Saturday gave us another 0.7mm of rainfall in the morning bringing the March total to 130.9mm, which was 228% of the 34-year average or almost 74mm above.
The rain stopped mid-morning but other than a quick flash of sunshine for less than a minute it was another sunless day with thick cloud and depressed temperatures due to the north westerly winds giving a maximum of only 6.3C, being 4.3C below the March average.
Overnight the temperature ebbed away to a minimum of 2.4C just before dawn, just above average.
Sunday started with glorious sunshine shortly after dawn as the sun cleared cloud on the eastern horizon, triggering the sunshine recorder (100w/sq.m) just before 08.00 when the thermometer had risen to 3.7C.
A full review of March will appear on Monday.
Sunday update at 09.30: two hours of sunshine this morning then the clouds bubble up – but that is more than the total for the last three days!
Sunday update at 18.50: rain returns yet again (18.45) so no dry day although there were a couple of sunny hours first thing. However, thermometer only reached 7.3C, almost 7C below the early April average.
FACT: Sunshine in March of 55 hours was only 2 hours above the January total and half the glorious February total.