Huddersfield Weather Watch – April 2015

Tue, 12 May 2015 12:28:00 BST

April showers well below the average

April was warmer and drier than average with 19 days of the month escaping rainfall.  The average figures are those recorded since 1990 from the School of Applied Sciences weather station.  This report is also the 300^th report produced by the weather station.

The monthly mean temperature was 9.8˚C compared to the average for April of 9.3˚C.  The warmest day of the month was Thursday 23^rd with an average temperature of 14.8˚C; the maximum temperature of 21.8˚C was also recorded on this day.  The coldest day of the month was Wednesday 1^st with an average figure of 6.1˚C.  The lowest minimum temperature of 0˚C was recorded on Sunday 26^th. 

A total of 39.8mm of rainfall was recorded during the month (average 54.2mm).  The wettest day of the month was Thursday 28^th with 6.4mm of rain (16% of the month’s total rainfall).  Nineteen days of the month escaped without any rainfall, the driest spells falling between Saturday 4^th to Thursday 9^th and Monday 13^th to Saturday 18^th inclusive.

The mean wind speed for the month was 10.9km/hr.  The highest mean wind speed was 51.48km/hr recorded on Wednesday 29^th.  The highest gust of wind for the whole month was 123.48km/hr recorded on Tuesday 28^th.

The prevailing wind direction was south west.

 

Julie Walker
Resource Centre and Environmental Technician
School of Applied Sciences

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