Epping Weather Station

Monthly Summary: March 2006(Daily Readings)

Temperature °C
  Date or compared to 1971-2000 average
Mean Maximum
8.2
-1.5
Mean Minimum
1.7
-1.3
Monthly Mean
4.9
-1.4
Highest Maximum
14.7
31st
Lowest Maximum
2.3
16th
Highest Minimum
10.9
27th
Lowest Minimum
-4.3
4th
Lowest Grass Min
-6.7
4th
Wind mph
Mean wind speed
7.1
Strongest Gust
39
27th
Dominant Direction
SW
Direction at 0900
N
NE
E
SE
S
SW
W
NW
CALM
No of mornings
2
5
5
1
5
3
9
1
0
Precipitation mm
Date or compared to 1971-2000 average
Monthly Total
47.6
100
Wettest Day
9.9
8th
Rain Days (>0.2mm)
14
Wet Days (>1mm)
11
Sunshine hours
Monthly Total
114.3
%
107
Days with no sun
5
Sunniest day
9.96
Hours
23rd
Number of days with
Air Frost
13
Ground Frost
15
Snow/sleet falling (0000-2400GMT)
7
>50% snow cover at 0900
0
Fog at 0900 (vis <1000m)
1
Thunder heard
2
Hail <5mm diameter
1
Hail > 5mm diameter
0

 

Miscellaneous Data
Mean Relative Humidity at 0900 (%)
81
Mean Air Pressure at 0900 (mb)
1009.8
Lowest Pressure (mb)
991.4
Date
24th
Highest Pressure (mb)
1030.9
Date
12th
Hours of air frost
134.1
Mean soil temp °C (20cm depth)
4.3
Greatest snow depth (0900)
0
Date
-
Particular days/events

 

Over the first four days the AWS mean temperature (10 minute intervals) remained below freezing point
The maximum of 2.3degC on the 16th was the latest in March for such a low maximum, since the maximum of 1.5deg on 19/3/1980

 

 

Month as a whole

Coldest March since 1996, sixth coldest since records began in 1979. Until the warmer weather of the final week this was easily the coldest March on record
Wettest March since 2001

 

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