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April Weather in Buckfastleigh United Kingdom

Daily high temperatures increase by 5°F, from 51°F to 56°F, rarely falling below 45°F or exceeding 63°F.

Daily low temperatures increase by 4°F, from 39°F to 43°F, rarely falling below 32°F or exceeding 49°F.

For reference, on July 27, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Buckfastleigh typically range from 54°F to 68°F, while on February 18, the coldest day of the year, they range from 37°F to 46°F.

Average High and Low Temperature in April in Buckfastleigh

Average High and Low Temperature in April in BuckfastleighApr11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303030°F30°F35°F35°F40°F40°F45°F45°F50°F50°F55°F55°F60°F60°F65°F65°F70°F70°FMarMayApr 151°FApr 151°F39°F39°FApr 3056°FApr 3056°F43°F43°FApr 1153°FApr 1153°F40°F40°FApr 2155°FApr 2155°F41°F41°FNowNow
The daily average high (red line) and low (blue line) temperature, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted lines are the corresponding average perceived temperatures.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on April. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

Average Hourly Temperature in April in Buckfastleigh

Average Hourly Temperature in April in BuckfastleighApr11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303012 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMMarMayNowNowvery coldvery coldcoldcool
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The average hourly temperature, color coded into bands. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

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The month of April in Buckfastleigh experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 53% throughout the month.

The clearest day of the month is April 13, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 49% of the time.

For reference, on December 24, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 66%, while on July 23, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 57%.

Cloud Cover Categories in April in Buckfastleigh

Cloud Cover Categories in April in BuckfastleighApr1122334455667788991010111112121313141415151616171718181919202021212222232324242525262627272828292930300%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%MarMayApr 146%Apr 146%Apr 3048%Apr 3048%Apr 1148%Apr 1148%Apr 2148%Apr 2148%NowNowclearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercast
0% clear 20% mostly clear 40% partly cloudy 60% mostly cloudy 80% overcast 100%
The percentage of time spent in each cloud cover band, categorized by the percentage of the sky covered by clouds.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Buckfastleigh, the chance of a wet day over the course of April is gradually decreasing, starting the month at 29% and ending it at 26%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 44% on January 6, and its lowest chance is 22% on July 24.

Probability of Precipitation in April in Buckfastleigh

Probability of Precipitation in April in BuckfastleighApr1122334455667788991010111112121313141415151616171718181919202021212222232324242525262627272828292930300%0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%30%30%35%35%MarMayApr 2825%Apr 2825%Apr 129%Apr 129%Apr 1128%Apr 1128%NowNowrain
The percentage of days in which various types of precipitation are observed, excluding trace quantities: rain alone, snow alone, and mixed (both rain and snow fell in the same day).

Rainfall

To show variation within the month and not just the monthly total, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during April in Buckfastleigh is essentially constant, remaining about 1.9 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 3.6 inches or falling below 0.5 inches.

Average Monthly Rainfall in April in Buckfastleigh

Average Monthly Rainfall in April in BuckfastleighApr1122334455667788991010111112121313141415151616171718181919202021212222232324242525262627272828292930300.0 in0.0 in0.5 in0.5 in1.0 in1.0 in1.5 in1.5 in2.0 in2.0 in2.5 in2.5 in3.0 in3.0 in3.5 in3.5 in4.0 in4.0 inMarMayApr 12.0 inApr 12.0 inApr 301.9 inApr 301.9 inApr 111.9 inApr 111.9 inApr 211.9 inApr 211.9 inNowNow
The average rainfall (solid line) accumulated over the course of a sliding 31-day period centered on the day in question, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted line is the corresponding average snowfall.

Over the course of April in Buckfastleigh, the length of the day is rapidly increasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day increases by 1 hour, 46 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 3 minutes, 39 seconds, and weekly increase of 25 minutes, 30 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is April 1, with 12 hours, 58 minutes of daylight and the longest day is April 30, with 14 hours, 43 minutes of daylight.

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in April in Buckfastleigh

The number of hours during which the Sun is visible (black line). From bottom (most yellow) to top (most gray), the color bands indicate: full daylight, twilight (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and full night.

