4.8C with low cloud drizzle and strong northerly wind - it could be January.

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7.6 C cloudy; overnight rain drying up

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Slightly more overcast than yesterday morning, here in Constantine, but the sun's still breaking through, occasionally, it's currently 10c.
We made it to the beach yesterday lunchtime and didn't need any jumpers it was gloriously warm in the sun and barely a breeze. We managed a high of 13c.
Hoping for a repeat today!

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Another wretched day here. 7.9C, very overcast with a hint of drizzle in the air. Dry overnight.  Mild and wet would be preferable at this time of year. Gives it a tropical maritime feel with the vegetation being so lush.

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Dull but dry and at least winds are light. 8.9 C & mid 70% H. At 9 am, I turned the heating on at 20 C to shift the clammy feel indoors but it clicked itself off half an hour later and hadn't come back on since. 

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Recent rain has knocked the temperatures back a bit... currently 8.9, dew 7.0 with 0.4mm of rain so far today.

Before the rain, around 1PM, the sun was shining through the clouds, enough to cast weak shadows. The temperature rose to 10.7 as a result, still a fair bit below average but - as expected - making a mockery yet again of the 9C high forecast by both MetO and GFS.

EDIT: A long burst of sunshine has boosted temperatures up to 11.7, with a high so far of 12.1. A reminder that August-strength sun soon warms things up down here, even if the 850s are more like late January!

 

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5C partly cloudy and calm.

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Cloudy.
5.3c low 3.6c
1017.4mb falling

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7.7C cloudy

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Another frigid April morning at 2.3C with wind from the NNE touching 25mph

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11c here in Constantine with a fair amount of cloud cover but still dry. We've been very lucky so far, weatherwise, this week. We had a five second sprinkle yesterday afternoon whilst meeting up at the beach, with family, other than that it's been dry, dusty and very warm in the sun.

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Another beautiful day in Edinburgh, 13 C with mostly sunny skies all day. Up on the surrounding hills the bright yellow gorse contrasts with the bright blue sky and fresh greens

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Wind dropped out after 5pm and second air frost of the month this evening it will lift later as more cloud and drizzle returns

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3.9C. Clear and sunny overhead. A light drift from the north with some showery rain that has popped off to the south over the sea.

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2.0°C with showery rain.

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Partly cloudy, calm, 3.5 / dew 1.7 after a low of 2.6 earlier. (No frost visible, but there was a heavy dew).

The drier than average month continues here (as does the daily watering of plants), but there could be a spot or two of rain later.

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Partly cloudy, calm, 3.5 / dew 1.7 after a low of 2.6 earlier. (No frost visible, but there was a heavy dew).

The drier than average month continues here (as does the daily watering of plants), but there could be a spot or two of rain later.

Yes the ground around here is already hard and cracked which is remarkable really.  Its either pissnig with rain or freezing cold and dry.
 

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7.3C, was sunny, now rain from the west, hopefully only a shower

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Yesterday was our sunniest day of this year so far with a total of 11.8 hours of sunshine at Edinburgh Gogarbank.

Today has started with a lot of cloud around but is becoming increasingly sunny over time which is a far cry from how this spring has gone so far overall.

I also strongly echo what others are saying about the ground drying very quickly because despite the fact that we've had over twice our average April rainfall during this month and despite the fact that we've already had more than our average spring rainfall during this spring, the ground is already brick hard and almost cracking up due to the much drier weather which we've had over the last week or so.

It therefore, wouldn't surprise me if the next drought and resulting comments on here about concerns of possible water shortages weren't all that far away.

Back on topic, last night wasn't all that warm but it wasn't as cold as the previous night when a ground frost was recorded.

Meanwhile, the temperature at Edinburgh Gogarbank was 5.6°C as at 7:30am BST (06:30 UTC) this morning.
 

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Wet snow falling over Blakey (1300ft) where it is currently +1C
https://i.postimg.cc/hGpvP7cw/blakey-snowing-25th-april-2024.jpg 

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