There weren’t many showers to talk about this April as much of Ireland saw less than 75% of normal rainfall in the month. In parts of England and in Wales only half the normal rainfall happened this month.
Dry Aprils are becoming more of a recurrent theme of recent years, and this year there is talk of drought in some parts of the UK after the dry month this year.
The final day of the month has brought some much needed moisture to the land, even if it felt like a return to winter for some after the beautiful sunshine.
A stubborn anticyclone squatting over the country prevented the normal south westerly breezes that bring relatively warm and wet weather this time of year. In its place we’ve had dry chilly weather and a slowish spring to boot.
