April 2025 was another dry month and also a warm month. This month easily featured in the top twenty of driest months coming in as the 7th driest and became the third warmest. Unless May is average or on the cold/wet side it will almost certainly be one of the warmest and driest springs on record as well.
The month didn't feature any cool periods as such with cool period being one day being on the 16 where temperatures reached a high of 9.6C 2.2 below the expected high at time of month. Surprisingly despite being such a mild month it did feature two air frosts. -0.7C on the 7th and -0.2C on the 8th. Temperatures were generally fairly uniform through the month staying around the mid teens bar one a short early summer/ late spring spell between the 10th and twelve where 23.3C was reached on the 11th and 20C or slightly above on the other two days. A similar warm spell also occurred towards the end of the month when low to mid twenties were reached from the 27th to the 30th. This period included the warmest day with xxth being reached on the 30th. The warmest nights occurred on the 30th when xx.xC was the low as the month closed out a very warm note.
April followed March as a dry month. No rain fall on the first twelve days, a run of 14 days as the last two days of March saw no rainfall. The first measurable rain fell on the 15th of April with a mere 2.9mm. This followed two days where a trace condition was observed. The next measurable rain fell on the 18th with 2mm of rain. Two days repose followed with 6.6mm overnight rain on the 20th into the 21st. Very little rain fell after that with 0.8mm on the 22nd which was the last the last recorded rainfall of the month. So through the month there were only four days of measurable rain and five days with a trace condition. The last eight days no rain fell as summer arrived early.
The weather for the month was mostly quiet as expected for the time of year with a max gust of 38mph being recorded on the 16th.
There wasn't any Thunder or any Thunderstorms recorded during April.
The warm weather looks set to continue for the first few days of May before colder air with night frosts return on the 4th. The cooler spell lasting a few days before unsettled from the 9th. This will mark the first major rainfall on the month and possible the first rain for some for two weeks or more. High pressure begins to build again just before mid month a change to more unsettled weather lasting towards mid month April will start on a mild dry sunny note. Turning possibly summery from the 4th to the 6th before cooling down as low pressure brings rain in from the SW during the 7th to the 9th. High pressure builds back in again from around the 12th. The high pressure looks to sit around for the rest of the month drifting slowly to the west allowing a east north easterly flow before drifting back to based to the north east of the UK. Turning warn again from 18th so the cool spell fairly well short lived. Overall another rather warm to warm month and again seeing below average rainfall.
| April's Averages, Highs and Lows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Average Temp 8.8C | Last Months Average 10.9 | Difference from average 2.1C |
| Average Max Temp 13.3C | Last Months Average 16.7C | Difference from average 3.4C |
| Average Min Temp 4.4C | Last Months Average 5.0C | Difference From Average 0.6C |
| High Max 2x.xC on the 30th | Low Max 9.6C on the 16th | Highest Daily Range 18.8C on the 14th |
| High Min 7.0C on the 28th | Low Min -0.7C on the 7th | Lowest Daily Range 3.5C on the 16th |
| Number of Air Frosts 2 | Days of Thunder 0 | Days of Snow 0 |
| Days of Measurable Rain 4 Days | Days of Rain with trace 5 Days | Days with Gusts ≥ 50 mph 0 days |
| Average Rainfall 56.1mm | This Months Average 12.3mm | Percentage of Average Rainfall 21.9% |