Sunny right from the start and this lasted through to the mid-afternoon then
cloud (remember them) moved in from the east and put the lid on what was
another gloriously sunny and increasingly warmer day.

A max of 9.5°C after an overnight minimum of 1.1°C, the first night without
a frost since the 4th. Despite the cloud later today there was 7.2 hours of
sunshine and this brings the total up to 72.4 hours. More sunshine in the
first 8 days of this month than for the whole of February.

That wind, though still cool has lost that 'edge' it had yesterday and
correspondingly the sun felt much warmer. Whilst onsite today there were
little dust-devils blowing around. All the silt/mud etc that washed off the
fields onto the roads in February has now turned to dust and is being blown
around in the wind. Not good when you get that in your eyes.

DP has now managed to climb above freezing - it's a miracle!

No rainfall recorded so far this month.

(19:00), 6.1°C, RH 56%, DP 0.3°C, 1030 hPa (S), Wind 4 mph N.
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Nick
Otter Valley, Devon
83 m amsl
http://www.ottervalley.co.uk

"Nick Gardner" wrote in message
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Whilst onsite today there were little dust-devils blowing around. All the
silt/mud etc that washed off the fields onto the roads in February has now
turned to dust and is being blown around in the wind. Not good when you
get that in your eyes.

The moor is now tundra-like, hard and dry. Min. here was -0.7C Max. +7.6C.
The grass in my garden is extremely worn in places and yellow/brown in
others. With soil temperatures 2-3C and the dryness, nothing is growing.

Eskimo Will (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)
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