Tideswell, Derbyshire - March 2018
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Note: Anomalies (in brackets) refer to the 2009-2018 averages.


Mean max: 5.8 (-2.9)
Mean min: 0.0 (-1.4)
Mean temp: 2.9 (-2.1)

Highest max: 11.1 (-4.2) (26th)
Lowest max: -3.2 (-5.8) (1st)

Lowest min: -7.6 (-2.8) (1st)
Highest min: 4.3 (-2.2) (23rd)
Lowest grass: -8.7 (-1.3) (1st)

Air frosts: 15 (+5)
Ground frosts: 18 (+1)

Days with max 15.0-19.9: 0 (-1)
Days with max 10.0-14.9: 3 (-6)
Days with max 5.0-9.9: 19 (+4)
Days with max 0.0-4.9: 5 (+1)
Days with max -5.0 to -0.1: 4 (+3)

Frost duration: 167.1 hours (+84.6)

Total rainfall: 153.5 mm (177%)
Wettest rainfall day (09-09z) 22.2 mm (+2.2) (30th)
Rain days (0.2 mm or more): 27 (+11)
Wet days (1.0 mm or more): 23 (+11)

Days with snow/sleet falling: 10 (+3)
Days with 50%+ snow cover at 09z: 9 (+6)
Deepest at 0900z 20 cm (+14) (1st)
Eden Snow Index: 92 cm/days (+59)

Total sunshine: 38.2 hours (45%)
Sunniest day: 8.3 hours (-1.0) (25th)
Days with no sun: 11 (+4)

Days with thunder heard: 0 (0)
Days with hail: 2 (0)
Days with fog at 0900z: 4 (+2)

Mean wind speed: 7.8 knots (+1.9)
Highest 10-min mean wind: 28 kt from ENE (+2) (1st, 2nd)
Max gust: 48 knots (+7) (2nd)
Days with gale: 0 (0)

Wind direction at 0900z
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N:2 NNE:1 NE:1 ENE:8 E:0 ESE:2 SE:0 SSE:2
S:3 SSW:2 SW:1 WSW:2 W:1 WNW:4 NW:0 NNW:1
CALM:1

Remarks
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A memorable month. Very cold, very wet and very dull. It was the second
coldest March in my 10-year record (March 2013 is the coldest). The
mean temp for the month was 0.7° lower than the mean temp for Jan 2018.
By a considerable margin it was the wettest March that I have recorded.
The previous wettest was March 2016 with 122.1 mm. The number of rain
days and wet days were the highest that I have recorded in March. Also
by a considerable margin, it was the least sunny March that I have
recorded. The previous record was held by March 2013 with 57.5 hours.
It was the 2nd snowiest March (after March 2013) that I have recorded.

--
Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.
https://peakdistrictweather.org
Twitter: @TideswellWeathr