April Summary

About average temperature and well above average rainfall (233%).

  • April was near my average temperature of 11.9C with 12.3C.
    • The warmest is 2006 with 13.8C, the coolest, 2002 with 9.5C.
    • The warmest temperature was 29.0C, the highest April temperature I've recorded to date
    • The coldest temperature was 3.9C. The lowest April temperature I've recorded was in 2011 with -1.7C.
    • No air frosts were recorded (air temperature 0C or below)
    • Twenty three days reached or exceeded 15C, my average is 21.
    • Fourteen days reached or exceeded 20C, my average is 15.
    • Two days reached or exceeded 25C, my average is 1.
  • Wind run was 93% of my average of 3758km with 3497km. The windiest April I've recorded was 2005 with 4696km. The least windy April was 2013 with 2910km.
  • The barometer recorded above average pressure for the month with 1016.2hPa. My average is 1015.1hPa.
  • Rainfall was 233% of my average expected total of 62mm with 145.5mm. 2017 rainfall is now above my long term average.
    • The driest April is 2001 with 4.5mm, the wettest is 2014 with 201.5mm.
April 2017 Summary
Temperature
Mean 12.3 C
Mean Maximum 17.5 C
Mean Minimum 7.8 C
Maximum High 29.0C (2nd)
Maximum Low 13.4 C (1st)
Minimum High 11.0 (6th)
Minimum Low 3.9 C (30th)
Wind Speed and Direction
Maximum Gust 60 km/h
Mean 5.1 km/h
Wind Run 3495 km
Max Daily Windrun 428 km (6th)
Prevailing Direction East North East
Barometer
Maximum 1031.9 hPa (9th)
Minimum 989.2 hPa (14th)
Mean 1016.2 hPa
Max Daily Change +18.6 hPa (30th)
Rainfall
Days with Measured Rainfall
(0.5mm or more)
12
Max Daily Rainfall 46 mm (6th)
Monthly Rainfall 145.5 mm
Humidity
Maximum 100 % (Several days)
Minimum 31 % (28th)

April Daily Observations
Temperature Wind Rainfall Barometer
Date Min Max Mean Mean
(Km/h)
Gust
(Km/h)
Run (km) Prevailing Dir 10 Minute Max (mm) Total (mm) Min (hPa) Max (hPa) Change (hPa)
1 13.4 20.9 16.7 7.2 30 164 East Nth East 0 0 1007.4 1017.6 -10.2
Cloud breaking in the afternoon, variable winds tending NE.
2 11.4 29.0 16.9 5.2 38 122 East Nth East 0.5 5.0 1006.7 1021.3 +14.6
Sunny and warm morning, maximum temperature recorded at 10:10am. Light NE winds turning west to SW from late morning and tending cooler southerly in the afternoon. Light rain from evening.
3 9.3 13.1 11.0 1.6 15 35 West 0.5 4.5 1020.4 1030.2 +9.8
Overcast with light rain and drizzle at times. Light variable breezes tending westerly.
4 8.9 14.3 11.0 5.0 24 113 East 0.5 1.0 1027.1 1031.7 -4.6
Overcast with morning drizzle and a few light showers during the day. East to NE winds.
5 8.9 12.6 10.5 1.8 23 39 East 1.5 15.5 1009.2 1026.7 -17.5
Overcast with showers. Light breezes tensing easterly.
6 8.3 11.0 9.8 18.7 54 428 South Sth West 1.5 46.0 1003.1 1011.0 +7.9
Overcast with with rain and strong cool southerly winds. This was the windiest day since the 8th Sept 2016 which had a wind run of 455km and the wettest day since the 29th April 2014 which had 54mm.
7 4.2 16.9 10.7 6.5 46 149 South Sth West 0 0 1010.5 1028.6 +18.1
Morning cloud breaking to s sunny day with cool southerly winds.
8 9.1 16.1 12.0 5.3 29 120 East Nth East 0 0 1028.9 1031.7 +2.8
 
