April: 'Warm, dry and sunny' says Met Office

14.1 hours of sunshine recorded on 29 April

Ronaldsway Met Office says April was warmer, drier and sunnier than average.

The mean daily maximum across the month was 12.6°C which is a degree above the long-term average.

The warmest day was 30 April with 18.5°C recorded at Ronaldsway Airport.

It was however a month of two halves - the first two weeks changeable and the last two seeing a welcome spell of dry and settled weather.

Rainfall totalled 34.8mm compared to the average of 55mm; 14 April was the wettest day with 12.4mm.

Only April 2021 had more sun with 264.9 hours compared with 241.8 last month; 29 April was the sunniest day with 14.1 hours recorded.

It was breezy at times with 12 days of strong winds and Storm Dave brought 55 knot gusts on 4 April.

Grass frosts were also recorded on seven nights through the month.