Again rain on 5 days out of 7, but a lot less - only 38.5mm. The ground is still very wet though, and it will take more than a few dry days to change that.The weather improved as the week progressed, giving a dry weekend with plenty of sunshine. Which meant the Pageant and other outdoor activities were able to go ahead as planned, very successfully.

A wet week with rain on 5 days, 72mm in all. There were floods on Sunday at Beam bridge with the road impassable for a while except for large vehicles.This is the first time the river has overtopped its banks for more than a year which shows what a dry time we've had, as it usually happens two or three times a year.

With a total of 218.5mm this was the wettest April in at least the last 23 years (since we started recording). It rained on 23 days and the monthly total was only surpassed by November 2009 with 239mm. It was also the coldest April for a long time with the wind coming from the North and East for the entire month - it has never really warmed up!

So, on to May. Average rainfall 90mm over 10 years and 81mm over 20. The driest was in 2001 only 36mm and the wettest was 2006 with 156.5mm. We should have said goodbye to night frosts, but it is difficult to predict anything this year. The prevailing wind needs to go back to the West and then, perhaps, things will settle back into our usual pattern.

62mm with rain every day, this is a very wet drought we're having! May starting in a couple of days and still no sign of any warmer, more settled weather.

The temperatures remain in single figures and if there is any sunshine, the warmth is soon dissipated by the very cold N/E winds.

More, much needed rain 6 days out of 7 this week - 41.5mm. The winds continue to be very cold, which spoils the warmth from the sunshine, unless you can find a really sheltered spot.

Perhaps the best place to view the spring flower display is from behind glass ! I see from the long range forecast, there is no sign of warm settled weather for quite a while.

65.5mm of rain made this the wettest week for quite a while - with rain every day. April has already passed the monthly average over 10 and 20 years.

With the lower temperatures, demand for water should be slowing down, but what we really need is a couple of wet winters to catch up.

The only rain in the last week, was 6mm on the 4th. Otherwise a dry week in spite of more being forecast. The coming week is supposed to be wet right through to next weekend - we shall see!

More frosts on Sunday 8th -1.6°C and Easter Monday -2.2°C. A slight frost on several other mornings in the past week. It was a beautiful day on Good Friday once the frost had gone we had a lovely sunny day. I can remember some terrible weather on previous Good Fridays. On one occasion we had heavy rain until lunchtime, leaving us all soaked. In fact cold wind and showers are almost the norm for Good Friday mornings, so nice to have a change.

Well, yet another dry week, but farmers and gardeners could really do with some rain. Only 50.5 mm - well below average for the month. I am expecting this dry weather to affect food prices and supplies this summer, and even into next winter's crops if we don't get some rain soon.

The average rain for April is 59mm over 10 years and 73mkm over 20 years. The wettest was 2000 with 83mm and the driest was 2011 with only 15mm.

I hear the forecasters are talking about rain and even snow later next week - it woudn't be the fist tine. The last time we had snow and ice in April was 13th-14th April, 1999. and we are still having frosts in the early morning this week, the price for clear nights.

After 7mm of rain on Sunday and some fog in the early morning, the weather has been getting better and better day by day. Towards the weekend the temperature was higher than last July! Beautiful cloudless skies and clear nights - did you see Venus, Jupiter and the new moon from Thursday evening in the West ? They have been very clear and appeared next to each other, though in reality millions of miles separate them. I hope everyone remembered to change their clocks on Saturday night, we're now in summer time!!

16mm of rain and a slight frost on both Tuesday and Thursday mornings -1.8°C and -0.2°C. Some fog first thing towards the end of the week. So not looking a lot like the springlike weather we were promised on weather forecasts. Hopefully next week will be better!

Only 9mm of rain - with 8mm falling on the 3rd - so another dry week until Saturday night. Mild to start with and some nice sunshine but getting much colder towards the weekend.

The total in February was only 34mm, well below average, but with plenty of frosts particularly early in the month. There was the odd frost during the rest of the month following clear nights but soon gone giving some lovely sunny mornings, the clouds thickening in the afternoon.

March The average over 10 years is 70mm and also over 20 years. 2008 was the wettest with 154mm and the driest was 1997 with 25mm on 6 days.

As we've only had 11mm of rain, it looks like being another very dry month which makes things difficult for gardeners and farmers who need to get started on planting. Still some frost, but usually just before dawn, and it soon disappears as it gets light:

Sunday 19th -2.7°C
Monday 20th  -.5°C.

We have had some lovely weather over the last couple of weekends and long may it last! If we're not going to get any rain we may as well have some nice sunshine. Days of unending cloud and gloom are what I really dislike.

A bit mixed this week with some frost at the weekend, some rain and some strong winds. The lowest temperature was -5.2°C and we had only 9mm of rain; occasional sunshine - but not too often. Mainly cloudy and overcast, we need some sunshine now to cheer us all up!

4mm of rain and some more hard frosts this week, not quite as cold as last week ,but still quite chilly,

Sunday am  - 1.0°C
Monday        -1.2°C
Wednesday -5.0°C
Thursday      -1.8°C
Saturday      - 5.2°C

In spite of the cold weather the snowdrops are coming out well, and the Hellebores are showing colour (much too early of course) so I hope it warms up soon.

Well, this last week has been the coldest this winter, with a frost every morning-

Monday        -1.2°C
Tuesday       -2.4°C
Wednesday -2.3°C
Thursday      -3.6°C
Friday           -8.6°C
Saturday       -8.2°C

-and it looks set to continue with more of the same for the next week or so while the wind carries on coming from the N/E.

January was a relatively mild month until the last few days. We had 89mm of rain so fairly dry as well . We did have some strong winds which weren't too bad here, but much worse in other parts of the country, causing damage and blocking roads with fallen trees, so once again we escaped lightly.

The average rainfall for the month is 86mm over both 10 and 20 years, so not much change there. The driest year was 1998 with only 11mm confined to one day, and the wettest was in 2007 with 155.5mm spread over 21 days.

Another dry Sunday followed by 4 days with some rain: 22mm. Once again getting colder and drier towards the weekend with a frost on Saturday night -2.6°C. On the upside it is nice to have slightly lighter mornings. After the shortest day it seems ages before there is a noticeable difference in daylight.

Pleasant weather to start the week, a bit windy and 2mm of rain. Temperatures going down towards the weekend, with a frost on Saturday morning -2°C so it looks like we're heading for a spell of colder weather.

Well, the new year certainly started wet - 51mm in the first 4 days, and strong winds , but still fairly mild. We could do with a few good frosts to get rid of some of the pests still lurking on the odd plant in sheltered places.

(The strong winds haven't knocked the crab apples off!)

Review of 2011.