It will be no surprise for many to hear that April 2024 has been a wet month. In what has felt like an unsettled spring so far, the UK has had its sixth wettest April since the series began in 1836, according to provisional statistics from the Met Office. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Sunshine has been in short supply, with the UK provisionally recording just 79% of its long-term average for the month.<\/p>\n

Wetter than average<\/strong><\/p>\n

The UK experienced 55% more rainfall than an average April, with 111.4mm falling across the month, making it the sixth wettest April in the series and the wettest April since 2012.<\/p>\n

Many areas recorded more than their long-term average monthly rainfall, with Scotland experiencing its fourth wettest April in a series which started in 1836. It saw 148.9mm of rainfall across the month \u2013 more than 60% of its average and the wettest April since 1947.<\/p>\n

Some places in Scotland saw more than double their average rainfall for the month. Edinburgh in particular saw very large rainfall totals, receiving 239% of its average April rainfall, which is its second wettest on record, falling only behind totals in 2000. East and West Lothian, Aberdeen, Clackmannan, Berwickshire and Cumbria, among others, also recorded more than double their average rainfall in the month. A rain-gauge at Honister Pass in the English Lake District recorded more than 400mm of rain.<\/p>\n

Met Office Scientist Emily Carlisle said: \u201cApril has been a continuation of the past few months: often wet, windy and unsettled. April showers were present from the beginning of the month, with frontal systems bringing persistent precipitation across the UK. Although a high-pressure system moved over the UK on the 20th bringing some drier weather, by the end of the month, low pressure was back in charge, bringing with it more rain.\u201d<\/p>\n

Provisional April 2024<\/td>\n	Mean temp (\u00b0C)<\/td>\n\n	Sunshine (hours)<\/td>\n\n	Rainfall (mm)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Actual<\/td>\n	\u00a0Diff from avg (\u00b0C)<\/td>\n	Actual<\/td>\n	% of avg<\/td>\n	Actual<\/td>\n	% of avg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
UK<\/td>\n	\u00a08.3<\/td>\n	0.4\u00a0<\/td>\n	\u00a0122.9<\/td>\n	79\u00a0<\/td>\n	111.4<\/td>\n	155<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
England<\/td>\n	\u00a09.3<\/td>\n	0.6\u00a0<\/td>\n	\u00a0127.0<\/td>\n	78<\/td>\n	85.5<\/td>\n	152<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wales<\/td>\n	\u00a08.5<\/td>\n	0.4\u00a0<\/td>\n	113.3<\/td>\n	72<\/td>\n	135.8<\/td>\n	154<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scotland<\/td>\n	\u00a06.6<\/td>\n	0.0\u00a0<\/td>\n	119.2<\/td>\n	84<\/td>\n	148.9<\/td>\n	160<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
N Ireland<\/td>\n	\u00a08.3<\/td>\n	0.3\u00a0<\/td>\n	118.4<\/td>\n	80<\/td>\n	104.6<\/td>\n	141<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n \n Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It will be no surprise for many to hear that April 2024 has been a wet month. In what has felt like an unsettled spring so far, the UK has had its sixth wettest April since the series began in 1836, according to provisional statistics from the Met Office. \u00a0 Sunshine has been in short […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":293,"featured_media":7915,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[180],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worlddailyinfo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7914"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worlddailyinfo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worlddailyinfo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worlddailyinfo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/293"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worlddailyinfo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/worlddailyinfo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7914\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worlddailyinfo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worlddailyinfo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worlddailyinfo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worlddailyinfo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}