April 2014 was an average month all round. Temperatures were slightly higher than normal, rainfall was slightly below normal, and winds were lighter than average. No station records were broken in the month.
The average temperature in the month was 9.6°C, 0.9°C above the average for the month. The average high temperature was 13.9°C, with the average low temperature being 6.3°C. There were no frosts recorded in the month. The highest temperature recorded was 18.4°C at 14:30 on the 21st. This was the highest temperature so far in 2014, beating the previous high of 17.2°C set on March 9th by 1.2°C. The lowest temperature in the month was 1.9°C at 06:12 on the 19th. The average dew-point was 6.9°C and the maximum heat index was 18.4°C. There were 79.0 sunshine hours in April, well below 2013’s total of 100.6 hours, and March’s total of 105.9 hours.
Rain fell on 14 days, with the wettest day being the 22nd when 6.0 millimetres fell. The total for the month was 30.4 millimetres, 14.0 millimetres below the average for April. No precipitation was recorded for 11 days between the 9th and the 19th, meaning all the month’s rain fell at the start and end of the month. Evapotranspiration for the month was 59.1 millimetres, the highest since August 2013, but lower than the 70.4 millimetres recorded last year. Rainfall for 2014 so far is 209.2 millimetres, 59.5 millimetres higher than normal for the end of April.
Winds were lighter than normal, with the average wind speed being 4.0 mph, and the average gust speed 6.7 mph. The maximum recorded wind speed was 19.6 mph from 270° (W) on the 8th at 10:21, and the maximum gust speed was 31.1 mph at the same time. The total wind run was 2569.9 miles.
The average barometric pressure was 1013.3 millibars, with the highest being 1030.8 millibars at 11:00 on the 15th, and the lowest being 1000.1 millibars at 16:07 on the 7th.
Weather Underground graph for April 2014.