The latest sunrise of the month in Buckfastleigh is 6:50 AM on April 1 and the earliest sunrise is 59 minutes earlier at 5:51 AM on April 30.

The earliest sunset is 7:48 PM on April 1 and the latest sunset is 46 minutes later at 8:34 PM on April 30.

Daylight saving time is observed in Buckfastleigh during 2024, but it neither starts nor ends during April, so the entire month is in standard time.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:03 AM and sets 16 hours, 27 minutes later, at 9:30 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 8:13 AM and sets 8 hours, 0 minutes later, at 4:13 PM.

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight and Daylight Saving Time in April in Buckfastleigh

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight and Daylight Saving Time in April in BuckfastleighApr1122334455667788991010111112121313141415151616171718181919202021212222232324242525262627272828292930302 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AMMarMay5:51 AM5:51 AMApr 308:34 PMApr 308:34 PM6:50 AM6:50 AMApr 17:48 PMApr 17:48 PM6:28 AM6:28 AMApr 118:04 PMApr 118:04 PMSolarMidnightSolarMidnightSolarNoonSunriseSunsetNowNow
The solar day over the course of April. From bottom to top, the black lines are the previous solar midnight, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, and the next solar midnight. The day, twilights (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and night are indicated by the color bands from yellow to gray.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in April in Buckfastleigh

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in April in BuckfastleighApr11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303012 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMMarMay01010202020304050000102020303030405060NowNow
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Solar elevation and azimuth over the course of April 2024. The black lines are lines of constant solar elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon, in degrees). The background color fills indicate the azimuth (the compass bearing) of the sun. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries of the cardinal compass points indicate the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for April 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon.

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in April in Buckfastleigh

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in April in BuckfastleighApr11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303012 AM12 AM4 AM4 AM8 AM8 AM12 PM12 PM4 PM4 PM8 PM8 PM12 AM12 AMMarMayMar 109:01 AMMar 109:01 AMMar 257:01 AMMar 257:01 AMApr 87:22 PMApr 87:22 PMApr 2412:50 AMApr 2412:50 AMMay 84:23 AMMay 84:23 AMMay 232:54 PMMay 232:54 PM6:56 AM6:56 AM6:33 PM6:33 PM5:52 PM5:52 PM6:16 AM6:16 AM6:29 AM6:29 AM7:57 PM7:57 PM8:10 PM8:10 PM6:00 AM6:00 AM5:25 AM5:25 AM9:54 PM9:54 PM9:43 PM9:43 PM5:12 AM5:12 AM
The time in which the moon is above the horizon (light blue area), with new moons (dark gray lines) and full moons (blue lines) indicated. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.
Apr 2024IlluminationMoonriseMoonsetMoonriseMeridian PassingDistance
1
60%3:15 AMSE10:01 AMSW-6:38 AMS238,490 mi
2
50%4:10 AMSE11:08 AMSW-7:39 AMS235,160 mi
3
37%4:51 AMSE12:28 PMSW-8:40 AMS231,770 mi
4
26%5:21 AMSE1:57 PMWSW-9:38 AMS228,570 mi
5
16%5:42 AMESE3:27 PMWSW-10:34 AMS225,853 mi
6
8%6:00 AMESE4:57 PMW-11:27 AMS223,920 mi
7
2%6:15 AME6:27 PMW-12:18 PMS223,022 mi
8
0%6:29 AME7:57 PMWNW-1:08 PMS223,311 mi
9
1%6:44 AMENE9:27 PMWNW-1:59 PMS224,804 mi
10
5%7:02 AMENE10:58 PMNW-2:52 PMS227,371 mi
11
11%7:25 AMNE--3:48 PMS230,757 mi
12
20%-12:26 AMNW7:56 AMNE4:45 PMS234,627 mi
13
29%-1:45 AMNW8:39 AMNE5:43 PMS238,624 mi
14
40%-2:49 AMNW9:35 AMNE6:39 PMS242,418 mi
15
50%-3:36 AMNW10:42 AMNE7:32 PMS245,748 mi
16
60%-4:09 AMNW11:55 AMNE8:21 PMS248,433 mi
17
69%-4:32 AMNW1:09 PMENE9:06 PMS250,381 mi
18
78%-4:49 AMWNW2:22 PMENE9:48 PMS251,568 mi
19
85%-5:03 AMWNW3:32 PMENE10:27 PMS252,031 mi
20
92%-5:15 AMW4:41 PME11:06 PMS251,844 mi
21
96%-5:25 AMW5:49 PME11:44 PMS251,107 mi
22
98%-5:36 AMW6:59 PMESE--
23
99%-5:47 AMWSW8:10 PMESE12:24 AMS249,925 mi
24
100%-6:00 AMWSW9:25 PMESE1:06 AMS248,395 mi
25
99%-6:17 AMWSW10:41 PMSE1:51 AMS246,600 mi
26
96%-6:40 AMSW11:57 PMSE2:41 AMS244,596 mi
27
91%-7:12 AMSW-3:34 AMS242,423 mi
28
83%1:08 AMSE7:57 AMSW-4:32 AMS240,104 mi
29
74%2:07 AMSE8:58 AMSW-5:32 AMS237,665 mi
30
64%2:51 AMSE10:14 AMSW-6:32 AMS235,153 mi

