April snowstorm

It happens depressingly frequently, but the wet snow blizzard 3rd into 4th April will be a serious lamb-killer with many lambs less than a week old being very vulnerable to hypothermia when wet for hours.

Although the forecast was reasonably accurate it was hard to believe it could snow for hours after temperatures of 20C just a few days previously!

Although the blowing snow will not have been accurately recorded as precipitation, the 3rd of April has had more 'rain' than February and March combined.

 Update:
What an extreme event this turned into, estimated 18inches of snow over high ground in little more than 12 hours. Lower down, the sticky snow combined with wind at just above freezing also caused extensive damage to overhead power lines which meant some properties were cut off from late Tuesday until the following Saturday.