4 °C (30th)
Mean Min 4.6 °C
Abs. Min - 0.3 °C (9th, 22nd)
Air Frosts 2

Rain
Total 35.6 mm (70%*)
Days 0.2mm 14 days
Days 2.0mm 7 days
Days 20.0mm 0 days
Max Rain (Day) 6.6 mm (14th)
Max Rate 15.7 mm/hr
Days Thunder 1

Pressure
Mean 1012.6 mb
Max 1029.5 mb (11th)
Min 993.0 mb (18th)

No wind comparisons are mentioned here owing to inadequate siting of the
anemometer.

*Compared with 1971-2001 averages at Wye.

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Jonathan Stott
Canterbury Weather: http://www.canterburyweather.co.uk/