A remarkably pleasant day for a Bank Holiday with a good percentage of sunshine and consequent warmth. Peacock butterflies feasting on hyacinths in the garden. Folks sitting outside the pub in the village this evening. What a shame it's all going to go pear-shaped tomorrow. 

It has been a nice one. I saw a buzzard when driving over to my gf's house. Two days ago I saw two circling overhead while driving, too.  Riding the thermals 

It went up to 14c. A beautiful day in Torquay.

Can't say anything to accurately describe this month that would get through the swear filter

This vile Easter weekend ensure it ranks only behind 1996 on my personal list of horror show Marches. So awful it's beyond parody. 4 consecutive total write-off grey depressing Saturday's in a row less than 3 months after we had to endure 6. Just a total joke.

For two years we've had these terrible Saturdays but this is on a whole new level of hideousness when it's the same slate grey misery week in week out. Just can't do anything outside in this filth. Sick to death of being stuck indoors and feeling tired all the time. Totally incompatible with maintaining any quality of life

Today it's cold and overcast with drizzly rain - exactly the same with pressure of 990mb as it was at 1035mb only difference is a strong and totally repulsive SE wind 

Yet another month that hits the misery jackpot of being thoroughly unpleasant as well as being totally devoid of anything remotely interesting. No air frosts since 8th March and only one minimum below 2C since then. Utter garbage and just a carbon copy of December - an unseasonable mild cloudy autumn month

actually Portsmouth had a "4" yesterday. 

not on the metoffice they didn't just a 3.. I know as I was checking. 

Also local stations on maxed out at a 3.1 UV.

The sun simply isn't strong enough to burn yet unless your a ginger or blond. There is still to much ozone around but that is normal in spring, these levels are not as high in the autumn which is why the UV in September is higher 😉 

Last day of the month. The sun is out. Not at all warm on the patio.  Breeze felt cold all afternoon.. Putting fence up...  For the chickens.  

Still some good chances for some Easter skiing. This was Cairngorm yesterday although today was equally as good with blue skies and a fresh dusting of snow:

http://www.winterhighland.info/pix/displayimage.php?photo_id=33275 (mid-construction of the terrain park)

Glencoe and Nevis also have pretty good conditions.

Spring weather for the past few days; lots of sunshine, temps 12-14 and out of the wind the strong (factor 4) sunshine really had it. Last of the crocuses open wide and the plum leaves starting to uncurl above the first bluebells on our woodland bank.

Shirt off painting the shed and definite tanning started. Great way to end March.

Seems impossible since 2014 to get a weekend where one day isn't a complete write-off  Yesterday was fine but today is utterly horrific.

Cold, grey and wet. Stinking awful weather. The worse possible synoptics. Even an arctic sourced northerly would probably give higher temperatures than the current dire 5.6C. Conditions would certainly be nowhere near as vile as this.

Revolting spring so far. Had to look up the records to check the last time when both March and April were hideous, as is seeming likely this year. It was 1998. Oddly couldn't remember anything about March 1998 but the year as a whole certainly is up there with my most detested ever - write-off El Nino winter followed by awful spring and horrific summer. 2016 is so far a repeat performance

probably not a good thing to tell you but 5C is about the coldest the coldest night has been down here for over a fortnight 😋 

Despite the days struggling at best to the teens the nights have begun their annual warm up.

Shrubs, hedges and trees across the board are now starting to show real signs of budding, as if yesterday's bright and mild weather then the thundery stuff gave that "all clear" signal.

The little amount of rain yesterday along with today's amount has ended a TWO day run of dry weather. Will do my growings good. Also give the chooks a wash.  

I see Toronto had a 12cm snowfall this week following a very mild winter with little snow. What do we get after suffering a very mild winter with no snow? More of the same crap

Absolute horror show of an April that, with just 5 days gone, is already looking like a contender for the all time worst.
It is just revolting - a repeat of the catastrophe of January with day in day out of slate grey skies and almost contstant light/rain drizzle. Disgusting minima of 5C and maxima of 7C.

There is just nothing remotely acceptable in the output. Just a continuation of this garbage befitting of only places unfit for human habitation. Already had half the monthly average rainfall with not a single dry day - rain every day for the next week as well. At this rate it will be challenging April 2012's record breaking 26 rain days

Can't even manage a frost - something cold and dull April's of the past like 1966, 1978, 1979 and 1983 managed no problem because then, bad months saw changeable conditions not permacast misery. It is just beyond a joke the unpleasant, unappetising pile of dross we are now served up constantly

I'm sorry you are having a poor start to April, Richard 

You have a gift with words though. A gift!