| Monthly Climate Summary for April 2004 at Milhaguet (Carreau) | |||||||||||||
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| Overall mean temperature was | 9.1 | ēC | which is | -1.3 | degC | compared with the 1971-2000 average | |||||||
| Mean day maximum (09-21) was | 14.1 | ēC | which is | -2.9 | degC | compared with the 1971-2000 average | |||||||
| Mean night minimum (21-09) was | 4.0 | ēC | which is | +0.2 | degC | compared with the 1971-2000 average | |||||||
| Mean 24hr maximum (09-09) was | 14.2 | ēC | |||||||||||
| Mean 24hr minimum (09-09) was | 4.0 | ēC | |||||||||||
| Highest day max was | 24.0 | ēC | on the | 21 | |||||||||
| Lowest day max was | 7.7 | ēC | on the | 10 | |||||||||
| Highest night min was | 8.5 | ēC | on the | 22 | |||||||||
| Lowest night min was | -2.2 | ēC | on the | 10 | |||||||||
| Lowest grass min was | -6.6 | ēC | on the | 10 | |||||||||
| Total rainfall this month was | 121.0 | mm | which is | 170.4 | per cent | of the 1971-2000 average | |||||||
| Highest daily fall was | 29.7 | mm | on the | 28 | |||||||||
| Number of hours with rain was | 130.0 | hrs | |||||||||||
| Equiv. TSR rainfall duration was | 91.0 | hrs | which is | per cent | of the 1971-2000 average | ||||||||
| Highest no of wet hrs | 13.0 | hrs | on the | 28 | |||||||||
| Highest equiv duration | 10.4 | hrs | on the | 28 | |||||||||
| Total sunshine this month was | 148.1 | hrs | which is | 85.6 | per cent | of the 1971-2000 average | |||||||
| Equiv. C/S sunshine total was | 162.9 | hrs | which is | 85.6 | per cent | of the 1971-2000 average | |||||||
| Highest daily sun was | 10.4 | hrs | on the | 26 | |||||||||
| Maximum snow depth was | 0.0 | cm | on the | 1 | |||||||||
| Mean sea-level pressure at 09Z | 1014.2 | mbar | which is | -0.8 | mbar | compared with the 1961-1990 average | |||||||
| Highest pressure at 09Z | 1026.5 | mbar | on the | 4 | |||||||||
| Lowest pressure at 09Z | 995.2 | mbar | on the | 18 | |||||||||
| Number of days with: | |||||||||||||
| Air Frost | 5 | 0.2mm rain | 22 | No sun | 2 | Snow lying | 0 | ||||||
| Grnd Frost | 15 | 1.0mm | 19 | 3h sun | 18 | Snow/sleet | 0 | ||||||
| Max < 0ēC | 0 | 5mm | 6 | 6h sun | 12 | Hail | 3 | ||||||
| Max > 10 | 27 | 10mm | 4 | 9h sun | 6 | Thunder | 1 | ||||||
| Max > 20 | 4 | 25mm | 1 | 12h sun | 0 | Fog at 09Z | 0 | ||||||
| Max > 30 | 0 | 15h sun | 0 | Gale | 0 | ||||||||
| Notable events during the month: | |||||||||||||
| Warm and sunny 21st and 24th-27th | |||||||||||||
| Cool Easter, and very cool and rainy last few days | |||||||||||||