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March 2023 (Means and totals to date are at foot of table)
 
  0900 GMT readings
 Daily  Readings (See notes at foot of page)
Weather in previous 24h & hours of air frost (to 0900 on date)
Date
Date
Pressure
(mb)
Temp (°C)
Relative
Humidity (%)
Wind Speed (mph)
Wind Direction
SoilTemp @ 20cm
(°C)
SnowDepth(cm) or
Pentlands, Lammermuirs , Moorfoot Hills snowline(ft)
@ 0900 GMT
1Maximum Temp (°C)
2Minimum Temp (°C)
3Rainfall
(mm)
4Grass Min Temp
(°C)
5Sun (Hours)

Solar
Rad'n High
(W/m2)
7ET
(mm)
6Max Wind Speed (mph)
1
1038.3
4.7
88
4
ENE
5.0
5.8
3.3
2.6
1.8
0.31
313
0.53
20
 Mainly overcast 28th February with shower in evening. Overcast am 1st March
1
2
1031.0
3.8
93
4
ENE
5.0
6.2
3.6
1.1
2.9
0.72
397
0.56
18
 Mainly overcast 1st, light showers around midday. Rain am 2nd
2
3
1033.4
4.3
81
2
ENE
5.5
5.3
3.7
0.0
2.9
0.00
162
0.51
10
 Mainly overcast 2nd with occasional light rain. Overcast am 3rd
3
4
1032.0
2.4
84
2
W
4.5
7.3
0.3
0.0
– 4.1
4.51
566
0.76
14
 Overcast 3rd, clear spells overnight 3rd/4th with ground frost
4
5
1018.6
3.3
85
4
WSW
5.0
7.6
2.3
0.6
1.3
0.39
624
0.79
13
 Sunny periods 4th, overcast overnight 4th/5th
5
6
1001.9
3.2
87
4
NW
5.0
5.8
2.7
0.0
1.2
5.00
661
0.94
19
 Mainly overcast 5th. Light rain showers early am 6th
6
7
1000.7
– 1.1
73
3
WNW
4.5
4.0
– 2.6
0.0
– 5.2
6.66
605
1.04
16
 Sunny periods 6th, clear skies overnight 6th/7th. 11.7h<0C
7
8
996.8
– 2.0
79
1
NNE
2.5
2.6
– 6.3
0.2
– 9.0
6.20
689
0.81
15
 Sunny periods 7th, clear skies overnight 7th/8th. 14.7h<0C
8
9
999.0
– 0.6
92
2
NNE
2.5
1cm
2.2
– 3.2
0.3
– 6.4
1.16
279
0.61
23

