INCHMARLO TEMPERATURES & RAINFALL for MARCH 2017
(Figures in brackets are Inchmarlo March average for period 1990-2016)

TEMPERATURE
Overall Average: 6.5 (5.4)

Mean Max: 11.8 (9.7)
Extreme Max: 19.0 on the 26th.
Inchmarlo March Record for period 1990-2016: 23.0 on the 27/3/12

Mean Min: 1.2 (1.1)
Extreme Min: -4.7 on the 3rd..
Inchmarlo March Record for period 1990-2016: -12.4 on the 3/3/01

Mean Grass Min: -1.3 (-0.8)
Number of Days with Grass Frost: 22 (18.5)
Number of Days with Air Frost: 11 (11)

RAINFALL

45.3 mm (55.2 mm)

March was warmer than average here, but that was entirely due to high maxima; the Air Min was average. However, we did surprisingly badly for grass frosts. Not only were there more grass frosts here in March than in February, but the average Grass Min was lower as well.

Ian Bingham,
Inchmarlo, Aberdeenshire.
80m asl.