Epping Weather Station

Monthly Summary: March 2012(Daily Readings)

Temperature °C
   Date or compared to 1981-2010 average
Mean Maximum 13.2
+2.9
Mean Minimum 4.1
+0.8
Monthly Mean 8.7
+1.9
Highest Maximum 21.0
28th
Lowest Maximum 6.7
6th
Highest Minimum 7.5
10th
Lowest Minimum 0.2
15th
Lowest Grass Min -1.7
7th
Wind mph
Mean wind speed
4.4
Strongest Gust
37
5th
Dominant Direction
N
Direction at 0900
N
NE
E
SE
S
SW
W
NW
CALM
No of mornings
6
3
7
1
4
2
6
2
0
Precipitation mm
 Date or compared to 1981-2010 average
Monthly Total
14.7
32.7%
Wettest Day
7.8
4th
Rain Days (>0.2mm)
5
Wet Days (>1mm)
4
Sunshine hours
Monthly Total
177.66
135.2%
Days with no sun
5
Sunniest day
12.25
27th
Number of days with
Air Frost
0
Ground Frost
9
Snow/sleet falling (0000-2400GMT)
0
>50% snow cover at 0900
0
Fog at 0900 (vis <1000m)
9
Thunder heard
0
Hail <5mm diameter
0
Hail > 5mm diameter
0

 
Miscellaneous Data
Mean Relative Humidity at 0900
87.7
Mean Air Pressure at 0900 (mb)
1027.4
Lowest Pressure (mb) 1009.5
Date
7th
Highest Pressure (mb) 1037.2
Date
11th
Hours of air frost
0
Mean soil temp °C (20cm depth)
7.0
Greatest snow depth (0900)
--
Date
n/a
Particular days/events

Fog at 0900 on the following mornings 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 12th, 13th, 15th, 23rd, 24th, 25th
Unbroken sunshine on 27th, 28th and 29th
Maximum temperature of 21.0ºC on 28th was equal warmest March day on record (along with 17th and 18th March 1990)

 

Month as a whole

Sunniest March since 2007
4th driest March on record (note that March 2011 only 8.8mm rain)
Warmest March since 1997 and second warmest on record here
Warmest mean maximum temperature on record
A combination of clear skies and light winds made this a foggy March with 9 occasions of fog at 0900
Total rainfall for last 12 months is 473.3mm, only 70% of normal for the 12 month period.

 

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