Alcaston, Shropshire - March 2024

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Freddie

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Apr 1, 2024, 7:52:39 AMApr 1
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Cooler than February 2024 by all measures, except for an equal amount of ground frosts.  Despite that, temperatures were still slightly above average - particularly at night.  Fewer air frosts than normal, and a single day with falling snow which lay on the ground for 2 hours around 0900.  A wet month with very few completely dry days.

Anomalies (in brackets) refer to the estimated 1991-2020 averages.

Mean max:                              10.6 (+0.5)
Mean min:                               3.9 (+1.4)
Mean temp:                              7.3 (+0.1)
Mean 30cm earth temp:                   8.0

Highest max:                           15.1 (19th)
Lowest max:                             3.2 ( 2nd)
Lowest min:                            -3.3 ( 4th)
Highest min:                           10.6 (13th)
Lowest grass min:                      -7.1 ( 4th)

Air frosts:                               3 (-4)
Air frost hours:                       27.3
Ground frosts:                           15 ( 0)

Days with max  15.0 to  19.9:             1
Days with max  10.0 to  14.9:            16
Days with max   5.0 to   9.9:            13
Days with max   0.0 to   4.9:             1

Days with min  10.0 to  14.9:             2
Days with min   5.0 to   9.9:             9
Days with min   0.0 to   4.9:            17
Days with min  -5.0 to  -0.1:             3

Total rainfall:                        92.2 mm (154%)
Wettest day:                           11.6 mm (27th)
Rain days (0.2 mm or more):            25      ( +8)
Wet days  (1.0 mm or more):            18      ( +6)
Days >= 10mm:                           1      (  0)
Days >= 20mm:                           0

Days with snow/sleet falling:           1
Days with 50%+ snow cover at 09z:       1      ( -1)
Deepest at 0900z                      1.0 cm   ( 2nd)
 
Days with thunder heard:                0
Days with hail:                         1
Days with fog at 0900z:                 3

Highest 10-min mean wind:               22 kn (23rd)
Max gust:                               35 kn (27th)
Days with gale:                          0
Highest wind run:                    321.4 nm ( 8th)
Wind direction at 0900z:                 N: 0; NE: 4; E: 5; SE: 1; S: 8; SW: 6; W: 4; NW: 3; Calm: 0

Maximum pressure:                       1025.0 (21st)
Minimum pressure:                        968.5 (28th)


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Freddie
Alcaston
Shropshire
148m AMSL
http://www.hosiene.co.uk/weather/
Stats for the month so far: https://www.hosiene.co.uk/weather/statistics/alcaston/latest.xlsx

Freddie

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Apr 1, 2024, 7:59:41 AMApr 1
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Mean temperature anomaly should be +1.0 not +0.1.
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