Sunny bone dry March of 1929

[Weather-history]

After the severe winter of 1928-29 came March 1929, which was an exceptionally dry month, 2nd driest March on record for England and Wales with a total of just 8.0mm

Rainfall in terms of % of 1881-1915

England and Wales: 13%

Scotland: 24%

Ireland: 24%

Rainfall totals in inches

Camden Square: 0.1

Reigate: 0.2

Brighton: 0.8

High Wycombe: 0.6

Oxford: 0.8

Cambridge: 0.3

Chelmsford: 0.6

Norwich: 0,7

Devizes: 0.16

Plymouth: 0.75

Penzance: 0.54

Church Stretton: 0.33

Birmingham Edgbaston: 0,16

Boston: 0,28

Worksop: 0.6

Runcorn: 0.57

Southport: 0.84

Scarborough: 0.13

Middlesbrough: 0.11

Carlisle: 0.61

Cardiff: 0.59

Aberystwyth: 0.84

Llandudno: 0.17

Dumfries: 0.77

Eskdalemuir: 1.10

Edinburgh: 0.2

Glasgow: 0.9

Oban: 1.62

Tiree: 0.69

Dundee: 0.42

Braemar: 0.31

Aberdeen: 0.22

Ullapool: 1.96

Stornaway: 1.23

Wick: 0.88

Lerwick: 1.20

Valentina: 1.37

Waterford: 1.01

Dublin: 0.22

Galway: 1.15

Enniskillen: 0.20

Armagh: 0.32

Belfast: 0.81

Londonderry: 0.85

Another feature was how sunny it was

Totals in hrs

Stornoway: 131 +26

Aberdeen: 145 +28

Dublin: 201 +78

Valentina: 197 +74

Liverpool: 180 +72

Kew: 146 +41

There was wide diurnal temperature ranges during the months with numerous locations going from subzero to high teens on a number occasions.

21C was reached at Hull and Norwich on the 9th, 25C at Wakefield on the 29th

[Weather-history]

                      

 

  

[cheeky_monkey]

looks a lot like this March here in Edmonton without the warmth obviously ..have recorded just 2mm of precip this month which is 0.08 inches ..its been quite sunny but very cold at night 

[Metwatch]

Interesting how similar the month ended to 2021. Warmth to cold quite quickly. April 1929 was also dry and cool, and then May turned a lot wetter relative to April with a warmer end.

Maxes in Coventry via RoostWeather for March - April 1929:

26th: 16.1C

27th: 19.4C

28th: 21.7C

29th: 21.7C

30th: 22.2C

31st: 12.8C

1st: 12.2C

2nd: 10.6C

3rd: 8.9C

 

And now for 2021, March - April:

26th: 11C

27th: 11C

28th: 13C

29th: 16.5C

30th: 21.7C

31st: 23.0C (New March record for Coventry)

1st: 8.4C

2nd: 9.5C

3rd: 9.2C

 

 

 

[baddie]

This is March 2012s biggest enemy

[LetItSnow!]

One of those years that flipped from dry to wet. I believe the autumn saw some horrendously wet and stormy conditions into October and November.

[Summer8906]

1 hour ago, LetItSnow! said:

One of those years that flipped from dry to wet. I believe the autumn saw some horrendously wet and stormy conditions into October and November.

I seem to remember reading (perhaps on here) about a thundery trough sometime around July 20th and that was literally the moment the year turned from dry to wet, as (IIRC) it never settled down much again after that.

1930 is I think one of those years with a bad reputation too, so presumably quite a protracted wet spell.

[LetItSnow!]

3 minutes ago, Summer8906 said:

I seem to remember reading (perhaps on here) about a thundery trough sometime around July 20th and that was literally the moment the year turned from dry to wet, as (IIRC) it never settled down much again after that.

1930 is I think one of those years with a bad reputation too, so presumably quite a protracted wet spell.

Did a bit of research. Very interesting what happened on the 20th of July, 1929... Trevor Harley writes: 

"A meteotsunami, a small tsunami caused by atmospheric conditions such as a rapid change of air pressure, hit the south coast between Goring and Shoreham in West Sussex on 20 July, capsising boats and flooding beaches, and sadly two people drowned."

I had a look at the stats and the charts and actually August 1929 was bog standard, near normal temperatures, dry in the south and wet in the north with lots of high pressure ridges but some lows at times - Looked decent. September 1929 actually was exceptionally dry, warm and saw temperatures up to 32C and there was an absolute drought from the 23rd of August until the 28th of September in places. Like the flick of a switch the calendar switched to October and saw stormy conditions between the 5th and 8th of October bring 110mph gusts of wind to mainland Britain. November 1929 had an average of 195.9mm and December 1929 had 179.0mm - Wet, wet wet! And not the terrible band.

[Summer8906]

1 hour ago, LetItSnow! said:

Did a bit of research. Very interesting what happened on the 20th of July, 1929... Trevor Harley writes: 

"A meteotsunami, a small tsunami caused by atmospheric conditions such as a rapid change of air pressure, hit the south coast between Goring and Shoreham in West Sussex on 20 July, capsising boats and flooding beaches, and sadly two people drowned."

I had a look at the stats and the charts and actually August 1929 was bog standard, near normal temperatures, dry in the south and wet in the north with lots of high pressure ridges but some lows at times - Looked decent. September 1929 actually was exceptionally dry, warm and saw temperatures up to 32C and there was an absolute drought from the 23rd of August until the 28th of September in places. Like the flick of a switch the calendar switched to October and saw stormy conditions between the 5th and 8th of October bring 110mph gusts of wind to mainland Britain. November 1929 had an average of 195.9mm and December 1929 had 179.0mm - Wet, wet wet! And not the terrible band.

OK, thanks - looks like I remembered the 20 July event but incorrectly remembered that there was no decent weather that year after that.

[Metwatch]

On 13/12/2023 at 19:11, Metwatch said:

Maxes in Coventry via RoostWeather for March - April 1929:

26th: 16.1C

27th: 19.4C

28th: 21.7C

29th: 21.7C

30th: 22.2C

31st: 12.8C

1st: 12.2C

28th March is also the earliest date in Coventry to see 21C (70F) since records began in 1892.

The first 20C was in 1990, 17th March.

Edited February 6 by Metwatch