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Swanston Weather Station
March 2018 (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, Moorfoots snowline(ft)
1Maximum Temperature (°C)
2Minimum Temperature (°C)
3Rainfall
(mm)
4GrassMin Temp
(°C)
5Sunshine (Hours)

Solar
Rad'n High
(W/m2)
7ET
(mm)
6Max Wind
Speed (mph)
1
1017.9
– 3.6
97
13
ESE
1.0
20cm
–1.1
– 5.1
4.1
– 4.0
0.91
436
0.5
37
Heavy snow showers 28th/1st. Drifting. 24h<0degC.Red Alert
1
2
1006.7
-1.1
86
16
ESE
1.0
25 cm
–0.1
– 3.0
trace
– 4.0
0.00
93
0.5
33
Heavy snow showers. Drifting.24h<0degC
2
3
999.6
-0.5
89
13
ESE
1.0
18 cm
–0.1
– 1.2
0.0
– 1.0
0.00
199
0.8
27
Light snow showers 24h<0degC
3
4
994.3
0.5
89
11
E
1.0
17 cm
2.2
– 0.7
5.7
– 1.5
0.00
230
0.3
17
Snow am. 24h<0degC
4
5
988.0
2.2
99
5
ESE
1.0
17 cm
2.4
– 0.4
14.1
– 0.5
0.00
98
0.3
16
Rain and snow am 5th
5
6
986.8
0.5
98
5
E
1.0
8 cm
3.6
0.4
2.6
– 0.2
0.00
98
0.3
23
Heavy snow 0700-0900h 6th
6
7
989.0
3.5
90
9
SSW
1.0
5 cm
5.5
0.5
0.3
– 1.5
2.62
668
1.0
27
Light snow am 6th. Clear overnight 6th/7th
7
8
989.6
2.3
87
1
NNE
2.0
2 cm
7.7
1.2
0.0
– 2.5
7.17
520
1.5
27
 Sunny intervals 7th. Clear am 8th
8
9
997.7
3.5
83
19
WSW
2.0
700' PML
7.9
1.7
2.6
0.0
10.63
587
1.8
40
 Prolonged sunshine 8th. Variable cloud am 9th
9
10
994.2
2.8
96
10
ESE
2.0
800' PML
4.7
1.6
16.2
– 1.5
0.00
84
0.3
25
 Unbroken sunshine 9th. Clear then rain am 10th
10
11
993.1
4.7
99
3
SE
3.0
900' PML
9.6
2.6
0.3
1.3
2.61
547
0.8
12
 Rain and snow am 10th, then rain. Fog am 11th
11
12
993.2
3.7
99
5
ESE
4.0
900' PML
5.6
3.7
0.5
3.5
0.00
165
0.3
10
 Sunny intervals 11th. Fog overnight 11th/12th
12
13
1004.4
4.8
91
2
SW
4.0
1000' PML
7.2
3.6
0.5
2.0
0.35
385
0.5
17
 Low cloud 12th. Misty am 13th
13
14
1000.9
3.6
85
7
ESE
3.0
1000' PML
8.8
0.1
0.0
– 3.5
0.55
244
1.0
35
 Shower am 13th. Clear skies overnight 13th/14th
14
15
991.0
4.7
88
20
SE
4.0
1200' PML
4.7
3.6
3.1
4.0
0.00
91
0.8
40
 Mainly cloudy 14th. Cloudy and windy am 15th
15
16
1002.0
3.2
93
17
ESE
3.5
Patches
3.8
2.8
trace
2.0
0.00
236
0.8
40
 Cloudy am 15th with light rain pm. Low cloud
16
17
1020.4
– 0.7
82
13
ESE
3.0
Dusting
1.4
– 1.1
3.0
– 1.5
2.55
780
1.5
36
 Cloudy pm 16th. Snow flurries am 17th
17
18
1022.6
– 1.8
93
16
ESE
2.0
6 cm
1.9
– 3.1
0.2
(– 0.5)
0.35
636
1.0
31
 Snow showers 17th/18th. 6 cm 0900. 21.5h<0C
18
19
1026.0
1.8
87
10
ENE
2.0
3 cm
4.9
– 1.8
0.0
– 2.0
7.08
647
1.3
25
 Snow showers until mid pm 18th. Cloudy am 19th. 2.5h<0C
19
20
1031.3
4.1
60
7
W
2.0
900' PML
8.9
– 0.2
0.0
– 4.5
11.67
619
2.3
18
 Prolonged sunshine 19th. Clear am 20th
20
21
1025.3
4.7
81
13
W
3.0
1100' PML
8.4
2.1
0.0
– 1.0
0.82
649
1.8
42
 Unbroken sunshine 20th. Turning cloudy am 21st
21
22
1014.4
7.3
81
11
W
4.0
Patches
9.6
4.7
2.0
5.0
2.48
754
1.8
39
 Windy pm 21st. Turning milder overnight 21st/22nd
22
23
985.1
6.2
91
13
SW
5.0
Patches
9.6
5.4
trace
4.5
4.95
810
2.0
41
 Sunny intervals 22nd. Rain at times am 23rd
23
24
1001.3
6.6
74
6
W
4.0
Patches
11.1
3.0
0.0
0.5
9.96
684
2.5
21
 Sunny periods 24th. Clear and windy early am 24th
24
25
1009.0
6.6
79
11
W
4.0
10.8
3.3
0.0
0.5
9.06
816
2.3
23
 Prolonged sunshine 24th. Clear am 25th
25
26
1015.3
4.8
80
8
W
4.0
9.2
1.8
5.5
– 0.5
7.18
837
1.8
20
 Prolonged sunshine 25th. Clear am 26th
26
27
999.4
6.3
95
4
WSW
5.0
9.7
3.3
0.0
2.0
0.19
617
1.3
25
 Prolonged sunshine 26th. Rain am 26th
27
28
1000.0
4.3
87
9
WNW
5.0
8.9
2.4
1.3
0.5
5.14
705
1.8
23
 Cloudy 27th. Broken cloud am 28th
28
29
1001.0
4.9
80
5
SE
4.0
7.7
– 1.3
trace
– 3.5
8.03
809
1.3
21
 Sunny periods 28th, hail sh pm. Clear am 29th. 3.9h<0C
29
30
1000.9
3.3
91
11
ESE
4.0
4.6
1.6
6.8
– 1.0
0.00
229
0.5
25
 Prolonged sunshine 29th. Cloudy am 30th
30
31
1006.2
2.3
96
13
E
4.0
2.7
2.1
3.0
0.2
0.00
237
0.3
24
 Rain and snow 30th and am 31st
31
 
   
Total/
Mean
5.9
1.1
71.8
– 4.5
94.30
837
35.0
42
  
Date
 
Pressure
(mb)
Temp
(°C)
Relative
Humidity
(%)
Wind
Speed (mph)
Wind
Direction
Soil Temp
at 20cm
(°C)
Snow Depth(cm)
or
Pentlands Snow line(ft)
1 Mean Maximum
Temperature
(°C)
2Mean Minimum
Temperature
(°C)
3Total Rainfall
(mm)
4GrassMin
Temperature
lowest
(°C)
5Total Sunshine
(Hours)
Solar
Rad'n highest
( W/m2)
7Total ET
(mm)
6Maximum
Wind Speed
(mph)
 
  0900 GMTreadings
Daily Readings (see notes below)  
    

 

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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