Monthly Report for March 2023

Weather Summary
Measure	Mean / Sum (anomaly)	Min	Max	Mean Time
Minimum Temperature	5.1 °C (+0.8)	-2.4 °C	10.7 °C	10:07
Maximum Temperature	10.7 °C (-0.2)	2.2 °C	15.9 °C	13:20
Mean Temperature	7.8 °C (+0.3)	1.4 °C	12.7 °C
Minimum Humidity	71%	46%	94%	13:54
Maximum Humidity	92%	84%	99%	10:15
Mean Humidity	84%	66%	96%
Minimum Pressure	1004 hPa	982 hPa	1028 hPa	15:17
Maximum Pressure	1014 hPa	996 hPa	1034 hPa	10:53
Mean Pressure	1009 hPa	990 hPa	1030 hPa
Mean Wind Speed	6.4 mph (+1.2)	2.2 mph	14.2 mph
Maximum Wind Speed	15.7 mph	9.3 mph	26.7 mph	14:07
Maximum Gust	24.0 mph	12.7 mph	42.6 mph	13:32
Mean Wind Direction	208° [SSW]	31° [NNE]	341° [NNW]
Rainfall	83.1 mm (213%)	0.0 mm	12.5 mm
Maximum Hourly Rain	1.5 mm	0.2 mm	4.6 mm	12:42
Maximum 10-min Rain	0.6 mm	0.2 mm	1.7 mm	13:08
Maximum Rain Rate	7 mm/h	0.5 mm/h	30 mm/h	13:28
Minimum Dew Point	2.9 °C	-4.0 °C	9.1 °C	10:31
Maximum Dew Point	7.5 °C	1.0 °C	11.7 °C	13:31
Mean Dew Point	5.1 °C	-0.3 °C	10.0 °C
Night Minimum (21-09)	5.3 °C	-2.4 °C	11.2 °C	08:41
Day Maximum (09-21)	10.4 °C	2.2 °C	15.9 °C	14:36
Max 10m Temp Rise	0.5 °C	0.2 °C	1.2 °C	10:54
Max 1hr Temp Rise	1.5 °C	0.5 °C	3.0 °C	11:24
Max 1hr Hum Rise	7%	2%	17%	15:09
Max 10m Temp Fall	0.5 °C	0.2 °C	1.4 °C	12:59
Max 1hr Temp Fall	1.3 °C	0.4 °C	3.2 °C	13:52
Max 1hr Hum Fall	8%	2%	15%	11:47
Max 10m Wind Speed	11.8 mph	6.7 mph	20.9 mph	13:43
Minimum Feels-like	1.9 °C	-5.7 °C	11.7 °C	10:00
Maximum Feels-like	11.0 °C	0.8 °C	17.8 °C	13:15
Mean Feels-like	6.6 °C	-2.7 °C	13.9 °C
Air-frost Hrs	16 hrs	0 hrs	8 hrs
Minimum PM2.5	0.0 µg/m³	0.0 µg/m³	0.0 µg/m³	n/a
Maximum PM2.5	n/a	n/a	n/a
Mean PM2.5	n/a	n/a	n/a
Temperature Range	5.5 °C (-1.1)	1.7 °C	10.5 °C
Humidity Range	21%	5%	39%
Pressure Range	10 hPa	3 hPa	29 hPa
Sun Hours	44 (39%) [13%]
Wet Hours	103 (194%) [14%]

NB: Hover over a value to see how many days of data it is from. Sun hrs, Wet hrs, Cloud cover and Events are based on manual observation and provided for interest only.

Written report

March 2023

March 2023: Wettest March since records began in 2009 and on the dull side

Mean 7.8°C, 0.2°C above normal. Highs averaged 10.7°C and lows 5.1°C. Warmest 15.9°C (30 Mar), coldest night −2.4°C (11 Mar). 5 air frosts.
Rain 83.1 mm, 213% of normal, the wettest March on station record, which began in 2009, over 20 days of 1 mm+. The biggest fall was 12.5 mm on 31 Mar. Sunshine 44.0 hours, 39% of normal, the dullest March on station record, which began in 2009. 9 days were sunless.
Date records still standing: 05 Mar (4.4°C low max), 08 Mar (2.2°C low max), 10 Mar (−0.3°C low min), 11 Mar (−2.4°C low min).
Snow fell on at least 3 days, lay on 1 (max depth 3.0 cm).

