(since 2009) it was the warmest yet recorded -- (Since 2008) it was the wettest since 2022 with seven having been drier and nine wetter - MSLP was -5.7 Mb below average, rainfall 76.4% of the average for 2008-23 and the temp' was 2.32°c above average (2009-23).
Rainfall totalled 84.4 mm - Mean Min' of 3.66°c - Mean Max' 8.93°c - with a highest maximum of 12.8°c (15th) and a lowest minimum of -2.5°c (8th).
There were the following 'Days of' - snow fell on two days and there was fog on one day -- With 15.8 mm the 21st was the month's wettest day and the highest gust of wind was 44 Mph (2nd, 4+5th) - the mean wind speed was 6.55 mph - there were four air frosts and fifteen ground frosts.
Summary - is now updated with the weather report for February.
A summary and detail of the weather for 2023 can be read here REVIEW OF 2023 and other summaries/articles are also available such as this: But it's meant to be Summer (Summer 2017)
Local Historical Weather
Seathwaite (Borrowdale) - average rainfall for April (1845-2023) is 179.8 mm - the driest year was 1980 (8.0 mm) and the wettest 1862 (438.4 mm)
Shap - 1991-2020 averages for April are: rainfall 93.4 mm - mean minimum temperature 2.42°c, mean maximum 11.12°c - 6.8 air frosts - 12.2 Wet Days and mean wind speed of 7.87 Knots
Appleby - average rainfall for April (1856-2023) is 47.4 mm - the driest decade was the 1980's (36.3 mm), the wettest, 1960's (58.9 mm) - 1974 with 0.9 mm is the driest month in the entire record
Maulds Meaburn - March - the 'beast from the east may not have been in 2013, but March 2013 was really a stand-out month. Air frosts (22) and snowfall were frequent and on the 22nd the temperature remained below freezing for the full 24Hrs. Yet it can be warm at times and 20°c has been attained a few times in the month. It tends to be either quite dry or quite wet and rarely finishes 'in between'. But 4 of the last 5 have been ... wet. - The mean temperature as ranged from 1.65°c (2013) to 7.70°c (2012). Averages 91.0 mm of rain - Air Frost on 9.3 days - Ground Frost on 18.1 days - Snow Fall / Laying on 3.8 + 1.2 days - Wet Day (1.0mm=+ of rain) on 16.6 days
Mr. W. Hoggarth of Shap (Copy Hill) sent the following entry to the 'British Rainfall Guides' regarding the April of 1885:-
"The early part dry and cold with strong E.winds and hard frost at nights; but the latter part mild and warm with plenty of showers. There were several gales and thunder was frequent, often at night.' He also sent in the following comments regarding particular days of the month:
7th 'Gale from east' 9th 'Gale all day' 22nd 'Cold with heavy fog'
'HISTORICAL EVENTS' (above) is a start in recording historical weather in our immediate locality - now includes the flood report: Summary and Analysis
Folk Lore - April
"A cold April brings us bread and wine." "Thunder in April, floods in May"
"April showers brings forth Mays flowers."
Sunrise: 5:49 Sunset: 18:42
Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous
LINKS TO OTHER WEATHER WEBSITES
Great Asby, Nr Appleby Local site, making for interesting comparisons with Maulds Meaburn.
Brampton Weather NE Cumbria An authoritative site that includes the Cumbrian Weather report.
Visit Cumbria Take a look at Maulds Meaburn and the surrounding area.
A summary of this stations data is sent to the Climatological Observers Link and to the Cumbria Weather Report and forms part of their monthly reports.
Forecast: Clearing, cooler and windy.
Four Day Weather Forecast and current Synoptic and Rainfall charts
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