Moans, ramps and banter

[In Absence of True Seasons]

 Sun Chaser it's definitely on-par with 2023. No improvement to the pattern.

Today was one of the sunniest mornings this month, and it clouded over by lunchtime, which says how low the bar is.

[Sun Chaser]

 In Absence of True Seasons  Used to look forward to March so now it seems a little extreme that we've had the two dullest wettest Marches in decades in succession?

[Bristawl Si]

 Metwatch A pal, who i've known since we were 16, has a place in Corralejo and he's been out there since Monday. We have over 7 weeks to wait. 

i just want some dry weather for a few days, so i can get on with some jobs outside.

[baddie]

 Sun Chaser Wouldnt write off March 2024 just yet. Depend on how much sunshine we get in the second half

[Wade]

 Sun Chaser Yes it has been very dull and quite wet at times but I don't think overall countrywide is as quite as wet as last March up to this point, some places will be in dark blue shades on the met office anomaly map though I can be sure of that

[In Absence of True Seasons]

 baddie if the models are anything to go by even remotely, looks like more dullfest for the next 7-10 days 

[*Stormforce~beka*]

 Sun Chaser I'm scared for March next year now. I used to look forward to it too. But it's looking like it's turning into November

 baddie Models show it as a big dullfest. It's over and done with

[Sun Chaser]

 In Absence of True Seasons Onto April. Perhaps the weather will turn with the month! Would be nice

[snowdog]

 Sun Chaser This makes me think of being on a car journey, as a child, saying “Are we nearly there?” And the answer was yes not far now. But it still seemed ages before we got there. 
I’m hoping brighter days will eventually appear too. 

[In Absence of True Seasons]

A truly foul morning. Neither warm nor cool, dark, dull, not actually raining but just a moistness in the air that makes you get wet nonetheless. 

Basically the type of conditions that are the negative stereotype of "British weather". 

[In Absence of True Seasons]

 Sun Chaser it's always "next month", that's the issue. 

Our climate manifests an eternal mindset of being frustrated with the present and wanting the future to come quicker with the hopes of said future being an improvement...

Which is really not mentally healthy in the long run. 

[B87]

A list of London's cloudiest Marches on record. Will 2024 join it?

Mar 1984 - 51.4 hours
Mar 1981 - 56.8 hours
Mar 1992 - 61.8 hours
Mar 1960 - 65.0 hours
Mar 1964 - 66.8 hours
Mar 1969 - 66.8 hours
Mar 1975 - 66.9 hours
Mar 2023 - 67.0 hours
Mar 2013 - 68.6 hours
Mar 1996 - 75.9 hours
Mar 2018 - 77.2 hours
Mar 2001 - 78.2 hours
Mar 1980 - 83.2 hours

Mar 2024 so far - 43.1 hours after 16 days.

[baddie]

 B87 DIdnt March 2005 record less than 80 hours too

[B87]

 baddie 96.7 hours

[reef]

25.3 hours here in the first 16 days.

The 10 dullest Marches here since 1980:

1996: 46hrs
1984: 49hrs
2005: 63hrs
1981: 66hrs
1991: 69hrs
2013: 77hrs
1998: 82hrs
2018: 83hrs
1980: 86hrs
1983: 87hrs

4.1 hours per day required to not end up in this list. What's also noteworthy is there are quite a few decent summers in these years.

Edited March 17 by reef

[baddie]

Looking like a decent spring day tomorrow, something March 2023 didnt have. So far, there have only been 28 hours here in the first 16 days, but at least March 2024 would have a little bit more sunshine than March 2023

 reef Surprised 2023 and 2006 arent in that list

[reef]

 baddie 2006 had 97 hours (95%) and 2023 had 119 hours (97%). Both were pretty average months for sunshine here.

Edited March 17 by reef

[Metwatch]

Average March Sunshine for Coventry is 115.1 hours. 

Sunniest on record is 176.4 hours 2009, dullest is 1984 with 41.6 hours. 

Last March had 83 hours which was the 6th dullest since 1983, with 1998 the 5th dullest (81.6 hours). Other more dull ones are 1991, 1992, 1996 and 1988.

Another interesting fact is last March was the second time in records since 1895, where it was duller than both the preceeding January and February along with 1984. I wonder if this March will do the same, as this year so far January has recorded 88.7 hours and February has had 65.4 hours. March so far is at an extremely poor 35.5 hours with the total likely reaching around 40 hours after today.

 

 

[B87]

 Metwatch For London, the dullest was March 1984 with 51.4 hours, and the sunniest March 1995 with 194.5 hours. Average is 124.4 hours.

March was duller than Jan and Feb in 2023, 2001, 1984, 1981.

Edited March 17 by B87

[In Absence of True Seasons]

Actually turned into a fairly springlike afternoon from the truly grim morning earlier. 

15c and sunny spells.

[TheOgre]

It’s nice out there for a change. First proper spring like afternoon. 

[Josh Rubio]

What a wonderfully sunny day today has been after this mornings’ wash out. 

[*Stormforce~beka*]

A decent afternoon here too. Sun and cloudy but I'll take it

[Summer8906]

The Octoberishness of today was profound. Mild, muggy and damp; dull for part of the day and some cloud breaks later, along with a constant nagging damp SW-ly breeze.

Edited March 17 by Summer8906

[Summer8906]

 Josh Rubio Another day when the Midlands is beating the south, it seems... a few blue patches this afternoon but nothing quite like that!