Written Mon 02 Nov, 18:04 GMT

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Days Of...
Rainfall		Temperature		Sunshine		Other
> 0.0 mm	23	Min < -5.0 °C	0	> 0 hrs	22	Falling Snow	3
> 0.1 mm	23	Min < 0.0 °C	5	> 1 hrs	11	Lying Snow	1
> 0.3 mm	22	Mean < 0.0 °C	0	> 3 hrs	5	Hail	1
> 1.0 mm	17	Mean > 20.0 °C	0	> 5 hrs	2	Thunder	1
> 5.0 mm	7	Max > 25.0 °C	0	> 10 hrs	0	Dense Fog	0
> 10.0 mm	2	Max > 30.0 °C	0	> 25% max poss.	5	Gusts > 30mph	8
> 20.0 mm	0	Ice Days	0	> 95% max poss.	0	Total Events	14

Misc.

Mean rainfall for days with >0.3mm: 3.8 mm
Total snowfall: 6.6 mm

Graphs and Charts

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Daily breakdown

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Temperature, rain, sunshine & wind

Day	Tmin	Tmax	Tmean	Rain	Hr max	10m rain	Rate	Sun	Wmean	Wmax	Gust	Wdir	W10m
1	3.7	7.7	5.5	0.0	-	-	-	1	5.1	12.1	19.6	81°	10.1
2	1.7	8.4	4.5	0.0	-	-	-	6	5.2	13.1	17.3	71°	10.4
3	3.7	6.1	5.1	0.0	-	-	-	0	4.2	10.7	15.0	63°	8.1
4	4.1	6.4	5.3	0.0	-	-	-	0.1	4.0	9.9	15.0	43°	8.3
5	2.7	4.4	3.8	0.0	-	-	-	0	3.4	9.4	13.8	341°	6.8
6	-0.1	9.5	5.0	1.0	0.5	0.5	7	0.1	4.7	18.1	26.5	288°	12.2
7	-1.2	5.7	2.3	3.4	1.7	0.5	2.4	0.4	2.2	10.5	12.7	341°	7.2
8	0.3	2.2	1.4	8.4	1.2	0.5	1.6	0	6.4	14.5	19.6	102°	11.0
9	1.3	9.8	5.6	6.5	1.5	0.5	3.6	0	3.6	10.8	17.3	151°	8.3
10	-0.3	9.3	4.0	2.2	0.8	0.3	1.0	1	6.1	21.8	30.0	31°	15.6
11	-2.4	8.1	3.3	1.0	0.8	0.3	1.2	2	3.5	12.7	19.6	174°	8.5
12	5.7	13.3	10.0	1.0	0.3	0.3	-	1	8.2	18.3	32.3	260°	15.1
13	10.4	14.1	12.2	0.0	-	-	-	0.4	14.2	26.7	42.6	255°	20.9
14	2.7	10.4	6.1	2.9	1.5	1.2	30	4	7.2	16.5	25.3	331°	12.9
15	-0.7	8.5	5.1	2.9	1.2	0.5	2.9	2	4.4	12.9	19.6	247°	9.7
16	7.3	14.0	11.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	-	1	7.2	17.3	25.3	234°	12.6
17	10.7	14.0	11.9	5.3	2.1	0.7	4.8	2	4.4	12.6	18.4	231°	8.5
18	8.9	12.4	10.7	4.3	2.6	1.0	14	1	3.4	9.3	12.7	241°	7.5
19	5.8	10.9	8.5	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.5	1	4.5	11.9	18.4	313°	10.3
20	8.2	12.3	10.1	1.2	0.5	0.3	1.0	0	7.3	14.9	24.2	250°	10.8
21	8.9	13.7	11.0	0.5	0.3	0.3	-	2	8.8	18.0	30.0	244°	14.1
22	10.1	15.1	11.8	1.4	0.8	0.3	0.8	1	11.3	21.2	34.6	244°	15.8
23	9.2	14.8	11.5	1.7	1.0	0.3	1.1	2	10.5	23.2	34.6	248°	17.8
24	7.8	13.7	9.8	10.1	4.1	1.7	30	4	8.9	22.8	33.4	261°	17.2
25	7.7	14.3	10.7	0.0	-	-	-	4	9.4	22.1	33.4	275°	15.2
26	5.6	9.9	7.6	5.5	1.4	0.7	14	0	4.4	14.1	20.7	81°	9.9
27	3.1	9.9	6.7	0.0	-	-	-	7	3.1	9.8	16.1	69°	6.7
28	5.7	8.8	7.3	3.1	1.2	0.5	2.4	0	6.6	17.5	27.6	225°	12.3
29	8.5	13.7	11.2	5.3	4.6	1.2	7	0	6.4	17.5	27.6	239°	12.7
30	10.3	15.9	12.7	2.2	1.5	0.5	4.8	2	9.9	20.4	31.1	252°	15.2
31	9.9	13.3	10.8	12.5	3.6	1.2	14	0	8.8	17.4	31.1	269°	14.9

