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March 2009 Issue No 110

A fairly warm and dry month and exceptionally sunny

MARCH

Total   Max Total number of days of: Total   Extremes in degrees C: Grass Month's Diff Total

2009

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 33.7 65 10.5 13 1 0 0 1 4 * * 17.0 7.5 9.1 -2.0 * 11.8 3.4 7.6 1.2 3 *
Mickleover 31.8 67 10.1 11 0 0 0 1 4 * * 17.5 8.1 9.0 -2.2 -5.0 11.6 3.3 7.4 1.0 4 12
Middleton 52.2 57 18.1 16 6 0 0 5 6 131.0 143 14.6 5.0 5.6 -1.4 -6.5 8.9 2.6 5.7 1.4 4 19
Wirksworth 44.2 55 16.1 16 1 0 0 1 4 * * 16.1 6.7 7.1 -4.0 -7.7 10.5 2.2 6.3 0.4 6 21
Rosliston 22.8 42 10.9 11 0 0 0 0 2 146.1 154 16.1 7.3 6.8 -3.9 -7.7 11.5 2.0 6.8 0.5 8 20
NOTTS:  
Lowdham 31.2 66 7.5 11 0 0 1 2 5 * * 18.6 8.4 7.3 -1.3 -3.7 12.1 2.4 7.3 0.8 7 13
Eastwood 30.0 66 8.0 7 0 0 0 4 2 * * 14.9 7.2 7.4 -4.0 * 11.0 2.4 6.7 0.1 5 *
LINCS:  
Louth 27.6 52 6.7 12 0 0 0 * 1 * * 16.0 7.3 7.4 -2.7 -4.5 11.4 3.3 7.4 1.6 4 10
LEICS:  
Desford 30.0 53 12.0 7 1 0 0 2 0 * * 14.9 7.6 5.4 -3.6 * 11.6 1.2 6.4 0.1 10 *
Mountsorrel 25.4 52 10.2 8 2 0 0 0 0 156.0 159 15.4 7.3 8.4 -1.8 * 11.3 3.0 7.1 0.8 4 *
Loughborough 33.3 60 11.5 13 0 0 0 2 5 * * 17.0 8.0 8.0 -1.5 * 11.9 3.4 7.6 1.1 2 *
Cosby 30.2 61 13.0 12 1 0 0 0 2 154.3 139 15.2 7.5 7.1 -3.3 -5.6 11.4 1.6 6.5 0.5 9 18
NORTHANTS:  
Pitsford Hall 19.2 42 7.8 8 1 0 0 3 1 148.4 130 15.3 6.6 6.5 -1.0 * 11.2 2.9 7.1 0.6 2 *
WARWICKS:  
Bablake 26.4 52 13.0 12 1 0 0 0 2 176.4 176 15.2 7.8 7.3 -2.0 -8.8 11.5 2.9 7.2 0.8 5 17
CAMBS:  
Ely 31.8 70 7.9 11 0 0 0 2 4 * * 16.1 7.0 6.2 -1.3 -5.0 11.7 2.6 7.1 0.8 7 18
   
MEAN DATA 31.3 57 10.9 11 1 0 0 2 3 152.0 150 4.0 16.0 7.2 -2.4 -6.1 11.3 2.6 6.9 0.8 5 16
E Mids  
1971-2000 Mar  
      Notes: 1. * = data not available 2. 'Average' refers to each station's 1971-2000 means    
OBSERVERS' NOTES
Special Note: This year Dave Mutton, who runs the observing station at Cosby
in Leicestershire, has completed 50 years of daily weather observations.
Congratulations on your Golden Jubilee Year Dave!
MARCH
Bablake: This was the sunniest March in Coventry since before 1895
Mickleover: Lowest maximum temperature is highest for March on my records
Pitsford Hall: Drier, warmer and sunnier than normal
Mountsorrel: Very low number of rain days
Desford: Driest March here since 2000