After 13 days this month the rainfall total is just 6.3mm when the average for April is 61.4mm. In contrast, the evaporation from the ground, plants and water surfaces is 28mm due to the rising temperatures and drying winds.
Category: Commentary
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Very dry March with mean temperature just above long-term average
The total rainfall for March was 27.9mm, which is 48.5% of the long-term average and the fifth driest I have recorded. The mean temperature was 0.2C above the 32-year average. A fuller analysis will follow shortly.
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No UV and lowest solar energy for a month, that was the 11th
Yesterday the 11th was the gloomiest day for over a month. With thick cloud trapped under the anticyclone no ultra violet radiation was recorded and solar energy was the lowest since 5th January.
Not surprisingly with continuous cloud cover, the difference between maximum and minimum temperatures was just over 2C in the twenty-four hour period (5.1C to 2.6C). The humidity at 0800 was low at 84%, again the lowest for a month. -
The pathway from The Green to town
The pollarded trees, now in leaf, give a pleasant avenue to walk through to reach the town centre from The Green.
The Green in Marlborough looking west across Herd Street.