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March 2021 (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 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
1034.5
4.0
87
0
Calm
5.0
10.6
0.7
0.0
– 3.1
9.59
471
0.97
16
 Sunny intervals 28th February. Clear skies late 28th Feb and am 1st March. Ground frost
1
2
1032.1
1.7
94
0
Calm
5.0
2.8
1.6
0.0
– 1.6
0.00
176
0.28
14
 Prolonged sunshine 1st, haze pm. Fog late 1st and am 2nd
2
3
1030.0
1.2
94
0
Calm
4.5
4.0
0.3
3.2
0.3
0.00
54
0.18
14
 Low cloud, with fog at times, 2nd and am 3rd.
3
4
1029.7
3.2
95
11
E
4.5
4.1
1.7
0.1
0.5
0.07
279
0.58
26
 Low cloud, fog at times 4th. Rain and snow showers evening. Rain showers am 4th
4
5
1035.4
1.5
76
0
ENE
4.0
4.3
0.9
0.0
0.5
1.33
320
0.46
10
 Overcast 4th, small hail pm. Overcast am 5th
5
6
1034.4
2.7
74
6
N
3.5
6.7
– 0.9
0.0
– 4.5
8.17
592
1.63
23
 A few sunny intervals pm 5th. Clear skies overnight 5th/6th with air frost . 6.0h<0C
6
7
1026.3
4.6
78
8
W
4.5
9.3
3.1
0.5
0.5
2.21
499
1.35
23
 Prolonged sunshine 6th, overcast am 7th
7
8
1018.7
7.2
91
11
W
5.5
9.8
4.6
0.0
3.6
2.15
849
1.17
25
 A few sunny intervals 7th, cloudy later. Showers am 8th
8
9
1014.5
6.7
90
14
N
5.5
9.6
5.2
8.3
1.9
1.85
512
1.19
61
 A few sunny intervals 8th, rather hazy. Variable cloud overnight 8th/9th
9
10
996.4
5.1
80
11
WSW
5.5
9.6
4.2
6.7
2.8
1.78
406
1.27
55
 A few sunny intervals 9th, overcast with rain later. Gusts to 61mph evening. Overcast am 10th
10
11
977.6
5.4
80
16
N
6.0
7.3
4.4
6.1
3.0
3.92
534
1.55
45
 Rain at times pm 10th and am 11th
11
12
988.8
3.4
88
18
WSW
5.0
PML 1200'
6.4
1.6
4.0
0.5
7.22
621
1.52
36
Showers, heavy at times, 11th and am 12th. Rain and snow showers overnight.
12
13
984.5
2.8
90
9
NW
5.0
PML 1200'
7.7
1.4
0.6
0.6
5.57
737
1.35
29
 Sunshine and showers 12th, rain/snow showers evening. Clear skies am 13th
13
14
1005.7
5.0
92
15
NW
5.0
7.0
2.7
0.3
2.0
2.07
603
1.17
31
 Shower of rain, hail and snow early pm 13th (1310h). Variable cloud am 14th
14
15
1019.5
5.7
86
5
NW
5.0
10.4
3.7
1.6
2.6
6.14
575
1.30
23
 A few sunny intervals 14th, shower early pm. Clear skies am 15th
15
16
1024.3
10.4
87
10
NW
6.0
15.0
5.6
0.0
5.2
10.81
591
2.34
26
 Sunny periods 15th, rain in evening. Showers am 16th. Turning milder
16
17
1033.9
6.4
76
4
WSW
6.0
13.4
5.8
0.0
4.1
6.98
559
1.75
25
 Prolonged sunshine 16th. Clear skies am 17th
17
18
1031.8
10.8
74
3
W
6.5
17.6
7.0
0.0
3.3
9.63
626
1.93
19
 Sunny periods 17th. Clear skies am 18th
18
19
1031.9
7.1
89
2
SSE
6.0
11.4
3.4
0.0
– 1.0
3.90
719
1.14
11
 Prolonged sunshine 18th. Highest March Tmax srb here 2014. Clear skies 19th am
19
20
1029.6
7.5
88
6
WSW
7.0
13.1
5.7
0.0
2.5
9.88
640
1.73
28
 Sunny intervals 19th. Variable cloud amount am 20th
20
21
1029.7
6.2
80
1
SSE
6.5
11.9
1.9
0.0
– 2.4
10.82
724
1.80
15
 Prolonged sunshine 20th. clear skies am 21st
21
22
1023.4
6.1
80
4
SW
7.0
10.4
4.5
0.0
2.5
0.91
679
1.35
28
 Prolonged sunshine 21st. Variable cloud amount am 22nd
22
23
1016.4
7.1
76
8
SW
7.0
10.4
6.1
0.4
6.3
1.03
763
1.47
45
 Mainly overcast 22nd and am 23rd
23
24
1012.2
6.8
77
9
SSW
7.0
11.1
4.4
0.0
2.9
8.53
788
2.41
39
 Brief heavy shower 2030h 23rd (cold front).. Clear skies am 24th
24
25
1009.6
8.3
75
8
SSW
7.0
11.0
5.1
10.2
3.2
6.58
714
1.73
36
 Sunny periods 24th. Clear skies am 25th
25
26
994.7
3.9
91
6
WSW
7.0
7.5
3.7
0.2
3.6
6.36
826
1.50
40
 Sunny periods 25th, heavy showers rain and hail late pm. Heavy showers am 26th
26
27
1010.6
4.9
77
7
WSW
6.0
9.2
1.0
3.3
– 0.5
6.92
691
1.88
46
 Hail showers am 26th then sunny periods, gusty winds. Clear skies am 27th
27
28
1005.6
7.6
82
7
WSW
7.0
13.8
4.9
0.7
5.1
2.45
606
1.68
59
 Sunny periods 27th, heavy showers with.gusty winds, overnight 27th/28th
28
29
1008.8
13.8
84
14
SSW
8.0
15.8
7.5
0.0
10.2
6.68
803
2.39
50
Showers pm 28th and am 29th. Gusty winds throughout.
29
30
1022.0
12.6
78
8
SW
9.0
14.6
10.2
0.0
9.0
2.04
559
2.06
33
Sunny periods 29th. Gusty winds. Variable cloud amount am 30th
30
31
1018.8
10.2
80
0
SE
8.5
12.5
7.7
3.7
4.0
0.27
417
0.71
25
A few sunny intervals 30th, variable cloud amount am 31st
31
 
Total/
Mean
9.9
3.9
49.9
– 4.5
145.86
849
 43.84
61
  
Date
 
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 2021 Summary (to 0900 GMT on the 1st April)

Overall mean temperature 6.9C (+ 1.4 degC of normal)

Precipitation 49.9 mm (76.8%), Sunshine 145.86 hours (126.8%)
 
  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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