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April 2024 (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
997.0
4.7
95
10
ENE
7.0
6.2
4.6
18.3
1.0
0.00
142
0.25
25
 Prolonged sunshine 31st March. Clear overnight then turning overcast am 1st April
1
2
1000.1
6.2
97
5
ENE
7.0
6.9
4.7
6.2
4.7
0.00
199
0.25
19
 Rain pm 1st and am 2nd. Fog (low cloud) am 2nd
2
3
998.6
6.4
98
6
ENE
7.0
6.6
5.4
23.2
5.3
0.00
123
0.28
23
 Rain and low cloud 2nd and 3rd
3
4
1001.1
4.2
88
5
N
6.5
7.1
2.7
19.8
2.3
0.73
942
1.12
16
 Rain 3rd and am 4th to 0700 h. Falling temperatures pm 4th
4
5
993.4
4.3
97
3
ENE
5.5
12.9
0.8
8.5
– 0.2
0.00
207
0.38
28
 Mainly overcast 4th. Rain turning to snow early am 5th
5
6
988.6
12.9
91
3
ENE
7.0
16.7
4.2
2.4
5.7
3.39
823
2.39
58
 Rain 5th and am 6th. Turning much milder 5th evening and 6th am
6
7
989.8
9.3
80
14
SSW
7.5
13.2
7.1
0.0
5.8
10.19
853
3.35
40
 Windy 6th with gusts to 58 mph pm. Highest April gust srb in 2014. Showers am 7th
7
8
1001.2
9.4
74
7
SW
7.5
12.6
5.7
16.4
3.5
3.88
624
1.63
28
 Prolonged sunshine 7th, clear skies am 8th
8
9
998.6
6.0
96
6
WNW
8.0
10.1
5.9
2.4
5.3
0.85
649
0.99
23
 Sunny intervals 8th, cloud and rain by evening. Rain, heavy at times, am 9th
9
10
1015.9
6.9
82
9
S
8.0
13.3
4.2
2.8
1.7
0.47
388
1.24
38
 Rain am/midday 9th. Clearer skies overnight, overcast by 0900 h on 10th
10
11
1019.3
12.7
80
7
WSW
8.5
17.8
6.9
2.3
8.8
7.61
817
3.02
30
 Mainly overcast 10th, evening milder with rain. Cloud clearing am 11th.
11
12
1019.0
13.9
83
6
WSW
10.0
16.7
10.8
3.3
10.0
2.54
932
1.93
34
Sunny periods 11th. Rain overnight 11th/12th
12
13
1012.6
11.2
81
11
SW
10.0
13.0
8.8
4.3
6.9
3.87
777
2.18
36
 Showers mid afternoon and late pm 12th. Mainly overcast am 13th
13
14
1017.1
8.5
76
5
W
9.0
11.6
4.9
4.4
3.0
9.88
812
2.77
30
 Occasional heavy showers pm 13th. Clear skies am 14th
14
15
995.3
6.2
79
8
W
9.0
9.6
3.0
0.0
1.5
6.44
742
2.29
34
 Prolonged sunshine 14th then rain late pm. Rain am 15th
15
16
1013.9
8.1
64
7
NW
8.0
12.9
5.3
0.9
3.0
9.38
970
2.84
24
 Sunny periods 15th. Mainly clear skies am 16th
16
17
1015.7
5.9
72
5
WNW
8.5
10.5
2.2
0.1
– 0.2
4.70
937
2.06
21
 Prolonged sunshine 16th, rain late pm. Clear skies am 17th
17
18
1017.9
6.2
84
11
SW
8.0
11.6
1.8
1.4
– 3.6
0.92
1086
1.32
30
 Sunny intervals 17th. Clear skies turning cloudy with drizzle by 0900 h18th
18
19
1016.9
7.7
70
5
NW
8.0
11.7
6.1
0.0
5.0
4.21
963
2.21
21
 Mainly overcast 18th, rain 0530-0715 h am 19th
19
20
1029.6
7.8
65
2
NNW
8.0
12.9
– 0.4
0.0
– 4.7
7.41
946
2.36
9
 Sunny intervals 19th. Clear skies overnight 19th/20th with 1.5 hrs air frost
20
21
1033.3
6.9
83
1
ENE
9.0
9.9
5.3
0.7
4.5
0.01
540
0.94
8
 Sunny periods 20th, overcast overnight 20th/21st
21
22
1029.4
9.1
88
2
WNW
9.0
14.4
6.9
0.0
6.0
1.63
858
1.32
16
 Overcast 21st/22nd.. Light showers mid afternoon 21st
22
23
1027.1
8.1
69
4
N
9.0
12.4
3.5
0.0
– 0.7
5.07
946
2.36
14
 A few sunny intervals 22nd, clear skies overnight 22nd/23rd
23
24
1020.4
6.7
60
4
NNE
9.0
12.6
1.3
0.0
– 5.1
11.36
918
2.84
17
 Sunny periods 23rd, clear skies am 24th
24
25
1004.4
6.6
61
4
NNW
9.5
8.9
4.0
0.0
1.5
9.82
1171
2.59
19
 Prolonged sunshine 24th, variable cloud amount am 25th
25
26
1006.8
4.6
79
1
NW
9.0
10.9
1.5
0.0
– 3.7
11.05
1060
2.79
13
 Sunny periods 25th, clear skies am 26th
26
27
1007.8
8.3
69
1
ENE
9.0
11.5
0.9
1.0
– 4.5
5.49
993
2.26
14
 Prolonged sunshine 26th, clear skies am 27th
27
28
1005.6
5.6
89
4
N
9.0
11.2
0.9
0.1
– 4.4
1.45
710
1.52
23
 Sunny periods 27th. Mainly clear skies am 28th but brief heavy shower@ 0430
28
29
1005.2
10.9
78
4
SSE
9.5
12.9
5.6
0.5
3.0
4.39
766
2.52
34
A few sunny intervals 28th. Clear then turning overcast am 29th
29
30
1007.9
12.4
79
6
SE
10.0
18.2
7.6
0.0
5.5
2.72
886
3.02
28
Sunny intervals 29th, shower late pm. Variable cloud amount am 30th
30
31
 
31
Total/Mean
11.9
4.4
119.1
– 5.1
130.36
1171
 56.69
58
  
 
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 2024 so far (to 0900 GMT, 1 May, 2024

Overall mean temperature 8.2C (+ 0.5 degC) Trend ↑

Precipitation 119.1 mm (234.0%), Sunshine 130.36 hours (93.1%)
 
  0900 GMTreadings
Daily Readings (see notes below)  
    
1 May, 2024 12:02 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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