Pissing down at 11.30, had stopped and become fresh by the afternoon.

Was raining when I came out of church, had to hang round in the porch till it stopped.

Beautiful, flawless morning; then turned cloudy and very cold with hail and heavy showers. Exciting.

Beautiful sunny day with huge cumuli and heavy showers.

Damp and grey, quite warm though and the spring foliage brightening things up.

Impressive cold-front shower in the morning, about 3 hours after I'd looked at the sky and thought 'Flat scallop clouds with blue showing, quite damp, breeze from W as usual, nothing'll happen today - quite strong breeze though...

April 1999

1st. Lovely weather again, hazy, windy as well though.

2nd. Apart from brief shower as I walked to Staples, another warm, hazy day.

'warm spells at the start and end (nearly 21C at Northolt, London, on the 1st, the highest reading so early in the year for some time)' [...]

13th. Beautiful, flawless morning; then turned cloudy and very cold with hail and heavy showers. Exciting.

14th. Extremely cold in the morning, heavy frost, very unseasonable. Bright and clear though, quite beautiful.

15th. Weather still very cold again.

16th. Cold and bright again, warmed up later.

19th. Beautiful day, still cold though.

20th. Cold, grey, windy, raining - miserable.

'a cold snap in the middle'

22nd. Warmer today, heavy shower at lunchtime.

23rd. Still quite warm but windy.

25th. Lovely weather all day.

26th. Interesting weather, warm and, strangely, hazy and windy at the same time.

27th. Warm and very springlike but still windy.

28th. Lovely weather - cloudless, warm, still a bit breezy. Left my coat at home for the first time this year (about 2 weeks earlier than usual I think).

29th. Grey and cold in the morning, brightened up suddenly to become a beautiful day with a strong N breeze.

'The warmest April since 1987, and the fourth warmest in the last half a century.'