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March 2026 (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)

3Rain(mm)

Codes at foot of page


4Grass Min Temp
(°C)

 
5Sun (Hours)

Solar
Rad'n High
(W/m2)
7ET
(mm)
6Max Wind Speed (mph)
1
1004.3
6.7
86
5
SSE
5.0
10.5
1.7
1.8
– 1.1
1.07
504
0.97
38
 Rain 1430h-1730h 28th February. Variable cloud amount overnight 28th Feb/1st March
1
2
1003.6
7.1
93
4
SW
5.5
11.2
6.7
tr (w)
6.7
5.38
649
1.42
38
 Gust to 38 mph 2330h 1st, rain 0630hh-0900h 2nd. Milder
2
3
1027.2
5.4
78
4
WSW
5.0
11.0
3.2
0.0
0.0
8.93
452
1.17
16
 Sunny periods, gust to 38mph 1910h 2nd. Clear skies am 3rd
U
4
1022.7
8.1
82
2
NNW
4.5
13.9
2.7
0.0
– 3.9
7.56
524
1.45
30
 Prolonged sunshine 3rd, clear skies overnight 3rd/4th
4
5
1011.8
10.6
82
11
SSW
5.0
12.7
8.1
13.0
5.6
1.56
455
0.94
32
 Prolonged sunshine 4th, milder air from S. Clear skies giving way to overcast am 5th.
5
6
1024.7
1.7
95
1
WNW
4.0
1 cm
7.8
0.3
0.1
0.0
8.15
631
1.09
14
 Temperature fell pm 5th. Rasn from 1700h, turning to snow by 2200h on 5th, Sn early am 6th
6
7
1025.0
4.2
78
2
SSW
4.0
P,M,L 800'
9.9
1.0
0.0
– 2.8
9.34
494
1.45
16
 Prolonged sunshine 6th, clear skies overnight 6th/7th
7
8
1022.5
5.6
81
7
SW
3.5
P,M,L 850' patchy
11.3
– 0.1
tr
– 5.0
10.43
615
1.40
18
 Prolonged sunshine 7th, clear skies overnight 7th/8th. 0.2h<0degC
8
9
1015.1
9.5
87
10
SSE
4.5
11.8
5.5
0.4
2.2
1.94
687
1.12
28
 Unbroken sunshine 8th, clear, turning overcast overnight 8th/9th
9
10
1005.9
6.9
83
13
S
5.0
9.9
5.2
1.0
2.2
4.64
561
1.32
44
 A few sunny intervals 9th, showers early am 10th
10
11
995.7
5.4
83
13
SW
5.0
9.1
4.3
7.1
3.3
5.92
624
1.65
39
 Showers late pm 10th and 0815 h 11th. Gust 44 mph 2020 h 10th
11
12
987.9
7.8
91
14
SSE
5.0
8.9
4.5
9.1
3.9
0.57
142
0.64
40
Showers around midday 11th, otherwise sunny periods. Rain, heavy at times, am 12th
12
13
985.2
3.0
88
16
SW
4.5
7.0
1.6
0.8
0.0
5.52
657
1.32
40
 Rain, heavy midday, 12th. Snow showers early am 13th
13
14
1001.6
4.3
81
6
WSW
4.5
8.2
1.5
1.8
– 0.6
5.50
664
1.19
17
 Rain showers 1200-1600 h 13th, otherwise sunny periods. Clear periods am 14th
14
15
996.0
6.4
87
13
S
4.5
8.9
3.7
3.6
2.2
4.24
670
1.29
42
 Sunny periods 14th with showers pm. Gusty winds am 15th, 42 mph @ 0710 h.
15
16
1003.1
4.2
86
13
SW
4.0
< 50%
10.7
0.4
0.6
0.0
3.36
826
1.32
32
 Ra shrs 15th. Snow late pm 15th/early am 15th, gusts 28 mph. Full cover early, <50% 0900 h
16
17
1002.0
10.1
81
13
SW
4.5
10.4
4.2
0.3
7.2
6.69
594
1.55
50
 Sunny intervals 16th, showers afternoon. Variable cloud overnight 16th/17th. Gusty and milder.
17
18
1019.4
10.3
79
2
SW
5.0
12.9
7.7
0.0
6.1
4.19
723
0.93
22
 Sunny periods 17th, gusty winds, 50 mph @ 1100h. Rain showers 0230-0315h 18th
18
19
1031.0
7.2
90
1
ENE
5.5
12.2
4.1
tr (w)
– 2.2
9.07
559
1.65
13
 Variable cloud amount 18th, clear periods overnight 18th/19th
19
20
1022.1
8.6
87
4
N
5.5
17.4
3.6
0.0
– 2.2
9.30
547
2.16
17
 Unbroken sunshine 19th, hazy skies overnight 19th/20th
20
21
1019.3
9.6
72
2
SW
6.0
15.1
5.1
0.0
0.0
9.23
564
1.88
20
 Unbroken sunshine 20th, hazy skies overnight 20th/21st
21
22
1012.8
9.1
82
8
WSW
6.5
12.5
7.8
0.0
3.3
4.58
582
1.70
28
 Unbroken sunshine 21st, increasing cloud overnight 21st/22nd
22
23
1018.4
6.5
70
2
S
6.5
10.8
3.6
1.3
1.7
1.32
547
1.47
39
 Sunny periods 22nd, variable cloud overnight 22nd/23rd
23
24
1001.5
8.9
81
9
WSW
6.5
10.8
6.5
0.2
6.1
2.00
564
1.42
39
 A few sunny intervals 23rd, showers late pm. Showers early am 24th
24
25
1001.5
3.7
78
6
W
6.5
7.4
1.8
0.0
1.1
6.22
854
1.60
24
 Sunny intervals 24th, gusty winds, shower 1930h. Clear skies, gusty winds, overnight 24th/25th
25
26
1020.9
4.3
67
5
W
6.0
9.3
0.1
0.0
– 1.7
3.14
670
1.47
25
 Sunny periods 25th, clear skies overnight 25th/26th
26
27
1012.4
7.8
80
6
WSW
6.5
4.3
5.6
Sunny intervals 26th, increasing cloud amount overnight 26th/27th. Turning milder
27
28
 
28
29
 
29
30
 
30
31
 
31
Total/Mean
10.8
3.7
41.1
 – 5.0
139.85
854
 35.55
50
  
 
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 Rain
(mm)


4Grass Min
Temp
lowest
(°C)
5Total Sun
(Hours)
Solar
Rad'n highest
(W/m2)
7Total ET
(mm)
6Max
Wind Speed
(mph)

 

March 2025 summary (to 0900 GMT, 27 March, 2026 )

Overall mean temperature 7.3C (+ 1.7 degC)

Precipitation 41.1 mm (74.7%), Sunshine 139.85hours (121.6%)
 
  0900 GMTreadings
Data in the yellow boxes refers to this month as a whole
   
27 March, 2026 10:57 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. ...tr = trace of rain (<0.1 mm). Cause - tr rom rain, tr (fe) from fog, tr (x) from frost and tr (w) from dew
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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