March 2013 CET (2012/13 CET Competition)

[Roger J Smith]

Here are your CET averages and trivia to give you more than enough information to make a forecast.

March CET averages and trivia

14.7 ... Warmest March daily mean (27th, 1777)

9.2 ... Warmest March (1957)

9.1 ... 2nd warmest March (1938)

8.4 ... 3rd warmest March (1997)

8.3 ... 4th warmest March (1948,1990, 2012)

8.2 ... 7th warmest March and warmest before 20th century (1750, tied with 1961)

6.7 ... mean of 21st century (2001-2012)

6.6 ... mean of 1981-2010

6.3 ... mean of 1971-2000

5.8 ... mean of 20th century (1901-2000)

5.7 ... mean of 1961-1990

5.3 ... mean of all 354 years (1659-2012)

5.2 ... mean of 19th century (1801-1900)

5.0 ... mean of 18th century (1701-1800)

4.6 ... mean of (CET portion of) 17th century (1659-1700)

2.8 ... Coldest March of 20th century (1962) -- is tied for 15th coldest all-time*

1.8 ... 3rd coldest March (1748)

1.2 ... 2nd coldest March (1785)

1.0 ... Coldest March (1674)

-3.9 ... Coldest March daily mean in last 50 yrs (3rd, 1965)

-6.5 ... Coldest March daily mean (13th, 1845)

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* March has rarely been below the long-term average in the past three decades. 4.1 in 1987.

The decade of the 1730s was also rather warm with a March average of 6.2C.

The 8 years from 1782 to 1789 had essentially wintry conditions in March with an average of only 3.3C.

The daily means (1772-2011) rise from 4.6 C at the start of the month to 6.7 C at the end.

[Summer Sun]

Well the first month of Spring will hopefully be a warm and dry one I'm going for............

8.2c

[Guest pjl20101]

6.5 the same as 2004.

[Mark Neal.]

6.7c for March

[summer blizzard]

A dry and blocked month on the whole but the high may be west enough to produce inversions in the first half before it drifts south east in the second.

7.1C for me at this point, 0.5C above the 1981-2010 average.

[SteveB]

I'll go for 5.3c please

[Lettucing Gutted]

10C

[IanR]

5.9 sticking with below average

[hillbilly]

could be in for a cold one 5.1 for me.is there any relation with cold springs and a warm summer??

[Stationary Front]

I'm going for a dry and cool March so 5.5 for me please

[geoffw]

6.4

[BornFromTheVoid]

March CET values from 1659 to 2012, with the 10 year running average in red and the linear trend in black.

[Summer Sun]

could be in for a cold one 5.1 for me.is there any relation with cold springs and a warm summer??

Simple answer is no

[AWD]

I'll take a punt at 4.9 please

[Polar Gael]

7.0ºC for me please.

[syed2878]

hi guys. Well now march, i'm going for 6.4c. Thank u.

[Roger J Smith]

5.4 in a month starting rather cold and ending rather warm.

[jonboy]

5.75 for me

[Bobd29]

6.2 for me please.....hopefully with a warm spring end to the month

[Frank Trough]

EC32 to be correct. Northern blocking, cold, miserable and wet in the south. it's got to be right eventually....

5.1

[DAVID SNOW]

Will try 5.0 ty.

[Weather-history]

5.9C

[Harve]

After so many months near to or just below average, I'm hoping for something a bit more extreme. And since we're used to such warm spring months, a chilly one wouldn't go amiss. 4.4c?

[Stargazer]

Random guess...6.1.

[Backtrack]

8C