A two week cold spell starting on the 7th with some hard frost and snow, bracketed by mild spells. Mean temperature was just above average, but it was a dry month. Numerous ground frosts but below average number of air frosts. Breezy at times, and notably windy during the third week.
Anomalies (in brackets) refer to the estimated 1991-2020 averages.
Mean max: 7.5 (+0.3)
Mean min: 1.6 (+0.4)
Mean temp: 4.5 (+0.3)
Mean 30cm earth temp: 5.6
Highest max: 12.9 (23rd)
Lowest max: 1.6 (17th)
Lowest min: -6.6 (18th)
Highest min: 8.9 (29th)
Lowest grass min: -11.3 (18th)
Air frosts: 9 (-3)
Air frost hours: 87.3
Ground frosts: 21 (+3)
Days with max 10.0 to 14.9: 10
Days with max 5.0 to 9.9: 12
Days with max 0.0 to 4.9: 9
Days with min 5.0 to 9.9: 5
Days with min 0.0 to 4.9: 17
Days with min -5.0 to -0.1: 7
Days with min -10.0 to -5.1: 2
Total rainfall: 45.8 mm ( 61%)
Wettest day: 17.0 mm ( 2nd)
Rain days (0.2 mm or more): 16 ( -4)
Wet days (1.0 mm or more): 9 ( -5)
Days >= 10mm: 2 ( 0)
Days >= 20mm: 0
Days with snow/sleet falling: 5
Days with 50%+ snow cover at 09z: 1 ( -3)
Deepest at 0900z 0.5 cm (15th)
Days with thunder heard: 0
Days with hail: 1
Days with fog at 0900z: 0
Highest 10-min mean wind: 30 kn (23rd)
Max gust: 44 kn (26th)
Days with gale: 0
Highest wind run: 491.6 nm (23rd)
Wind direction at 0900z: N: 2; NE: 4; E: 4; SE: 0; S: 6; SW: 9; W: 4; NW: 2; Calm: 0
Maximum pressure: 1041.5 (11th)
Minimum pressure: 973.8 ( 2nd)