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Old April 3rd 17, 09:09 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
David Mitchell[_4_] David Mitchell[_4_] is offline
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Default March at La Moratille (Oops and Feb)

March had just about everything you could wish for, apart from Thunder. Overall, very warm, max and min both around 2c above normal.
It was wet, 190mm rain, but only 14 days over 0.2mm.
It was also sunny and occasionally cold and snowy. A depth of 10cm on the 4th, was within a whisker of being 30cm+ as it alternated between heavy rain, sleet and snow for a couple of days.
There was flooding in the valley's and also gales as well with plenty of trees down leaving us with no power for 29 hours.
Also 12 days over 15c, 2 over 20c bringing a real sense of summer.
A brilliant month.

Recording day 0000 - 2359
Mean Max = 12.1
Mean Min = 2.4
Mean = 7.2
High Max = 20.6, 30th
Low Max = 3.5, 23rd
High Min = 6.0, 31st
Low Min = -2.0, 22nd
Grass Mean = -0.2
Grass Min = -5.2, 22nd
Air Frost = 4
Grass Frost = 19
Rain Total = 190.9 mm
Wettest = 46.3, 4th
Rain days = 14
Days with Thunder = 0
Days with Hail = 2
Sleet/snow falling = 7
Days with Snow Lying 50% at 0900 = 3
Max Snow Depth at 0900 = 10cm, 4th
Days with Fog at 0900 = 5
Wind Mean = 2.2 mph
Max Gust = 35.6, 6th
High Pressure = 1025.0
Low Pressure = 991.0
Mean Pressure = 1012.6

February was almost dull in comparison. Another wet and mild month, but some good sunny days and not much in the way of cold.

Recording day 0000 - 2359
Mean Max = 8.3
Mean Min = 0.6
Mean = 4.4
High Max = 12.9, 19th
Low Max = 3.2, 9th
High Min = 6.2, 13th
Low Min = -4.7, 25th
Grass Mean = -1.5
Grass Min = -7.6, 25th
Air Frost = 14
Grass Frost = 20
Rain Total = 155.4 mm
Wettest = 31.4, 28th
Rain days = 17
Days with Thunder = 1
Days with Hail = 1
Sleet/snow falling = 4
Days with Snow Lying 50% at 0900 = 1
Max Snow Depth at 0900 = 5cm, 28th
Days with Fog at 0900 = 1
Wind Mean = 1.2 mph
Max Gust = 27.3 mph, 28th
High Pressure = 1026.2
Low Pressure = 1000
Mean Pressure = 1017.5

DM. 740m. La Moratille. Correze. France.