Bromfield, Shropshire - March 2026

[Freddie]

Dry, mild and often breezy, with a small number of cold days.  Anticyclonic at times with some fog and ground frost, but no air frost.  Very little in the way of snow or other solid precipitation.  Two distinct windy spells in the second and final weeks.

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

Mean max:                               12.3 (+1.9)
Mean min:                               4.3 (+1.5)
Mean temp:                              8.3 (+1.7)
Mean 30cm earth temp:                   8.6

Highest max:                           19.0 (18th)
Lowest max:                             7.7 ( 7th)
Lowest min:                             1.1 (21st)
Highest min:                            8.1 (17th)
Lowest grass min:                      -3.2 (26th)

Air frosts:                               0 ( -7)
Air frost hours:                        0.0
Ground frosts:                           15 ( +1)

Days with max  15.0 to  19.9:             6
Days with max  10.0 to  14.9:            19
Days with max   5.0 to   9.9:             6

Days with min   5.0 to   9.9:            12
Days with min   0.0 to   4.9:            19

Total rainfall:                        32.0 mm ( 58%)
Wettest day:                           13.0 mm (12th)
Rain days (0.2 mm or more):            13       (-2)
Wet days  (1.0 mm or more):             9       (-2)
Days >= 10mm:                           1       ( 0)
Days >= 20mm:                           0

Days with snow/sleet falling:           2
Days with 50%+ snow cover at 09z:       0       (-2)
Deepest at 0900z                        0 cm   (n/a)
 
Days with thunder heard:                0
Days with hail:                         3
Days with fog at 0900z:                 4

Highest 10-min mean wind:               30 kn    (24th)
Max gust:                               46 kn    (12th)
Days with gale:                         0
Highest wind run:                       401.8 nm (24th)
Wind direction at 0900z:                N: 1; NE: 1; E: 2; SE: 1; S: 3; SW: 8; W: 5; NW: 5; Calm: 5

Maximum pressure:                       1032.4 (29th)
Minimum pressure:                        993.6 (12th)

--  
Freddie
Bromfield
Shropshire
146m AMSL
http://www.hosiene.co.uk/weather/
Stats for the month so far: https://www.hosiene.co.uk/weather/statistics/bromfield/latest.xlsx

[Keith (Southend)]

With just 13.6mm here at Southend-on-Sea this March, things are beginning to get dry here as usual every spring.

Keith (Southend)

[Freddie]

We had 137.7 mm here in February, so March definitely felt dry.  The breeze has helped with evaporation too, so dog walks are much pleasanter affairs now!