Epping Weather Station

Monthly Summary: March 2004 (Daily Readings)

Temperature °C
  Date or compared to 1971-2000 average
Mean Maximum 10.3
+0.6
Mean Minimum 3.5
+0.5
Monthly Mean 6.9
+0.6
Highest Maximum 18.3
31st
Lowest Maximum 4.8
11th
Highest Minimum 10.4
16th
Lowest Minimum -4.2
1st
Lowest Grass Min -6.7
1st
Wind mph
Mean wind speed
5.2mph
Strongest Gust
53mph
20th
Dominant Direction
W
Direction at 0900
N
NE
E
SE
S
SW
W
NW
CALM
No of mornings
7
3
5
1
0
4
9
0
2
Precipitation mm
Date or compared to 1971-2000 average
Monthly Total
31.5
66%
Wettest Day
7.1
12th
Rain Days (>0.2mm)
17
Wet Days (>1mm)
11
Sunshine hours
Monthly Total
103
% Average
95
Days with no sun
5
Sunniest day
30th
Hours
11.63
Number of days with
Air Frost
4
Ground Frost
9
Snow/sleet falling (0000-2400GMT)
8
>50% snow cover at 0900
2
 
Fog at 0900 (vis <1000m)
1
Thunder heard
0
Hail <5mm diameter
3
Hail > 5mm diameter
1

 

Miscellaneous Data
Mean Relative Humidity at 0900 (%)
87
Mean Air Pressure at 0900 (mb)
1019.5
Lowest Pressure (mb)
1036.6
Date
1st
Highest Pressure (mb)
997.7
Date
20th
Hours of air frost
23
Mean soil temp °C (20cm depth)
6.0
Greatest snow depth (0900)
3cm
Date
12th
Particular days/events

The minimum temperature of -4.2°C on the 1st was the lowest for March since 1986

 

 

Month as a whole

Although the month was 0.6°C warmer than the 1971-2000 average it was actually 0.4°C cooler than the 1994-2003 average.
Third highest number of days in March with sleet/snow falling since records began here in 1979

 

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