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April 2023 (Means and totals to date are at foot of table)
 
  0900 GMT readings
 Daily  Readings (See notes at foot of page)
Weather in previous 24h & hours of air frost (to 0900 on date)
Date
Date
Pressure
(mb)
Temp (°C)
Relative
Humidity (%)
Wind Speed (mph)
Wind Direction
SoilTemp @ 20cm
(°C)
SnowDepth(cm) or
Pentlands, Lammermuirs , Moorfoot Hills snowline(ft)
@ 0900 GMT
1Maximum Temp (°C)
2Minimum Temp (°C)
3Rainfall
(mm)
4Grass Min Temp
(°C)
5Sun (Hours)

Solar
Rad'n High
(W/m2)
7ET
(mm)
6Max Wind Speed (mph)
1
1009.6
4.4
96
4
ENE
7.0
6.8
3.7
0.7
3.0
0.00
181
0.41
16
 Fog (low cloud) 31st March. and 1st April
1
2
1028.8
6.7
85
1
ENE
7.0
10.4
3.8
0.0
3.7
5.45
705
1.63
11
 Overcast 1st. Variable cloud amount am 2nd
2
3
1030.9
5.3
81
2
NW
6.0
13.2
– 0.1
0.0
– 4.2
11.73
675
2.54
13
 Sunny intervals 2nd. Clear skies overnight 2nd/3rd. 0.3h<0C
3
4
1024.5
8.0
75
8
S
7.0
12.3
3.5
2.3
– 1.5
5.67
717
1.96
28
 Unbroken sunshine 3rd, clear skies am 4th
4
5
1013.4
9.4
89
9
SSW
7.5
14.5
6.6
2.1
4.8
0.20
882
1.37
27
 Sunny intervals 4th, rain am 5th
5
6
1009.4
8.7
83
5
WSW
8.0
12.2
6.1
0.0
5.2
5.21
907
1.98
23
 Occasional rain pm 5th and am 6th
6
7
1021.8
7.5
72
2
NW
7.0
12.3
3.1
0.0
– 0.2
11.42
701
2.64
13
 Sunny intervals 6th, clear skies overnight 6th/7th
7
8
1025.7
9.6
76
4
SSE
8.0
13.2
5.1
0.0
2.8
8.66
870
2.36
16
 Prolonged sunshine 7th, clear skies am 8th
8
9
1019.7
10.6
72
2
E
8.0
13.4
5.4
2.6
1.8
4.00
766
2.06
18
 Sunny periods 8th, clear skies am 9th
9
10
1000.0
9.1
84
10
SW
9.0
12.3
7.7
0.0
6.3
7.10
833
2.59
25
 Sunny intervals 9th, rain am 10th
10
11
1002.6
7.8
73
6
WSW
8.0
11.6
4.3
12.0
3.3
6.57
853
2.26
23
 Sunny periods 10th, clear skies am 11th
11
12
982.5
5.5
72
9
SW
8.0
P 1450'
10.4
1.6
0.2
0.8
8.71
942
2.57
36
Rain evening 11th and early am 12th. RaSn 0030h. Gusts to 36mph am 12th
12
13
993.5
4.7
93
3
W
7.5
9.9
– 0.2
1.7
– 4.2
1.55
907
0.99
15
 Sunny periods 12th, clear skies early 13th
13
14
1002.3
8.4
70
5
SW
7.5
13.1
3.6
0.0
1.3
8.16
984
2.24
20
 Showers 13th, variable cloud amount am 14th
14
15
1019.9
9.3
73
2
SSE
8.0
13.4
1.0
0.2
– 3.7
8.05
933
2.44
17
 Sunny periods 14th, clear skies am 15th
15
16
1022.7
10.2
78
2
WSW
8.5
14.0
7.7
0.0
6.3
0.15
457
1.50
21
 Sunny periods 15th, overcast am 16th
16
17
1028.2
12.5
84
2
SSE
9.0
14.9
9.6
0.1
8.0
0.13
986
1.24
10
 Mainly overcast 16th and am 17th
17
18
1035.3
5.7
93
3
ENE
9.0
11.3
4.3
0.0
0.3
8.19
795
2.34
19
 Mainly overcast 17th and am 18th
18
19
1034.4
10.1
81
4
ENE
9.0
14.5
2.5
0.0
– 2.3
9.83
884
2.92
22
 Sunny periods 18th, clear skies am 19th
19
20
1030.9
8.6
86
5
ENE
9.5
11.7
5.7
0.0
3.4
9.37
853
2.87
19
 Sunny periods 19th, mainly overcast overnight 19th/20th
20
21
1023.8
8.9
81
10
ENE
9.5
12.6
5.4
0.0
3.0
7.58
930
2.79
27
 Sunny periods 20th, mainly clear skies am 21st
21
22
1007.0
6.9
81
7
ENE
10.0
7.5
5.3
0.0
4.9
0.42
245
0.71
23
 Sunny periods 21st, mainly clear skies am 22nd
22
23
1002.7
7.5
79
3
NW
9.0
8.5
5.1
0.5
2.0
2.19
229
0.79
19
 Bright early 22nd then overcast pm 22nd and and am 23rd
23
24
1012.4
6.6
66
6
NW
8.5
7.4
2.2
2.8
– 1.0
3.39
990
1.50
16
 Occasional light showers 23rd/24th
24
25
1019.6
4.4
64
5
NW
8.0
8.8
– 0.2
0.0
– 4.8
7.58
988
2.08
13
 1.7h<0C. RaSn, hail showers 1130-1515h 24th. Clear overnight 24th/25th
25
26
1017.7
7.4
62
2
ENE
8.0
10.2
– 0.3
0.0
– 4.5
6.44
817
2.01
11
 2.0h<0c. Sunny periods 25th, clear skies am 26th
26
27
1015.3
8.7
74
2
SSE
8.5
11.3
3.9
0.6
2.0
0.00
304
1.14
15
 Sunny periods 26th. Overcast am 27th
27
28
1010.6
9.0
91
2
NNW
9.0
12.9
7.2
0.2
4.4
0.05
239
1.24
20
 Overcast, light rain at times, 27th and am 28th
28
29
1021.4
5.0
95
3
ENE
9.0
9.4
4.7
2.9
5.4
0.04
230
0.53
14
Overcast 28th and am 29th, low cloud and drizzle at times
29
30
1017.1
9.4
95
1
NE
8.5
15.3
4.7
5.3
6.5
0.13
823
1.12
19
Overcast 29th and am 30th, low cloud and drizzle at times
30
 
