April was… well, April. We had a couple of really warm spells but also some typical April weather with a little bit of snowfall. Otherwise it was the month when all the snow disappeared, I now have but a small pile in a shaded trench behind the house. It was also a month with big winds, luckily no damage to houses and people but the forest has taken a beating. I have quite a few wind felled pines just some 50-100 metres from the house. They have partly cut the forest there so there’s fewer trees to stand against the force of the wind and the few remaining trees are obviously having a hard time now.

Signs of spring:

• 1st of April: coltsfoot in full bloom
• 6th: hepatica in bloom
• 13th: my snow meter reached 0 cm
• 14th: butterflies
• 15th: leaf buds
• 16th: daphne in bloom
• 23rd: the first rainbow of the year
• 25th: alpine penny-cress in full bloom
• 26th: pied wag-tail, the big lakes (Dåasen & Loossjön) 100% free of ice
• 27th: the trees are starting to look green

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Temperature (High): 17°C
Temperature (Low): -2°C
Temperature (Average): 7°C

Barometer (High): 1027 mbar
Barometer (Low): 985 mbar
Barometer (Avg): 1010 mbar

Total of sunny days: 5

Snow cover (High): 20 cm
Snow cover (Low): 0 cm
Snow cover (Avg): 6 cm
New snow: 0 cm
Days with snowfall: 3

Rain: 5 mm
Days with rain: 2