Sunny dry April of 1954

[Weather-history]

April 1954 was a dry sunny month but on the chilly side with frequent frosts

Sunshine %

England and Wales: 121

Scotland: 127%

Northern Ireland: 117

Rainfall totals in inches

Camden Square: 0.29

Dover: 0.22

Worthing: 0.42

Southampton: 0.24

Slough: 0.36

Oxford: 0.39

Shoeburyness: 0.26

Lowestoft: 0.37

Teignmouth: 0.12

Penzance: 0.84

Taunton: 0.14

Circencester: 0.45

Church Stretton: 0.74

Birmingham: 0.62

Boston: 0.32

Buxton: 0.88

Manchester: 0.58

York: 0.22

Middlesbrough: 0.16

Newcastle: 0.52

Keswick: 1.16

Wales

Abergavenny: 0.17

Cardiff: 0.88

Tenby: 0.87

Lake Vyrnwy: 1.96

Llandudno: 1.37

Scotland

Dumfries: 0.89

Edinburgh: 1.22

Tiree: 1.41

Leuchars: 1.69

Braemar: 0.96

Dyce: 1.53

Fort William: 3.12

Wick: 1.10

Lerwick: 2.14

Northern Ireland

Armagh: 0.50

Aldergrove: 0.38

Ballymena: 0.61

Londonderry: 1.51

Omagh: 1.40

[mike Meehan]

But wasn't 1954 the year of a crap summer?

[Summer of 95]

April 11th 1954 was supposedly the most boring day in history. Lovely looking chart though with high pressure right across UK!

[Weather-history]

But wasn't 1954 the year of a crap summer?

Yes, a real stinker.

[GRHinPorts]

Sounds like 1954 was good match for 2007 and 2011.

[Richard2901]

April was the sunniest month of 1954 here which is usually the sign of a terrible summer.

 

April has been sunniest month of the year 11 times since 1900 in Aberdeen:

 

1900, 1906, 1912, 1914, 1927, 1942, 1952, 1954, 1965, 2007, 2011

 

These include some of the worst summers on record and really only 1906 and 1914 from that lot had anything resembling a decent summer.