Weather Facts for Spring 2018 issue

1) World Met Day 23rd March commemorates the launch of the World
Meteorological Organization (WMO) in 1950.

2) Every minute of the day, around 900 Million tonnes of rain falls on the Earth

3) The heaviest hailstone was found in Bangladesh in 1986 and weighed 1.02 kg

4) The average mean temperature for UK spring is 7.8°C