Humidity, dew point & pressure

Day	Hmin	Hmax	Hmean	Dmin	Dmax	Dmean	Pmin	Pmax	Pmean
1	74	91	83	1.1	3.9	2.9	1026	1034	1030
2	66	88	79	-0.4	3.0	1.1	1026	1029	1027
3	71	84	78	0.9	2.6	1.6	1028	1032	1030
4	71	85	78	0.4	3.0	1.7	1027	1032	1030
5	69	85	75	-1.7	1.0	-0.3	1012	1027	1020
6	70	94	86	-1.5	5.2	2.8	1002	1012	1006
7	78	95	89	-2.4	4.2	0.7	999	1002	1001
8	91	96	94	-0.6	1.4	0.5	990	999	993
9	94	99	96	0.7	9.3	5.0	984	996	992
10	71	96	87	-2.6	8.7	1.9	982	1011	998
11	56	94	80	-4.0	4.8	0.0	1007	1012	1010
12	74	96	89	4.8	10.7	8.1	997	1010	1006
13	71	93	82	7.8	10.9	9.2	987	997	991
14	54	93	77	-0.7	8.8	2.1	988	1015	1004
15	62	96	84	-1.8	6.1	2.6	1012	1019	1016
16	73	95	84	6.1	10.0	8.4	1004	1012	1007
17	78	94	88	9.1	11.2	10.0	1004	1006	1005
18	81	93	89	7.3	10.1	9.0	1006	1011	1007
19	66	92	80	3.9	7.9	5.2	1011	1020	1017
20	80	93	89	5.2	10.4	8.3	1014	1020	1017
21	76	93	86	7.5	10.1	8.6	1005	1014	1010
22	72	94	84	7.9	11.1	9.1	997	1005	1001
23	65	91	81	6.5	10.0	8.3	995	1000	998
24	66	90	84	5.9	9.3	7.2	996	1000	999
25	58	87	76	5.1	8.3	6.5	1000	1008	1004
26	74	94	85	1.9	7.3	5.2	1001	1021	1008
27	46	84	66	-1.8	1.9	0.4	1021	1028	1026
28	67	91	81	0.2	7.0	4.2	1015	1027	1020
29	81	95	91	7.0	11.6	9.7	1003	1016	1010
30	72	90	82	8.3	11.7	9.7	998	1006	1004
31	83	94	92	8.7	11.0	9.5	985	998	990