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The chance that a given day will be muggy in Buckfastleigh is essentially constant during April, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on August 14, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time, while on January 1, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.

Humidity Comfort Levels in April in Buckfastleigh

Humidity Comfort Levels in April in BuckfastleighApr1122334455667788991010111112121313141415151616171718181919202021212222232324242525262627272828292930300%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%MarMayApr 10%Apr 10%Apr 300%Apr 300%Apr 110%Apr 110%Apr 210%Apr 210%NowNowdrydrycomfortablecomfortable
dry 55°F comfortable 60°F humid 65°F muggy 70°F oppressive 75°F miserable
The percentage of time spent at various humidity comfort levels, categorized by dew point.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed in Buckfastleigh is decreasing during April, decreasing from 13.3 miles per hour to 12.3 miles per hour over the course of the month.

For reference, on January 1, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 16.2 miles per hour, while on August 4, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 10.8 miles per hour.

Average Wind Speed in April in Buckfastleigh

The average of mean hourly wind speeds (dark gray line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

The wind direction in Buckfastleigh during April is predominantly out of the west from April 1 to April 25 and the east from April 25 to April 30.

Wind Direction in April in Buckfastleigh

Wind Direction in April in BuckfastleighWEWApr1122334455667788991010111112121313141415151616171718181919202021212222232324242525262627272828292930300%100%20%80%40%60%60%40%80%20%100%0%MarMayNowNowwestsoutheastnorth
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The percentage of hours in which the mean wind direction is from each of the four cardinal wind directions, excluding hours in which the mean wind speed is less than 1.0 mph. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries are the percentage of hours spent in the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

Buckfastleigh is located near a large body of water (e.g., ocean, sea, or large lake). This section reports on the wide-area average surface temperature of that water.

The average surface water temperature in Buckfastleigh is gradually increasing during April, rising by 2°F, from 49°F to 51°F, over the course of the month.

Average Water Temperature in April in Buckfastleigh

Average Water Temperature in April in BuckfastleighApr11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303046°F46°F48°F48°F50°F50°F52°F52°F54°F54°F56°F56°F58°F58°FMarMayApr 149°FApr 149°FApr 3051°FApr 3051°FApr 1149°FApr 1149°FApr 2150°FApr 2150°FNowNow
The daily average water temperature (purple line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

The growing season in Buckfastleigh typically lasts for 7.2 months (220 days), from around April 6 to around November 12, rarely starting before March 2 or after April 29, and rarely ending before October 18 or after December 7.

During April in Buckfastleigh, the chance that a given day is within the growing season is very rapidly increasing rising from 40% to 91% over the course of the month.