Sunny periods 8th, flurry late pm. Snow showers am 9th. 1cm @ 0900h 16.6h<0C

9
10
1004.3
– 0.2
74
3
WNW
3.0
1cm
5.8
– 1.4
0.0
– 4.5
9.24
564
1.27
19
 Mainly cloudy 9th with occasional light sn/sngr later. Occ snsh/sngr am 10th. 6.0h<0C
10
11
1008.7
0.4
83
0
ENE
2.5
L, M 800'
8.3
– 1.8
1.2
– 5.7
5.28
596
1.02
15
 Unbroken sunshine 10th, clear skies am 11th. 4.0h<0C
11
12
995.6
8.3
86
9
SW
3.0
11.1
0.4
10.5
– 0.1
4.86
617
1.40
41
Sunny periods 11th, light snow late pm. Light snow turning to rain by 06h 12th. Milder
12
13
969.4
9.9
90
16
SW
5.0
10.4
7.6
18.9
6.9
0.00
146
0.33
32
 Sunny periods 12th, overcast later. Moderate rain am 13th
13
14
999.7
0.9
81
4
WSW
4.0
P,M,L 850'
4.2
– 1.7
0.1
– 4.2
5.04
621
0.89
16
 Rain and snow 13th. Snow shower 0610h 14th. 8.3h<0C
14
15
1011.9
0.9
79
6
SW
3.0
P,M,L 850'
8.4
– 0.3
6.4
– 4.7
0.05
352
0.76
20
 Light snow shower am 14th, sunny pm. Becoming overcast am 15th. 3.2<0C
15
16
994.7
8.4
94
7
SSE
4.0
P.M.L 1250'
12.2
0.8
0.6
1.1
2.27
573
0.94
28
 Rain, with some wet snow, evening 15th. Rain am 16th. Becoming much milder
16
17
997.6
9.7
86
7
SW
5.0
12.7
7.9
1.0
6.4
1.86
585
1.30
23
 Light rain am 16th, sunny intervals pm. Mild
17
18
1002.8
8.8
96
0
E
6.0
13.3
6.4
0.4
5.8
0.82
424
1.09
17
 Sunny intervals late pm 17th, showers am 18th
18
19
1012.2
6.8
88
3
WSW
6.5
9.4
4.9
2.6
3.0
0.76
315
0.89
18
 A few light showers pm 18th. Mainly overcast 19th
19
20
1011.2
5.9
96
1
NE
6.5
10.1
4.2
1.0
3.7
0.00
160
0.46
20
 Rain evening 19th. Fog (low cloud) and drizzle am 20th
20
21
999.0
9.7
89
5
S
7.0
13.8
5.9
4.2
7.3
3.46
786
1.50
38
 Overcast 20th with occasional light rain. Occ showers am 21st, becoming brighter
21
22
985.4
6.9
73
20
SW
7.0
10.3
5.6
0.4
3.7
6.88
703
2.21
42
 Rain, heavy at times, mid afternoon 21st. Showers and gusty winds (42mph) am 22nd
22
23
985.2
8.5
78
7
SW
6.0
12.6
5.1
3.6
3.0
5.77
782
1.85
29
 Light shower late pm 22nd. Variable cloud am 2rd
23
24
985.1
6.3
87
11
SW
4.0
11.7
4.7
12.4
3.0
2.15
745
1.30
23
 Sunny periods am/early pm 23rd then showers. Rain am 24th
24
25
997.8
5.7
94
2
NE
6.0
6.5
4.8
1.1
2.8
0.02
295
0.69
14
 Rain pm 24th and am 25th
25
26
1011.0
3.7
82
3
NNE
6.0
7.4
1.9
0.9
0.3
3.50
747
1.09
17
 Rain late 25th/early 26th.
26
27
1025.5
2.2
61
3
NW
5.0
P 950'
9.1
– 1.5
0.0
– 4.8
10.54
675
1.98
14
 Small hail followed by snow showers 18-19h 26th. Sn sh early am 27th. 5.2h<0C
27
28
1012.8
4.3
88
5
SSE
5.5
10.5
2.8
1.4
– 2.5
0.00
188
0.71
24
 Unbroken sunshine 27th, ground frost later pm. Low cloud from S am 28th
28
29
1002.0
10.4
86
6
S
6.0
12.1
5.2
2.9
5.0
0.51
278
0.71
28
Overcast with ocasional light rain, 28th and am 29th. Milder
29
30
995.0
10.1
86
5
SW
7.0
15.2
8.1
0.9
6.3
3.50
912
1.85
24
Rain afternoon 29th, variable cloud amount am 30th
30
31
991.1
7.4
95
3
ENE
8.0
8.6
6.3
1.8
0.3
0.00
218
0.41
17
Sunny intervals 30th. Fog and low cloud am 31st
31
Total/Mean
8.7
2.6
77.1
– 9.0
91.43
912
 31.20
42
  
 
Pressure
(mb)
Temp
(°C)
Relative
Humidity
(%)
Wind Speed (mph)
Wind
Direction
Soil Temp
at 20cm
(°C)
SnowDepth(cm) or
Pentlands, Lammermuirs, Moorfoots snowline(ft)
1 Mean Maximum
Temp
(°C)
2Mean Minimum
Temp
(°C)
3Total Rainfall
(mm)
4Grass Min
Temp
lowest
(°C)
5Total Sun
(Hours)
Solar
Rad'n highest
W/m2
7Total ET
(mm)
6Max
Wind Speed
(mph)

March 2023 so far (to 0900 GMT, 2 April, 2023 )

Overall mean temperature 5.6C (+ 0.1degC of normal) ↓

Precipitation 76.4 mm (117.5%), Sunshine 91.43 hours (79.5%)
 
  0900 GMTreadings
Daily Readings (see notes below)  
    
2 April, 2023 11:14 AM

 

Notes
1. For the 24 hours from 0900UTC* on the date to 0900UTC* on the following day. (The maximum temperature is generally in the afternoon*)
2. For the 24 hours ending at 0900UTC* on the date. (The minimum temperature is generally just after sunrise*)
*Where a maximum is overnight or minimum is during the day the figure is shown in italics. This often occurs in winter
3. For the 24 hours from 0900UTC* on the date to 0900UTC* on following day. SEPA = Scottish Environmental Protection Agency/UKMO 5" diameter gauge
4. For the period from sunset on previous day to 0900UTC* on the date
5.For the period sunrise to sunset on the date
6. For the period 0000UTC*–2400UTC* on the date i.e the Calendar Day
7. Total evapotranspiration on the date (in mm).
* UTC is Universal Time Coordinated. It has been adopted by the UK Met.Office in place of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). When British Summer Time is in force UTC is BST minus one hour ,e.g.1000BST=0900UTC

 

 

 

 

 


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