31
Total/Mean
11.6
4.1
34.2
– 4.8
148.02
990
 54.81
36
  
 
Pressure
(mb)
Temp
(°C)
Relative
Humidity
(%)
Wind Speed (mph)
Wind
Direction
Soil Temp
at 20cm
(°C)
SnowDepth(cm) or
Pentlands, Lammermuirs, Moorfoots snowline(ft)
1 Mean Maximum
Temp
(°C)
2Mean Minimum
Temp
(°C)
3Total Rainfall
(mm)
4Grass Min
Temp
lowest
(°C)
5Total Sun
(Hours)
Solar
Rad'n highest
W/m2
7Total ET
(mm)
6Max
Wind Speed
(mph)

April 2023 summary (to 0900 GMT, 1 May, 2023 )

Overall mean temperature 7.9C ( 0.0degC of normal )

Precipitation 34.2 mm (62.2%), Sunshine 148.02 hours (105.7%)
 
  0900 GMTreadings
Daily Readings (see notes below)  
    
1 May, 2023 6:07 PM
Notes
1. For the 24 hours from 0900UTC* on the date to 0900UTC* on the following day. (The maximum temperature is generally in the afternoon*)
2. For the 24 hours ending at 0900UTC* on the date. (The minimum temperature is generally just after sunrise*)
*Where a maximum is overnight or minimum is during the day the figure is shown in italics. This often occurs in winter
3. For the 24 hours from 0900UTC* on the date to 0900UTC* on following day. SEPA = Scottish Environmental Protection Agency/UKMO 5" diameter gauge
4. For the period from sunset on previous day to 0900UTC* on the date
5.For the period sunrise to sunset on the date
6. For the period 0000UTC*–2400UTC* on the date i.e the Calendar Day
7. Total evapotranspiration on the date (in mm).
* UTC is Universal Time Coordinated. It has been adopted by the UK Met.Office in place of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). When British Summer Time is in force UTC is BST minus one hour ,e.g.1000BST=0900UTC

 

 

 

 

 


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