Other measures

Day	Night	Daymax	T+10m	T+1h	H+1h	T-10m	T-1h	H-1h	Fmin	Fmax	Fmean	AF hrs	AQmin	AQmax	AQmean
1	3.7	7.7	0.5	1.3	4	0.4	0.8	6	-0.1	6.8	2.9	0	-	-	-
2	1.7	8.4	0.5	1.5	6	0.3	1.2	7	-2.9	7.6	1.6	0	-	-	-
3	3.1	6.1	0.3	0.9	6	0.2	0.4	5	-0.3	5.9	2.8	0	-	-	-
4	4.1	6.4	0.3	0.9	6	0.2	0.7	6	0.0	6.3	3.2	0	-	-	-
5	3.1	4.4	0.2	0.6	5	0.3	0.8	4	-1.2	4.4	1.7	0	-	-	-
6	-0.1	9.5	0.5	2.0	8	0.6	1.7	6	-5.0	8.3	2.6	0.4	-	-	-
7	1.5	4.7	0.3	0.9	8	1.1	2.1	9	-3.4	5.7	1.1	4	-	-	-
8	-1.2	2.2	0.2	0.5	3	0.2	0.6	2	-5.7	0.8	-2.7	0	-	-	-
9	1.3	9.8	1.2	2.4	2	0.2	0.5	3	-3.4	10.6	3.6	0	-	-	-
10	1.9	4.6	0.5	1.1	9	0.6	2.5	7	-5.7	10.0	1.2	2	-	-	-
11	-2.4	8.1	0.6	2.5	17	0.4	1.8	15	-4.6	7.4	1.5	8	-	-	-
12	4.1	13.3	0.4	1.5	6	0.3	1.1	5	2.3	14.3	9.4	0	-	-	-
13	10.7	14.1	0.3	0.8	9	0.6	1.5	7	10.7	15.0	13.1	0	-	-	-
14	3.7	8.6	0.6	2.0	15	1.4	3.2	15	-2.3	11.0	2.9	0	-	-	-
15	-0.7	8.5	0.6	3.0	10	0.4	1.5	13	-2.2	7.5	3.1	2	-	-	-
16	7.1	14.0	0.7	2.5	8	0.4	0.7	12	2.9	15.0	10.5	0	-	-	-
17	11.2	14.0	0.4	1.4	5	0.3	0.9	8	11.7	15.5	13.2	0	-	-	-
18	9.7	12.4	0.3	1.0	5	0.3	1.1	6	6.1	13.7	11.1	0	-	-	-
19	5.8	10.9	0.3	1.2	5	0.6	1.8	7	2.3	10.9	7.0	0	-	-	-
20	8.2	12.3	0.2	0.9	4	0.2	0.7	3	4.6	13.8	9.5	0	-	-	-
21	8.9	13.7	0.4	1.5	4	0.3	1.2	6	5.3	14.9	10.6	0	-	-	-
22	10.1	15.1	0.5	2.3	5	0.4	1.1	13	10.8	16.7	12.7	0	-	-	-
23	9.2	14.8	0.6	2.0	15	0.6	2.2	9	5.4	15.7	11.6	0	-	-	-
24	7.8	13.7	0.6	2.0	15	1.4	2.2	9	3.7	14.1	7.9	0	-	-	-
25	7.7	14.3	0.5	1.4	8	0.5	1.3	10	2.7	14.5	9.4	0	-	-	-
26	6.4	8.6	0.4	1.1	3	0.4	0.9	7	2.1	9.9	5.8	0	-	-	-
27	3.1	9.9	0.6	2.3	12	0.5	1.1	12	-0.2	9.7	5.4	0	-	-	-
28	5.7	8.8	0.3	1.0	9	0.2	0.5	8	1.6	8.2	4.5	0	-	-	-
29	8.0	13.7	0.4	1.1	7	0.3	1.0	8	5.8	15.4	11.7	0	-	-	-
30	10.3	15.9	0.7	1.6	6	0.6	1.2	7	10.9	17.8	13.9	0	-	-	-
31	10.1	13.3	0.7	1.8	5	0.4	1.4	10	7.8	15.0	11.9	0	-	-	-

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