Epping Weather Station

Monthly Summary: March 2009(Daily Readings)

Temperature °C
   Date or compared to 1971-2000 average
Mean Maximum
11.7
+2.0
Mean Minimum
3.2
+0.2
Monthly Mean
7.5
+1.2
Highest Maximum
16.1
16th
Lowest Maximum
7.4
4th,5th
Highest Minimum
7.5
31st
Lowest Minimum
-1.0
6th
Lowest Grass Min
-5.0
6th
Wind mph
Mean wind speed
5.8mph
Strongest Gust
41mph
23rd
Dominant Direction
WSW
Direction at 0900
N
NE
E
SE
S
SW
W
NW
CALM
No of mornings
3
3
2
1
1
3
14
3
1
Precipitation mm
 Date or compared to 1971-2000 average
Monthly Total
29.1
61.1%
Wettest Day
11.2
3rd
Rain Days (>0.2mm)
11
Wet Days (>1mm)
7
Sunshine hours
Monthly Total
157.07
%
146.8
Days with no sun
0
Sunniest day
11.34
Hours
18th
Number of days with
Air Frost
4
Ground Frost
18
Snow/sleet falling (0000-2400GMT)
0
>50% snow cover at 0900
0
Fog at 0900 (vis <1000m)
1
Thunder heard
1
Hail <5mm diameter
2
Hail > 5mm diameter
1

 
Miscellaneous Data
Mean Relative Humidity at 0900 (%)
82.2
Mean Air Pressure at 0900 (mb)
1014.8
Lowest Pressure (mb)
980.9
Date
4th
Highest Pressure (mb)
1036.6
Date
17th
Hours of air frost
12.8
Mean soil temp °C (20cm depth)
6.2
Greatest snow depth (0900)
--
Date
n/a
Particular days/events

4th Thunder at 1724
20th Fog at 0900
28th Hail at 1430

 

Month as a whole

Driest March since 2003 and 6th driest on record
Absence of any real cold. The lowest Tmax of 7.4 is the highest value for March since 1997. Similarly the lowest Tmin of -1.0 is the highest value for March since 2003.
No snow at all. The first snow free March since 2003

 

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