March promised so much for a long hot summer, yet that
notorious infidel April dashed all our hopes. The average maximum daily
temperature was 0.7° below March, and a whole 5.1° lower than April last year! Whilst
the average minimum night-time temperature was 2° higher than March, it was
still 2.2° lower than last April.
After
a night of rain the clouds hang over the Luberon, the Mistral will soon blow
them away......
but perfect conditions for poppies
Comparisons with April 2011
| 2012 | 2011 | |
| Average Minimum Temp. | 7.9° | 10.1° |
| Average Maximum Temp. | 17.4° | 22.5° |
| Minimum Temp. | 2.4° | 6.6° |
| Maximum Temp. | 26.9° | 28.4° |
| Rainfall | 107.8 mm | 17.8 mm |
| Days of rainfall | 13 | 3 |
| Highest Wind Speed | 49.0 kph | 42.1 kph |
| Average Monthly Wind Speed | 3.7 kph | 4.4 kph |
| I think it is true to say like much of the world the weather is increasinginly difficult to predict but overall we still enjoy over 300 days of sunshine a year. You will find further weather statistics on Saint Saturnin at Geoff's great weather blog http://stsatweather.blogspot.fr/ |
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