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EAST MIDLANDS

Issue no. 86 SPRING 2003

March 2003

Some rain first two weeks then dry, mild and very sunny.

March 2003 Total Max Total number of days of: Total Extremes in degrees C: Grass Month's: Diff Total:
Rain % of 24hr Rain Snow: Thunder Fog Hail Sun % of Day Maximum Night Minimum Min Mean Mean Mean from Air Grd
(mm) avg (mm) Fllg Lyg (hrs) avg Highest Lowest Highest Lowest Lowest Max Min Temp avg frsts frsts
STATION
DERBYS:
Derby 24.9 48 5.8 9 0 0 1 3 0 * * 17.0 7.2 8.6 -1.4 * 12.7 2.9 7.8 0.5 6 17
Mickleover 26.4 55 5.6 9 0 0 1 2 0 180.5 196 18.3 7.3 8.4 -0.5 -4.1 13.1 3.1 8.1 1.7 4 17
Middleton 45.8 50 13.4 10 2 0 1 8 2 164.4 180 14.9 4.6 6.0 -0.1 -4.3 9.9 2.5 6.2 1.9 1 17
Wirksworth 45.6 57 12.4 10 0 0 2 2 0 * * 16.4 6.9 7.7 -2.0 -7.2 11.8 1.8 6.8 0.9 7 20
Rosliston 20.3 38 6.5 8 0 0 0 3 0 * * 17.0 7.3 8.2 -3.3 -6.5 12.5 1.3 6.9 0.6 12 22
NOTTS:
Lowdham 24.4 51 7.9 10 0 0 0 5 1 * * 17.8 7.2 8.5 -2.1 -5.5 13.0 2.5 7.8 1.3 7 19
Eastwood 34.0 75 7.0 8 0 0 0 5 0 * * 20.1 9.1 8.5 -3.9 * 15.6 1.0 8.3 1.7 14 *
LINCS:
Laughton 16.2 35 5.1 9 0 0 0 1 0 * * 16.2 8.8 8.5 -2.8 -3.0 12.6 1.8 7.2 0.9 9 11
Louth 21.8 41 10.1 9 0 0 0 * 0 * * 16.0 8.4 8.1 -2.3 -4.7 12.1 2.5 7.3 1.5 8 17
LEICS:
Desford 38.6 78 12.7 10 0 0 1 4 1 * * 16.5 7.5 7.8 -2.4 -4.3 11.9 1.6 6.8 0.5 9 13
Mountsorrel 23.4 57 10.5 7 0 0 1 6 1 * * 16.5 7.9 8.5 -2.9 * 12.4 1.9 7.1 0.1 13 *
NORTHANTS:
Pitsford Hall 29.1 65 19.4 6 0 0 0 6 0 144.0 143 18.3 6.5 7.6 -3.2 -5.4 12.2 2.4 7.3 0.1 5 23
WARWICKS:
Bablake 25.4 50 8.6 9 0 0 0 0 0 174.1 174 17.0 7.5 8.5 -1.1 -6.7 12.3 3.0 7.7 1.3 6 17
CAMBS:
Ely 13.6 31 8.1 5 0 0 0 3 0 * * 18.5 7.9 7.5 -4.1 5.9 13.2 2.3 7.7 1.6 7 17
MEAN DATA 27.8 52 9.5 9 0 0 1 4 0 165.7 173 17.2 7.4 8.0 -2.3 -3.8 12.5 2.2 7.4 1.0 8 17
E Mids 71-00Mar 53.4 97.9 6.2
Notes:
1. * = data not available 2. 'Average' refers to each station's 1971-2000 means

OBSERVERS' COMMENTS

Derby: Dry 12th to 31st - longest March dry spell since 1953
Rosliston: Large temperature variations - rose from -3.3C to 17.0C on 23rd.
Bablake: Sunniest March on record in Coventry (records date back to 1895)
Middleton: Exceptionally sunny. 2003 could well be the sunniest March in north Derbyshire on record (back to 1886).
Mickleover: 2nd consecutive month with record sunshine amounts. Only 3 sunless days
Lowdham: 12th-30th longest dry spell since Jul/Aug 1995

A CENTURY OF MARCH WEATHER IN NOTTINGHAM

Running 5yr NOTTINGHAM MARCH RAINFALL
Running 5yr NOTTINGHAM MARCH MEAN DAILY MAX