Statistically January's mean temperature was normal, although an unseasonably warm beginning and ending on 1^st – 4^th, and 27^th – 31^st, but turning cold from 5^th – 7^th, and 20^th – 26^th.  Most rain fell before the 8^th , very little after that, making January the 10^th driest in the last 68 years here.  There was a light dusting of snow about 0.3cm from 2000 on 4^th, with 0.2cm still lying the following morning. On the 6^th about 0.5cm snow fell from 1100 although melted by early afternoon.

Quite a breezy month too, especially 1^st – 9^th , and very windy from 29^th - 31^st.  Dullest days were 23^rd – 25^th, and sunniest 11^th – 14^th, 17^th – 21^st, and 26^th –31^st .  Just 1 fog day on 14^th.

  February has been mild, enjoying the 5^th = highest mean temperature in 57 years, and the 4^th = highest mean max and mean min.  Only 1961 and 2014 have had zero air frosts, and now 2022.  Although 14 ground frosts were recorded, the lowest min  temperature never got to freezing point.
Rainflall was the 5^th highest monthly total, most falling on 4^th, 6^th, 13^th to 20^th , and 28^th.
Windiest days were 20^th-21^st (storm Franklyn), 16^th (storm Dudley) and 18^th (storm Eunice), an unusual string of storms in succession passing nearby. It was quite sunny from 22^nd to 27^th, but dull around 8^th-9^th, 13^th-15^th, 20^th -21^st .

9.8 mmax (C) 
  3.5 mmin (C) 
  6.6 mean(C)  +1.9 diff from av (C).
14.0 high max (C) on 16^th  
  5.7 low max (C) on 24^th  
  8.8 high min (C) on 2^nd
  0.7 low min (C) on 11^th
104.2 rain total (mm)
189.5% of av 
19 raindays (days with >=0.2mm) (5^th highest in 67 years)
14 wetdays (days with >=1mm)
10 very wet days (days with >=5mm) (2^nd highest in 67 years)
14 days ground frost
  0 days air frost (only ever happened here in 1961 and 2014 before)
67% cloud cover percent
88% mean RH   ------------------------------------------------

SEASONAL REPORT FOR WINTER  (Dec2021, Jan2022, Feb2022)

                   this year   normal   anomaly
MeanMax       8.4           6.8          +1.6
MEAN              5.7           4.1          +1.6 
MeanMin        2.9          1.3           +1.6

RAINFALL     233.0      198.2       117.6%
Raindays         62          50.3        +11.7
Wet Days        37           35.8        +1.2
V Wet Days     17          14.4         +2.6
Cloud oktas    5.5          5.7          -0.2

After a cooler start to the month, March grew steadily warmer until a downturn on 29^th. It was very pleasant from 22^nd to 28^th. Mean temperature for March was the 6^th highest on record here (in 67 years). Mean Max was 2^nd highest (beating 2012 and 2017) but Mean Min was only 14^th mildest. There were only 2 airfrosts, the 7^th fewest on record, on 8^th and 31^st. In recent years, 2012 and 2019 had no air frosts, and 2017 had just 1.
Rainfall was close to normal, wettest from 2^nd to 4^th and 11^th to 16^th, otherwise good long dry periods.  March had the 12^th fewest raindays. There were brief snow flurries on 31^st, but this did not settle.
Dullest days were 2-3, 11 and 16, and brightest were from 17^th to 31^st, with the exception of 21^st and 30^th. Windiest days were between 8^th and 13^th, calmest 20^th to 30^th. Just one day had fog, on 2^nd, although several days remained misty.

12.9 mmax (C) 
  3.5 mmin (C) 
  8.2 mean(C)  +1.4 diff from av (C), the 6^th mildest in 67 years.
20.8 high max (C) on 24^th  
  6.8 low max (C) on 2^nd    
  7.9 high min (C) on 10^th
 -1.1 low min (C) on 8^th  and 31^st 
 55.8 rain total (mm)
102.6% of av rainfall
11 raindays (days with >=0.2mm)
  8 wetdays (days with >=1mm)
  4 very wet days (days with >=5mm
14 days ground frost
  2 days air frost
  1 day with snow flurries on 31^st
  1 day with fog
52% cloud cover percent
86% mean RH 

April was fairly mild (13^th mildest) and fairly dry (21^st driest).
After a cool start to the month it was mostly quite pleasant from 15^th onwards apart from a dull 28^th.  Wettest days were 6^th, 12^th to 13^th and 19^th, then it was dry from 20^th. Windiest days were 4^th to 7^th, 22^nd to 23^rd.
Good growing conditions for soft fruit and vegetables