Weekly Summary from the Hastings Weather Service

The week from Saturday 25 April to Friday 1 May continued as dry and sunny. There were 60.6 hours of sunshine at an average of 8.7 hours per day.

Only 0.2mm of rainfall was recorded, making a total of only 1.9mm in the whole of April, the second driest April on record.

The mean maximum temperature was 16.6°C - though it felt cooler in the easterly wind, the mean minimum was 8.5°C and the sea temperature was up to 12.5°C.