Epping Weather Station

Monthly Summary: March 2008(Daily Readings)

Temperature °C
   Date or compared to 1971-2000 average
Mean Maximum
9.7
+0.0
Mean Minimum
3.4
+0.4
Monthly Mean
6.6
+0.3
Highest Maximum
14.1
30th
Lowest Maximum
2.7
23rd
Highest Minimum
8.7
2nd
Lowest Minimum
-2.1
5th
Lowest Grass Min
-3.9
5th
Wind mph
Mean wind speed
8.0
Strongest Gust
49
1st
Dominant Direction
N
Direction at 0900
N
NE
E
SE
S
SW
W
NW
CALM
No of mornings
7
0
0
2
4
3
13
2
0
Precipitation mm
 Date or compared to 1971-2000 average
Monthly Total
65.7
138.0%
Wettest Day
15.6mm
15th
Rain Days (>0.2mm)
20
Wet Days (>1mm)
13
Sunshine hours
Monthly Total
102.67
%
96
Days with no sun
2
Sunniest day
9.73
Hours
5th
Number of days with
Air Frost
5
Ground Frost
8
Snow/sleet falling (0000-2400GMT)
4
>50% snow cover at 0900
1
Fog at 0900 (vis <1000m)
1
Thunder heard
0
Hail <5mm diameter
4
Hail > 5mm diameter
3

 
Miscellaneous Data
Mean Relative Humidity at 0900 (%)
79.5
Mean Air Pressure at 0900 (mb)
1005.8
Lowest Pressure (mb)
961.7
Date
10th
Highest Pressure (mb)
1035.0
Date
5th
Hours of air frost
33.8
Mean soil temp °C (20cm depth)
6.0
Greatest snow depth (0900)
3cm
Date
23rd
Particular days/events

Tmax of only 2.7º on the 23rd is the latest date for such a low maximum.

15.6mm on the 15th is the 4th wettest March day on record here.

 

Month as a whole

Wettest March since 2001.

13th coldest in record but 5th coldest since 1988

 

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