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EAST MIDLANDS

March 2008 Issue No 106

Rather wet with near average temperatures, but sunshine well above average
MARCH   Total   Max     Total number of days of: Total    Extremes in degrees C: Grass Month's Diff Total
2008   Rain % of 24hr  Snow: Thu- Sun % of Day Maximum Night Minimum Min Mean Mean Mean from Frosts:
  (mm) avg (mm) Rain Fllg Lyg nder Fog Hail (hrs) avg Highest Lowest Highest Lowest Lowest Max Min Temp avg Air Grd
                                               
STATION  
DERBYS:  
Derby 49.9 97 16.9 18 2 1 0 0 2 * * 14.8 6.2 8.3 -2.3 * 10.3 2.8 6.6 0.2 5 *
Mickleover 44.5 93 16.6 17 2 1 0 0 1 131.1 142 15.1 6.2 7.8 -2.9 -6.8 10.3 2.7 6.5 0.1 4 19
Middleton 116.3 126 22.5 23 11 3 0 4 4 106.1 116 11.3 3.5 4.4 -2.9 -7.7 7.4 1.2 4.3 0.0 7 25
Wirksworth 94.2 118 20.1 21 4 1 0 1 1 * * 13.0 6.0 7.0 -5.2 -9.6 9.2 1.6 5.4 -0.5 8 23
Rosliston 64.1 119 22.1 18 5 0 0 0 4 147.2 155 14.6 6.3 7.6 -5.3 -9.4 10.1 1.8 5.9 -0.4 7 20
NOTTS:  
Lowdham 50.4 106 20.6 18 5 0 0 0 2 * * 14.7 6.4 7.5 -2.9 -6.6 10.2 2.4 6.3 -0.2 4 14
Eastwood 52.5 115 25.0 13 4 1 0 0 2 * * 14.1 5.8 8.4 -4.1 * 9.8 2.5 6.2 -0.4 5 *
LINCS:  
Louth 75.4 142 24.4 21 5 1 0 * 1 * * 16.0 5.1 8.1 -2.0 -5.2 10.0 2.9 6.4 0.6 3 11
LEICS:  
Desford 90.9 159 32.0 18 4 1 1 0 4 * * 14.7 6.0 7.0 -4.2 * 9.8 1.4 5.6 -0.7 8 *
Mountsorrel 67.3 137 14.2 18 5 1 0 0 1 116.7 119 14.0 5.0 8.0 -3.9 * 10.0 3.1 6.5 0.2 3 *
Loughborough 76.4 137 23.5 20 2 1 0 0 3 * * 14.5 5.5 8.0 -3.5 * 10.4 3.2 6.8 0.3 5 *
Cosby 82.8 168 16.8 17 7 2 1 0 0 119.1 123 15.7 4.6 7.4 -5.4 -8.3 10.0 1.7 5.8 -0.2 9 14
NORTHANTS:  
Pitsford Hall 66.3 147 25.7 15 4 1 0 1 3 121.9 130 13.6 5.0 7.4 -2.6 * 9.7 2.4 6.1 -1.4 5 *
WARWICKS:  
Bablake 65.0 128 26.6 18 6 0 0 0 3 139.0 139 14.0 5.4 8.1 -2.7 -9.6 9.8 2.6 6.2 -0.2 4 17
CAMBS:  
Ely 70.5 156 20.3 19 6 2 0 0 5 * * 15.5 3.6 8.6 -2.7 -6.6 9.9 2.6 6.3 0.0 6 14
   
MEAN DATA 66.7 130 21.8 18 5 1 0 0 2 125.9 132 14.4 5.4 7.6 -3.5 -7.8 9.8 2.3 6.1 -0.2 6 17
E Mids   
1971-2000 Dec 53.4   97.9 6.2  
   
      Notes: 1.   * = data not available   2.  'Average' refers to each station's 1971-2000 means
OBSERVERS' NOTES
Bablake: Windiest March since 1994. More gale days than any March since pre-1892
Ely & Louth: 15th was wettest March day since 1981
Mountsorrel: 22nd-25th snow showers fell on 4 consecutive days
Rosliston: 'In like a lion and out like a lamb'.
Eastwood: More snow in March than in rest of winter
Mickleover: 965mbs lowest 0900hrs surface pressure on my records