A very wet month. Cold and snowy second week, followed by a mild and breezy second half of the moth with very little frost. 14cm snow on the morning of the 9th.
Anomalies (in brackets) refer to the estimated 1981-2010 averages.
Mean max: 9.6 (-0.2)
Mean min: 3.2 (+1.0)
Mean temp: 6.4 (+0.4)
Mean 30cm earth temp: 7.0
Highest max: 15.2 (18th)
Lowest max: 0.8 ( 8th)
Lowest min: -5.7 (11th)
Highest min: 9.0 (21st,31st)
Lowest grass min: -10.0 (11th)
Air frosts: 8 ( +1)
Air frost hours: 58.7
Ground frosts: 13 ( -2)
Days with max 15.0 to 19.9: 2
Days with max 10.0 to 14.9: 14
Days with max 5.0 to 9.9: 11
Days with max 0.0 to 4.9: 4
Days with min 5.0 to 9.9: 15
Days with min 0.0 to 4.9: 8
Days with min -0.1 to -5.0: 7
Days with min -5.1 to -10.0: 1
Total rainfall: 100.0 mm (167%)
Wettest day: 14.8 mm ( 8th)
Rain days (0.2 mm or more): 25 (+8)
Wet days (1.0 mm or more): 18 (+6)
Days >= 10mm: 4 (+3)
Days >= 20mm: 0
Days with snow/sleet falling: 7
Days with 50%+ snow cover at 09z: 5 (+3)
Deepest at 0900z 14 (9th)
Days with thunder heard: 0
Days with hail: 0
Days with fog at 0900z: 1
Highest 10-min mean wind: 32 kn (13th)
Max gust: 45 kn (13th)
Days with gale: 0
Highest wind run: 416.5 nm (24th)
Wind direction at 0900z: N: 4; NE: 4; E: 3; SE: 0; S: 6; SW: 11; W: 3; NW: 0; Calm: 0
Maximum pressure: 1035.6 ( 1st)
Minimum pressure: 981.2 (31st)