Yesterday brought the warmest day since September 30th with a maximum of 17.3C and a very high UV factor, the highest since September 5th. The almost continuous sunshine totalled 11.2 hours.
Category: News
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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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Thursday 19th was more like winter than early spring
With strong winds gusting to 20mph from a north-easterly direction, yesterday felt more like a winter’s day. The maximum reached was 6.4C, which is 4C below the average for March and combined with the wind strength it gave a wind chill factor of 2C in the morning. The continuous thick cloud cover produced another day without sunshine.
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Return of sunshine but still cool
Yesterday brought 5.5 hours of sunshine and the eleventh day without rain this month. However, the maximum temperature was equal to the average at 10.4C with total rainfall this month standing at just 6.7mm when the average is 57.5mm.
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Maximum on Monday 16th was a January temperature
With the wind coming from an easterly direction monday the 16th was a miserable day. There were frequent showers of light rain, no sunshine and a maximum temperature of 6.5C, which is an average January day maximum.