9 4.6 17.4 11.5 3.7 24 87 East Nth East 0 0 1026.7 1031.9 -5.2
Sunny with a few clouds, mostly light NE winds.
10 6.6 18.7 12.4 4.8 22 109 East Nth East 0 0 1018.9 1026.6 -7.7
High cloud at times, NE winds.
11 5.3 18.6 12.2 0.4 10 9 Light Air 0.5 1.0 1014.4 1019.0 -4.6
Morning fog lifting to an overcast day with little if any wind. Showers from afternoon.
12 11.4 12.9 12.1 7.9 28 180 South Sth West 1.0 16.0 1012.3 1015.2 -2.9
Morning rain easing to showers in the afternoon, southerly winds.
13 11.1 14.6 12.6 2.4 17 54 South Sth West 1.0 10.5 1004.1 1014.2 -10.1
Overcast with light rain at times morning and afternoon. Heavier rain from evening. Light winds tending southerly.
14 12.4 16.0 14.0 8.2 39 188 East Nth East 2.5 32.0 989.2 1003.9 -14.7
Rain clearing by midday and cloud breaking in the afternoon with southerly winds turning NE.
15 7.9 24.2 15.3 2.0 21 44 East Nth East 0 0 990.3 1002.3 +12.0
Morning cloud clearing to a mild and sunny afternoon with light breezes tending NE.
16 7.3 17.5 12.0 4.0 20 90 South Sth West 0.5 0.5 1002.6 1014.8 +12.2
Overcast with light northerly winds in the morning turning cooler southerly. Sunny intervals in the afternoon. Showers in the evening. 
17 7.2 15.9 11.4 0.4 9 9 Light Air 0 0 1014.1 1022.5 +8.4
Overcast with light variable breezes.
18 6.4 16.5 11.1 3.2 21 71 East Nth East 0.5 0.5 1022.6 1026.7 +4.1
Mostly cloudy, NE winds from late morning.
19 4.8 19.2 12.0 3.3 32 75 South Sth West 0 0 1016.1 1022.9 -6.9
Sunny and mild. A cooler southerly change in the afternoon with increasing cloud.
20 4.4 15.2 10.3 4.6 36 104 South Sth West 0 0 1020.2 1027.7 +7.5
Overcast with cool southerly winds. Cloud breaking later in the afternoon and wind dying out.
21 4.0 17.4 10.8 4.0 26 91 East Nth East 0 0 1026.6 1028.9 -2.3
Clear and sunny, NE winds.
22 4.5 18.3 11.5 5.0 26 114 East Nth East 0 0 1027.5 1031.6 -4.1
Morning mist clearing. Sunny and mild with cooler NE winds in the afternoon.
23 6.3 21.6 12.7 2.1 15 48 East Nth East 0 0 1019.5 1027.4 -7.9
Clear and sunny with light NE winds from afternoon.
24 7.4 18.2 11.9 3.0 21 70 East Nth East 0 0 1018.8 1023.0 +4.2
Morning fog lifting late morning to a sunny day with light NE winds.
25 9.6 16.9 12.4 4.4 25 100 East Nth East 0 0 1018.1 1022.9 -4.8
Morning cloud breaking to a mostly sunny afternoon, NE winds.
26 11.8 15.8 13.0 7.6 35 173 East Nth East 0 0 1013.0 1018.6 -5.6
Cloudy for much of the day but cloud breaking later in the afternoon, cool NE winds.
27 5.8 20.5 13.0 3.4 21 77 East Nth East 0 0 1008.3 1013.6 -5.3
Morning fog clearing to a sunny and mild day with NE winds. High cloud increasing later in the afternoon.
28 11.6 28.2 17.8 7.8 31 178 East Nth East 0 0 997.1 1010.0 -12.9
Sunny and warm with NE winds turning warm northerly in the afternoon and southerly in the evening. Variable high cloud.
29 6.5 16.2 12.0 7.0 34 159 East Nth East 0 0 997.0 1010.3 -13.3
Some cloud but mostly sunny with a cool NE wind.
30 3.9 12.6 7.9 12.2 60 280 South Sth West 2.0 12.5 992.4 1011.0 +18.6
Southerly winds from mid morning and rain from early afternoon, heavy at times easing to showers from evening.


April 2017  Temperature Graph
April 2017 Wind Dir Graph
April 2017 Wind Dir Graph
April 2017 Wind Speed Graph
April 2017 Rainfall Graph
April 2017 Barograph
April 2017 Humidity Graph