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April 2026 (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
1019.3
10.8
74
10
SW
7.0
13.8
9.1
8.0
7.8
1.19
796
1.96
28
 Sunny intervals 31st March, variable cloud amount overnight 31st March t/1st April
1
2
1021.1
5.0
72
3
WSW
6.5
P 1400'
10.8
0.1
0.2
– 2.8
10.34
772
2.34
34
 Rain, heavy at times, pm 1st. Clear skies, ground frost , overnight 1st/2nd
2
3
998.5
6.8
87
3
WSW
6.5
8.8
4.6
3.0
3.9
2.80
628
1.12
40
 Prolonged sunshine 2nd, cloudy later with strong winds.40 mph gusts am 3rd, light shwr 0500h
3
4
1010.1
5.1
80
6
SW
6.0
P 1550'
8.8
1.7
9.0
0.0
2.76
527
0.97
44
 Sunny intervals and showers 3rd, hail 1500 h. Clear skies overnight 3rd/4th
4
5
1004.7
3.2
88
10
SW
6.0
P 1100'
6.6
1.8
4.4
2.8
6.31
912
1.63
46
 Rain, heavy evening, 4th. Rasn 0100 h 5th. Gusty winds to 46 mph overnight 4th/5th
5
6
1022.9
6.6
79
9
S
6.0
P 1250'
13.0
0.7
0.0
0.0
5.34
884
1.93
22
 SN 1000h-1130h 5th, rasn shwrs pm 5th. Variable cloud overnight 5th/6th
6
7
1020.9
13.0
63
4
ENE
6.5
20.3
4.8
0.0
1.1
9.80
765
3.05
21
 Sunny periods 6th, clear skies overnight 6th/7th. Warmer
7
8
1020.7
14.7
75
2
NW
7.5
17.4
10.3
0.0
4.4
4.36
933
2.16
20
 Prolonged sunshine 7th, variable cloud amount overnight 7th/8th
8
9
1010.7
9.5
87
5
SW
7.5
10.6
9.3
0.9
7.2
2.35
722
1.50
27
 Sunny intervals 8th. Overcast overnight 8th/9th
9
10
1015.7
6.9
74
5
SW
7.0
12.1
2.2
2.8
– 0.6
8.99
911
2.54
22
 Sunny intervals 9th, rain 1000h-1130h, thunder nearby 1320h. Clear skies am 10th
10
11
994.7
3.6
87
12
S
6.5
10.2
2.8
2.7
2.8
6.03
1041
2.51
38
 Sunny periods 10th. Overcast overnight 10th/11th. Rain, heavy at times, 0530-0720h 11th
11
12
995.3
9.3
77
12
SW
6.5
11.4
3.6
0.5
2.2
10.02
831
2.84
36
Showers pm 11th and am 12th
12
13
1011.0
8.6
72
6
SSE
7.0
12.4
3.4
0.0
– 1.1
8.78
928
2.39
23
 Prolonged sunshine 12th, showers in evening. Clear skies am 13th
13
14
1014.4
9.9
70
3
ENE
7.5
14.0
2.2
1.9
– 3.3
6.26
809
1.98
19
 Sunny periods 13th, Clear skies overnight 13th/14th
14
15
1006.1
12.4
85
9
SSE
8.0
14.7
9.9
4.7
8.9
0.40
895
1.68
36
 Sunny periods 14th, showers 1430-1530 h. Rain am 15th
15
16
1008.2
10.2
79
11
SW
8.5
14.2
6.3
1.0
4.4
5.97
991
2.57
31
 Mainly overcast 15th, rain am 16th, heavy 0300 h-0400 h.
16
17
1009.1
10.7
86
10
SSE
8.5
14.0
8.6
1.1
7.2
2.30
744
1.78
31
 Sunny periods 16th, overcast with drizzle later. Rain early am 17th
17
18
1014.7
9.5
82
8
WSW
8.5
13.6
7.4
0.2
3.9
9.60
979
2.62
24
 Sunny intervals and showers 17th. Clear skies am 18th
18
19
1016.1
8.4
73
4
W
8.0
13.6
3.9
tr(w)
0.0
8.31
983
2.44
14
 Sunny periods 18th, clear skies am 19th
19
20
1026.1
8.9
67
1
ENE
8.0
11.9
3.5
0.4
– 1.1
7.20
942
1.88
14
 Sunny periods 19th, clear skies am 20th
20
21
1033.7
6.9
88
5
ENE
8.5
10.4
4.3
0.0
1.1
9.90
896
1.96
21
 Sunny periods 20th, showers 0400-0430 h 21st
21
22
1033.9
7.3
76
5
ENE
9.5
4.9
3.3
Sunny periods 21st, variable cloud amount overnight 21st/22nd
22
23
 
23
24
 
24
25
 
25
26
 
26
27
 
27
28
 
28
29
 
29
30
 
30
31
 
31
Total/Mean
12.5
4.8
40.8
– 3.3
 129.01
1041
 43.90
46
  
 
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 Rain
(mm)


4Grass Min
Temp
lowest
(°C)
5Total Sun
(Hours)
Solar
Rad'n highest
(W/m2)
7Total ET
(mm)
6Max
Wind Speed
(mph)

April 2026 so far (to 0900 GMT, 22 April, 2026

Overall mean temperature 8.7C (+ 1.0 degC) Trend

Precipitation 40.8 mm (80.2%), Sunshine 129.01 hours (93.2%)
 
  0900 GMTreadings
Data in the yellow boxes refers to this month as a whole
   
22 April, 2026 11:49 AM
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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