Weather statistics – April 2015

Weather Statistics  –  Tideswell  –  April 2015

Temperature

Mean daily maximum:                    13.6 (0.9 above average)

Mean daily minimum:                       2.9 (0.6 below average)

Mean temperature:                           8.2 (0.1 above average)

Highest daily maximum:                  21.9 (23rd)

Lowest daily maximum:                     5.9 (1st)

Lowest daily minimum:                    -3.0 (27th)

Highest daily minimum:                    8.7 (25th)

Lowest daily grass minimum:           -5.5 (27th)

Number of air frosts:                           2

Number of ground frosts:                  14

Days with max 20.0-24.9:                    1

Days with max 15.0-19.9:                  11

Days with max 10.0-14.9:                  15

Days with max 5.0-9.9:                        3

Frost duration:                                    9.4 hours

Rainfall

Total fall:                                           43.6 mm (72% of average)

Wettest day (0900-0900)                  10.2 mm (1st)

Rain days (0.2 mm or more):              12

Wet days (1.0 mm or more):              11

Snow

Days with snow or sleet falling:           6

Days more than 50% cover at 0900:    0

Deepest at 0900:                                  0 cm

Sunshine

Total sunshine:                               157.4 hours (144% of average)

Sunniest day:                                    12.5 hours (26th )

Days with no sun:                                  1

Other phenomena

Days with thunder heard:                    0

Days with hail:                                     4

Days with fog at 0900:                         0

Wind

Mean wind speed:                              5.3 mph

Maximum gust:                                   36 mph (12th)

Days with gale:                                     0

Remarks

A very dry and sunny month with temperature near average overall. There was a summery spell during the second half of the month but it was back to more seasonal weather towards the end of the month

More details at:     http://peakdistrictweather.org