March CET

[summer blizzard]

Hey guys, time for Spring to begin, though i think that March will be dull, cold and dry..

5.8C is my prediction, 0.5C below average.

[SteveB]

I am going for an early punt 4.7c

Need an update from GP on his thoughts for Spring before making my final guess.

[Rollo]

I will go for 5.1c slightly below the norm as I feel the last week of the month will see spring finally arrive,until then pretty cold I'm afraid.

[Lettucing Gutted]

10C ushering in yet another mild blowtorch spring. 14 in a row... :lol:

[Weather-history]

5.7C

[Thundery wintry showers]

My random guess earlier this year was 5.6C, and it still looks plausible, so 5.6C for now, pending revisions nearer the time. I doubt that there will be the much sought-after switch flick to homogeneous warmth like we had in mid February last year- I expect spring to arrive in fits and bursts, and maybe the unusually wintry weather of 2009/10 could throw up some more surprises during March.

[Nick L]

10C ushering in yet another mild blowtorch spring. 14 in a row...

10c?! You are having a giraffe surely?

And how on Earth will it be 14 in a row, 2006 had the coldest start to Spring in 30 years or something like that.

[trickydicky]

3.9C. Snowy in the North, wet in the South.

[stewfox]

Hey guys, time for Spring to begin, though i think that March will be dull, cold and dry..

5.8C is my prediction, 0.5C below average.

Whats the long term average please

[Milhouse]

Whats the long term average please

6.3c 71-00

5.7c 61-90

A cold unsettled first week. Becoming more settled and gradually warming up in the middle. Staying mild and unsettled for the final weeks. Maybe a brief easterly later on.

6.7c sounds about right.

[BornFromTheVoid]

I think I'll go with 4.9C for now, I think the first half of the month will be influenced by the MMW that occurred recently so the blocking to the North to remain. But like others, awaiting GPs thoughts.

[Nick B]

5.4 deg C please.

[Cymro]

I think I'll go for 4.9

[LomondSnowstorm]

Hmmm, can we make it four months well below average in a row? I'm a bit sceptical, though I think a bit below average is possible, but what happens to whatever high pressure ridge forms over us in the first week (if indeed it does) will make a big difference. I suspect that maybe it will sink within a few days with the PV reforming fairly quickly, so on that basis I'm going for a 5.5C as there are bound to be a few northerly incursions.

[The PIT]

I'll go for 5c.

[I remember Atlantic 252]

5.9°C, very dull 1st 2 weeks with high pressure dominating just to the NW of the UK, snowless for me, 10 day snowfest for the SE,

probably turning milder mid month with a thaw for the SE, with westerly type stuff

[paul tall]

0.7ºC

[SnOwFeSt]

Haha - 0.7 is a little optimistic!

I'm punting for 6.3 - cold first half, mild second half

[NorthNorfolkWeather]

Certain to be wrong, but 5.8C

Cool up to the 7th, Bartlett for a week after that, first week above average in 3 months, then wet and windy afterwards

[virtualsphere]

I think it will remain cool for a while yet - so let's try 5.3C.

[Roger J Smith]

4.4 C

[sunny scunny]

My guess is 5.1C.

[DAVID SNOW]

4.8. Ty.

[Lettucing Gutted]

And how on Earth will it be 14 in a row, 2006 had the coldest start to Spring in 30 years or something like that.

If what I said wasnt clear enough I meant the whole combined March-April-May 2010 CET average will be the 14th warmest in a row.

[Thundery wintry showers]

The springs of 2001 and 2006 both had a mean temperature very close to the long-term average.