Summary for March 2023
A little warmer, very wet and extremely dull month. The dullest of any March in my record going back to 2006 with less than half of the eLTA sunshine. At 19% of the total available sunshine this is also the lowest figure for any month in my record beating the previous of June 2012 (20%). The warmest March since 2019 (9.5°C) and the wettest since the wettest of all March months in 2018 (179 mm). Grim.
It can only get better.
Mean Max: 11.7ºC
Mean Min: 5.5ºC
Mean: 8.6ºC
High Max: 16.4ºC 30th
Low Max: 6.2ºC 4th
High Min: 11.1ºC 13th
Low Min: -2.4ºC 3rd
Days >10°C 23 Days
Days >5°C 31 Days
Nights >10°C 3 Days
Nights >5°C 15 Days
Rain Total: 118.8 mm
Rain Days >0.2 mm: 21 Days
Rain Days >1.0 mm: 21 Days
Air Frost: 4 Days
Snow Falling: 0 Days
Snow (50%) @ 9am: 0 Days
Total Monthly Sunshine: 68.3 Hours
Most Sunshine in a Day: 9.8 Hours 14th
Average Daily Sunshine: 2.2 Hours
Sunless Days: 8 Days
Percentage of Total Sun: 19%