Yet another wet day on Wednesday with an additional 5.7mm of precipitation that took the monthly total to 117.8mm. That makes it at the moment the second wettest March I have recorded since the station was set up in 1984. The record is held by March 2018 with 130.9mm.
The large depression in mid-Atlantic brought more mild and moist air on a southwesterly airstream, gusting to 24mph at its peak.
The thermometer extremes were a maximum of 11.9C being 1.3C above the 39-year average and a low of 9.1C, which was 6.7C above the long-term average. The diurnal range was minimal, just 2.8C between night and day.
Thursday arrived with total cloud over and light rain from the back edge of the last weather front. However, at 08.16 as write this report the sun broke through very briefly. The wind continues from the southwest
As the deep depression closes in on the UK, heavy and persistent rain is arriving later today and overnight with possible thunder. Will the last two days of March 2023 bring a new rainfall record, quite possible?