It is no wonder that the weather is such a talking point! We now have another superlative, "The wettest April for 100 years". It was certainly the wettest April by far since my records began in 2002. It was also my wettest month since August 2010. As can be seen in the above chart, the rainfall in January to March, by contrast, was very low and a major factor in the imposition of the hosepipe ban.

It has been a funny year all round - the Met. Office sunshine figures for March were 175.3 hours, 166% of average, whereas April only achieved 135.8 hours, 91% of average.

As a result of our appeal for new rainfall data, the summer months' report in the September issue will also include readings from Caister, Sisland and Wendling.

Peter George