Sunshine of late seems to have been endless with the past 10 days being virtually cloudless from dawn to dusk.

After a very sunny March which saw over 170% of average sunshine recorded at Heathrow April has already seen over 56% of average sun hours in the first eight days.

In terms of the total percentage possible of sun hours the past 11 days are second only to a period in 1990 that stretched from April 27th until May 7th.