I’ve never known such a cold April! 🥶

Blue skies and sunshine here, but still very chilly

Fire logs burning, much better than complaining to summer heat.

Yet another grey day.

Our heating runs on the thermostat all year round. If the internal temperature falls below its set temperature (18.5C), the heating comes on, regardless of the calendar month.

May is starting grey with showers most days and through next weekend, we don’t want May frosts.

This morning started grey and drizzley. By 3pm the sun was here. I spent two hours starting the garden tidy. Tonight I haven’t lit the lit burner - yippeee

We have had a glimpse of the sun for the last hour, peeking out from increasingly cloudy skies over chilly N Cheshire. Now the very dark clouds are winning, piling in from the west, and it is going to rain, again. It’s May now so I am trying to resist firing up the heating. I am still in winter layers, a scarf wrapped around my chilly neck. Brrr.

Its official last month was the coldest for six years and temperatures were, on average, 1.6C below average.

The RHS was warning gardeners not to plant out seeds and plants for another few weeks, which has me puzzled, because I went to B&Q yesterday and all their plants were marked down and a lot of bedding plants seemed on their last legs, and the gardening section was very last dregs of the summer plantings at a time when, in this cold year, in particular, I would say the planting season was only just starting.

We have the fires on - again!

Grim grey rainy day again here in north manchester

17 here yesterday, pleasant, it got chilly after 6. You can tell it’s warmer, two wasps and a fly in the house!

Yesterday beautiful 18° and sunny here in London. That temperature would suit me all the time. I absolutely dread the summers we've had for about the last 4 years where it has hit over 30° at times. Last year it was 40° one day and we bought an air conditioning unit in case it happens again as I just can't stand it. Whenever it is cold I remind myself better than being too hot.

It was warm and sunny here until about 6pm (Nottingham) but then hammered with rain for 1/2 and hour

It's been like a lovely summer's day here.

I've had the log burner on again this evening. It's been cloudy with showers all day. I'm hoping for warmer weather tomorrow as I've used the last of our logs. DH and I decided not to buy any more, but we've had a wobble and might buy another half load.
I'm fed up of the cold wind and dull, cloudy days.

Heavy fog here first thing (Wiltshire), brightened up nicely and was really warm by early afternoon. Now clouding over.
Did a lot of gardening so I’m happy!

I weeded some of the patio.
How did a holly tree manage to embed itself between slabs?

Warm weather has arrived. Wonderful. Sitting in the garden.

At last, warmth, and sunshine, the big doors in the kitchen are open wide and I am spending most of the day in the garden. Throughly weeded and sorted the front garden this morning and I am just off to cut the grass.

Sun and 16 - quite nice really. Lovely flowers.

It was meant to warm up from yesterday, but didn't.

It looks to warm up a bit next week.

Callistemon21

^Spain recorded its hottest ever temperature for April on Thursday, hitting 38.8C according to the country's meteorological service.^
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Phew! 🥵 It certainly wasn't that hot on my walk in the country park this morning. There was a thick mist and the wind was freezing.

Spain recorded its hottest ever temperature for April on Thursday, hitting 38.8C according to the country's meteorological service.
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It’s the wind that makes it feel so cold too, even when it says 16°. Sitting in the sun in the sheltered garden, sometimes I don’t even need a sweater.
Step outside to walk the dog and I’m there with an extra layer and my coat zipped up.

To sit in, or out? lol.

We have sat a few times on the swing bench in a corner of the garden in the sun- bliss. But yes, we are at least 2-3 weeks behind with the trees and flowers.