Today began rather wet over southern counties of England and Wales as
a slow-moving front associated with a area of low pressure in the
English Channel swept from east to west during the morning. Although
drier and brighter in south-east England by the afternoon, showers
continued in parts of south-west England and West Wales into the
evening. Mist and low cloud across much of the rest of England and
Wales cleared slowly during the morning, allowing bright or sunny
spells to develop for the afternoon and temperatures to return to
near normal values in most areas. It was somewhat cooler near the
North Sea coast, however, thanks to a moderate north-easterly breeze.
Northern Ireland saw a mainly dry day with variable, and often large,
amounts of cloud, some of which was thick enough during the evening
to give a little light rain. The north of Scotland experienced
another dry with sunny spells. The south of Scotland saw rather more
cloud with some light rain over the Southern Uplands and limited
brighter spells. Temperatures were below normal in the south-west,
and near, or slightly above, normal elsewhere.

Extremes of Temperature, Rainfall and Sunshine for the 24 hours ending 21/04/2008

Highest Day Max : SOUTH FARNBOROUGH : 15.9C

Lowest Day Max : LERWICK : 6.7C

Lowest Night Min : ALTNAHARRA : -5.1C

Highest Rainfall : ISLE OF PORTLAND : 18.4mm

Highest Sunshine : STORNOWAY : 12.0Hours