Weather

Weather - March/April 2012

  

March 2012 - Maximum temperature 21.3C  

March 2012 - Minimum temperature   0.6C     

Average Temperature 9.5C

Precipitation 7.9mm

April 2012 - Maximum temperature 15.4C

April 2012 - Minimum temperature –0.5C

Average Temperature 7.3C

Precipitation 159.7mm

After record-breaking temperatures in March this year, April has been cooler than normal and extremely wet.

The recorded rainfall in April was 155.2mm against an expected average of 39mm.

This time last year we had just experienced our warmest April for over 100 years.

Daytime temperatures peaked at over 20C on a number of occasions, which gave an average temperature of 11.1C, nearly 4C higher than 2012.

In the picture below, the Cherry trees between the 11^th & 14^th fairways in full blossom (April 20^th 2011).

April 2011

In the 2nd picture- the same location on the 27^th April 2012.

The Cherry trees are still not in full blossom and probably two weeks behind from last year.

April 2012

Let’s hope, we see a dramatic improvement in the weather this month….