hottest April on record!

[Annpan]

Apparently up by 1oC on previous record... this is unbearable... have we totally fried the planet?

I can't even bear the heat outside today, I had to come in for a glass of water and a rest. This should not happen in spring.

[Andy Hamilton]

Apparently up by 1oC on previous record... this is unbearable... have we totally fried the planet?

I can't even bear the heat outside today, I had to come in for a glass of water and a rest. This should not happen in spring.

It is also one of the driest Aprils on record Forecasters say the weather is comparable with the drought of 1976 and the situation is not about to change.

My allotment is looking decidedly parched do you think the song 'April showers' will be something we will have to explain to the next generation? Yes it used to rain in April!

[Shirley]

Very dry up here - we were having trouble with our water levels in the summer last year and there has been very little rain over the winter/spring so far.

[Thomzo]

I know! I'm down to about 2 half water butts (out of 6!). It is really worrying. The problem is that everyone else is just saying isn't the weather lovely. They don't understand why I say "NO it isn't".

[littlebluefish]

I've been boring people at work with photos of our rapidly drying plot and my demands for a rain dance.

[red]

we watered our garden throughout April - and as our water butts are not close to the veg bed - that involved a lot of lugging watering cans about!

juice container on order.....

[Wombat]

Hang on you lot..............sure you haven't moved to Aus?

nev

[Millymollymandy]

We had 16.5mm of rain in April which is probably less than most summer months!

We did get 14mm over Tues and Weds with a nice thunderstorm, but as I was weeding (and repairing chook damage) the soil was still really dry underneath the surface, especially under leafy shrubs.

However I had a good overspill from several of the water butts (we have an overflow hose and put buckets under that) so the shrubs got a really good watering.

Oh and I have a rainfall gauge, best little (plastic!) widget I ever bought! Now I can be a real anorak about rain or lack of it.

[the.fee.fairy]

looks like rain here *crosses fingers* I need a good lashing of rain!!

Preferably not around 11:30ish when i'm walkng home from work though...

[Thomzo]

Ha - the weather round here has a great sense of humour. It keeps looking like rain - then nothing! It's been windy and overcast all morning but now it's sunny again and not a cloud in the sky. And no water!

I'll place bets it rains all through August and September though.

Zoe

[Andy Hamilton]

I have a little widget on my browser that is suposed to give the forecast for the next week. I keep having rain forecast but nothing and then it swaps for the next day and still nothing. My barometer is even getting it wrong when that was normally wright all the time, apparently it is going to rain

[the.fee.fairy]

Haven't seen any rain yet.

Bet it'll come down just as i'm walking home...

[red]

sposed to be getting rain here on Sunday. hope so.. - the veg bed in the field is looking like it might just blow away..

[Jack]

Gidday

Hey Nev, they don't know what they are growling about Eh!

Ewe buggers up there are taking all that global warming and leaving none for us.

We had the coldest December of record and that was in the midle of 5 months that were way below average.

And sign of your drought breaking over there Nev?

[Wombat]

Have had some rain Jack and things are looking a bit better, but it is not officianlly broken.

Yesterday was our hottest May day for 13 years - 28oC.

Nev