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in April in Buckfastleigh

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in April in Buckfastleighgrowing seasonApr1122334455667788991010111112121313141415151616171718181919202021212222232324242525262627272828292930300%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%MarMayApr 140%Apr 140%91%Apr 3091%Apr 3059%Apr 1159%Apr 1178%Apr 2178%Apr 21Mar 210%Mar 210%NowNowvery coldcoldcoolfreezingcomfortable
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The percentage of time spent in various temperature bands. The black line is the percentage chance that a given day is within the growing season.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

The average accumulated growing degree days in Buckfastleigh are gradually increasing during April, increasing by 40°F, from 18°F to 58°F, over the course of the month.

Growing Degree Days in April in Buckfastleigh

Growing Degree Days in April in BuckfastleighApr11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303010°F10°F20°F20°F30°F30°F40°F40°F50°F50°F60°F60°F70°F70°F80°F80°F90°F90°FMarMayApr 118°FApr 118°FApr 3058°FApr 3058°FApr 1127°FApr 1127°FApr 2140°FApr 2140°FNowNow
The average growing degree days accumulated over the course of April, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy in Buckfastleigh is increasing during April, rising by 1.5 kWh, from 3.9 kWh to 5.3 kWh, over the course of the month.

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in April in Buckfastleigh

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in April in BuckfastleighApr1122334455667788991010111112121313141415151616171718181919202021212222232324242525262627272828292930300 kWh0 kWh1 kWh1 kWh2 kWh2 kWh3 kWh3 kWh4 kWh4 kWh5 kWh5 kWh6 kWh6 kWh7 kWh7 kWh8 kWh8 kWhMarMayApr 13.9 kWhApr 13.9 kWhApr 305.3 kWhApr 305.3 kWhApr 114.5 kWhApr 114.5 kWhNowNow
The average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground per square meter (orange line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Buckfastleigh are 50.481 deg latitude, -3.779 deg longitude, and 138 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Buckfastleigh contains very significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 833 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 341 feet. Within 10 miles also contains very significant variations in elevation (1,844 feet). Within 50 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (2,123 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Buckfastleigh is covered by grassland (40%), cropland (39%), and trees (15%), within 10 miles by grassland (47%) and cropland (28%), and within 50 miles by water (51%) and grassland (24%).

This report illustrates the typical weather in Buckfastleigh, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016.

Temperature and Dew Point

There are 4 weather stations near enough to contribute to our estimation of the temperature and dew point in Buckfastleigh.

For each station, the records are corrected for the elevation difference between that station and Buckfastleigh according to the International Standard Atmosphere , and by the relative change present in the MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis between the two locations.

The estimated value at Buckfastleigh is computed as the weighted average of the individual contributions from each station, with weights proportional to the inverse of the distance between Buckfastleigh and a given station.

The stations contributing to this reconstruction are:

  • Plymouth (EGDB, 51%, 17 mi, southwest, -49 ft elevation change)
  • Exeter Airport (EGTE, 32%, 24 mi, northeast, -36 ft elevation change)
  • Chivenor (EGDC, 12%, 45 mi, north, -112 ft elevation change)
  • Guernsey Airport (EGJB, 4.4%, 89 mi, southeast, 197 ft elevation change)

To get a sense of how much these sources agree with each other, you can view a comparison of Buckfastleigh and the stations that contribute to our estimates of its temperature history and climate. Please note that each source's contribution is adjusted for elevation and the relative change present in the MERRA-2 data.

Other Data

All data relating to the Sun's position (e.g., sunrise and sunset) are computed using astronomical formulas from the book, Astronomical Algorithms 2nd Edition , by Jean Meeus.

All other weather data, including cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and direction, and solar flux, come from NASA's MERRA-2 Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis . This reanalysis combines a variety of wide-area measurements in a state-of-the-art global meteorological model to reconstruct the hourly history of weather throughout the world on a 50-kilometer grid.

Land Use data comes from the Global Land Cover SHARE database , published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Elevation data comes from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) , published by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Names, locations, and time zones of places and some airports come from the GeoNames Geographical Database .

Time zones for airports and weather stations are provided by AskGeo.com .

Maps are © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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