Eastbourne had the warmest April temperature on record in 2011, and the most hours of sunshine in April since 1893.
Temperature
The highest temperature recorded in April 2011 was 25.5°C on the 23rd. This beat the previous April record of 24.0°C in 2007.
The average temperature for April was 13.2°C compared to a long term average of 8.7°C.
Sunshine
The sun hours recorded for the month was 273.9, which is just short of the record of 274.3 set in 1893.
Go to our Sunshine in Eastbourne page to find out more about our sunshine records - the sunniest place on the UK mainland.
Rainfall
The rainfall in April was also very low at 10.5 millimetres, which is well below the average April rainfall of 48.6 millimetres.
