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Going from one extreme to another, rather not tbh.. Wouldn't mind a few weeks in the mid teens with endless days of sun.

Yes, my prediction is looking better by the day. Though I went a bit too overboard for rainfall. This cool spell has gone on for longer than expected, and doesn't look all that mild until the beginning of May.

stainesbloke As someone who usually doesn't mind dull and wet, even I'm starting to get bored of it. Sunny days in spring are perfect, shame the majority of it has been so cloudy.

Quite a chilly month with a lot of blocking, potentially our first below average CET month. 10.8C and 45mm.

6C at 2PM is very impressive given the time of year. We hardly saw that in the winter lol. Barring today, this cool spell has been very pleasant. Most days were sunny and dry, with max temps around 9-12C.. reminds me a lot of April 2021. Next week looks the complete opposite, with mild rain on it's way. How exciting,

raz.org.rain A very bold claim, thing is literally no one knows how the summer will pan out. LRFs, analogues, seasonals are aren't great tbh. Don't have to go back to see them failing miserably (July 2023, Winter 23/24).

Don Not countrywide but in 1998, the warmest temperature here was 25C. That would be inconceivable in today's climate.

raz.org.rain I think many are pleased that it's getting drier. It's the most optimistic I've been since January.

For a 10 day chart, a pretty strong signal for a mid Atlantic block, making its way to Greenland. Virtually all members go for this idea. Shame we didn't see more of this during winter..

danm Dramatic falls in temperature across the continent. Zurich was 26C during the weekend, now 5C.. exceptional. Over here, it's sunny but only 8C. Still feels quite chilly under the strong sun.

daz_4 Vienna has seen the first half of April average 16C, with most days in the upper 20s. The cold spell will definitely be a detriment to new foliage but it is finally going back to normal after such a prolonged heat spell.

Daniel* A remarkable switch to something cooler, this would've been a notable cold spell in winter. I wonder what triggered this response.. At least it looks dry. The CET will tank if frosts occur, what a strange month this is coming out to be.

raz.org.rain Ain't really a warm spell, more like a blip. Uppers during the weekend only make it around average. Of course, with clear skies it will feel pleasant. The outlook afterwards puts us in a pretty chilly picture, hopefully it isn't the dull kind.

Scorcher True, forgot to consider the strength of the sun at this time of year and possible inversions. Mild days in the mid to high teens likely. Nights would be chilly though if skies clear.

Temperatures at Rostherne showing 14C .. a measly 8C at Manchester Airport. I'm guessing that's due to a localised shower, that seems to bring the temps down quite a bit.

Can't recall seeing graphs like this in April since 2021. Both chilly and dry. Down south are seeing quite the period of below average temperatures.

What a brilliant month this was. The first two weeks were exceptionally cold for the time of year. Temperatures well below freezing and struggling to top 10C, not to mention the record breaking amount of sunshine. The sunniest April on record, you wouldn't expect it to be so cold given past sunny April's have all been mild to warm (2007,11,20). I can recall snow falling on the 10th, temperatures that day didn't exceed 5C. The second half was exceptionally sunny, virtually every day had clear skies. April 2021 saw the lowest min CET on record at 1.2C, in context January 2013 was also 1.2C. For here, the month saw a min average of 0.5C.. that's colder than Jan 2021. Feb 2018 was just 0.1C colder. Dec 2022 was 0.2C colder. It had a record amount of frosts beating most winter months. This all happened after the very warm end to March, temperatures didn't recover until the end of May. Most people I talk to think of April 2021 fondly, yes it was exceptionally cold but the sunshine made up for it. Personally, it's one of my favourite spring months given the freakish nature to it all and exceptional cold.. something we hardly see these days.

Scorcher Yes, the morning was really bad. But thankfully it cleared up with some clear skies, originally thought it'd be raining non stop today.

You could say today had everything. Hail, heavy rain, sunshine and even some localised thunder. Quite a cold day, but feeling pleasant in the sun. I do think it's time for more lengthy spells of dry weather, can't recall the last time we had a full week of sun.

Metwatch The 2020/2021 pair is such an interesting quirk with one being very mild and one very cold. Both being the sunniest April's on record with 2021 just beating it.

SunSean The sunny April's of 2018-22 seem so distant away. We got around 240hrs in 2021 yet 10 days into this month it's only at 15... This month is basically the same as last year but a lot milder.

Could all go the other way but it looks like after months of above average temperatures, maybe a change is upon us. GEFS go for a pretty protracted spell of cooler weather, possible frosts where skies are clear. And with that, also quite dry conditions. Not uncommon to be seen in April. 12Z going for a huge Greenland block, now if only that happened a few weeks prior..

The cooler weather is quickly gaining momentum, something that hasn't been seen since mid January. Let's hope with it comes days of sunshine and minimal rainfall.

I don't think we'll be anywhere near 11C if the GEFS 6z is anything to go by. Could be a cool, anticyclonic second half.

Quite a chilly outlook going by the 0z ens. April could be a strange first half mild, second half cool..