Spring Weather 2011

[mark smyth]

LOL

[Knud]

Hi,
Today the temperature made it to double digits centigrades for the first time this year, and when it rains it pours; it reached very nearly 15 degrees C - very nice in spite of the strong wind. Many bulbs which have been in bud for weeks opened up, among them this Bulbocodium vernum.

Knud

[Lesley Cox]

We finished daylight saving (summer time) last night. It already feels as if winter is closing in. Just 13C here this morning, and that's in the house!

[Hoy]

We finished daylight saving (summer time) last night. It already feels as if winter is closing in. Just 13C here this morning, and that's in the house!

Did you forget to turn on the heater? - or do you save energy
13C is almost summer temp here! (outside) The mean temp for the warmest months (July, August) is barely above 13C. The mean for last month was 3.2C.

[Philippe]

Hi

A really dry dry dry spring start here in eastern France, as it seems to be more and more the case every year now. Still looking for some consistant rain over the last 2/3 months ( sometimes only 40/50mm for the driest places since january 15th).
The vegetation begins to explode in the lowlands, due to the first summer -yes- days, with temperatures sometimes already around 23/25°C, but the rain lack will soon become problematic if that goes on this way. Rivers are already showing summer level, with very very very few snow left to melt in the mountains...
Hoping for some rain this evening and tomorrow morning, before weather trend says we begin a further 15 days dry period with high above normal temperatures...
I want my spring back, not yet summer!!! 

[Hoy]

I would gladly offer some rain if I could, Philippe march has been the wettest for 25 years and April is following up that trend

[Stephenb]

Well, the forecast was correct and we had temperatures in the mid-teens at the weekend, and with heavy rain in the night most of the snow is now gone and the first flower is out, as usual a Hepatica transylvanica. I also heard my first Robin and Chaffinch singing yesterday and even a butterfly (Tortoiseshell or Comma) was coaxed out...

[mark smyth]

Can anyone arrange for water to be dumped on my garden during the night?

[Michael J Campbell]

It never got above 21C here all day.

[mark smyth]

we werent far behind I'm sure but I didnt check the temperature. It was our hottest day so far

[Casalima]

High today "only" 30 ºC (compared with 32.5 the other day). Portugal is having a very hot April this year indeed 
At least our football is also pretty hot 

In case anybody is thinking "well, that's Portugal, what do you expect", 3-4 years ago I went to the UK in April (car ferry from Spain), regretted having taken only boots and not flipflops, got sunburn visiting Wisley, and when I drove back into northeast Portugal it was 4ºC and raining at midday.

[angie]

It never got above 21C here all day.

I think we weren't far of that either. I am already dreading the thought of our normal temperatures returning. I had to water the garden today. We are on very shallow soil, it's all broken rock just inches under the soil so it dries out very quick.

Angie

[Hoy]

It never got above 21C here all day.

Well, here it almost never gets above 21C even in summer!! Haven't crossed the 10 mark yet either

[mark smyth]

19c here today. If there was hight cloud I think we could have had 21 or maybe more

[mark smyth]

This will keep Fermi and Will happy

I just heard on TV that April so far has had temperatures 60% above normal

They arrive here on Monday for a very full 5 days