Here are the highs and lows, as far as the weather is concerned, for April 2011.
Maximum temperature: 17C
Minimum temperature: 1C
Maximum wind chill: -8C
Maximum wind gust: 22kph
Total rainfall: 122.4mm
Why was the three-day long weekend created? Because there was no way all the bad weather could be crammed into two days.
ERIC LAWSON