March 2017 Weather Stats

[vizzy2004]

March here continued the theme after a mild and dry winter with an average temp of 8.3c, which is 2.5c above the 1981-2010 average.

We had 42mm of rain which is only slightly drier than normal.

Only one day of wet snow falling from a small shower and only 2 frosts made it feel much more like Spring than an extension of winter this year unlike previous years.

[Chris.R]

 59 mm of rain in March, just a smidgen above normal. Much wetter further east in the region towards the Pennines. 

[Mapantz]

March was a very windy month here, and cloudy for much of it. Sunshine levels increased towards the end of the month. Rainfall was bang on average, and the temperature was way above my own average, and the MetO derived average. 29 days saw double digit figures. No air frosts, just a single ground frost.

Temperature:

High: 18.3 °C - [March 30th]
Low:  0.6 °C - [March 23rd]

Average: 9.6 °C
MetO derived Average: 7.1 °C

 

Humidity:

High: 99% - [3 Days]
Low: 27 % - [March 25th]

Pressure:

High: 1034.6 hPa - [March 15th]
Low: 986.1 hPa - [March 5th]

Wind:

Max Gust: 42 mph - [March 5th]
Max Speed (10 Min Avg): 23 mph - [March 20th]
Avg Speed:  6.8 mph
High Wind Run: 5100 miles
Dominant Dir: WSW

 

Rainfall:

Total: 66.2 mm
MetO Derived Avg: 65 mm

Max Rain Rate: 37.8 mm/hr - [March 3rd]
Max Hourly Rain: 6.4 mm - [March 3rd]
Max Daily Rain: 21.6 mm - [March 3rd]

   

Solar Radiation and Sunshine Data:

Max Daily High Solar: 983 Wm⁻² - [March 31st]
Min Daily High Solar:  225 Wm⁻² - [March 16th]

Max Sunshine: 10.9 hrs - [March 26th]
Min Sunshine: 0 hrs - [3 Days]

Total Sunshine: 97.3 hrs
MetO Derived Avg: 124.3 hrs

  

[matt111]

March 2017

Temperature

Max Temp: 16.7°C (9th)

Min Temp: 2.6°C (22nd)

Mean Max: 12.3°C

Mean Min: 6.5°C

Air Frosts: 0

Rainfall

Total: 47.7mm

Wettest Day: 23.2mm (3rd)

Max Rain Rate: 48.4mm/hr (3rd)

Rain Days: 14

Dry Days: 17

Pressure

Highest: 1034.51mb (15th) 

Lowest: 987.02mb (5th)

Snow

Days with snow falling: 0

Days with snow lying: 0

[johnholmes]

March weather statistics for Cantley-Doncaster

Cantley weather summary for March 2017

 

A very mild month with values around 2 C or higher than the long term average. Quite wet as well but with a totally dry period from 9 to 16 th inclusive.

Mean=9.6(7.3)

Avge Max=13.5 (11.1) daytime highest=19.6 on the 30th and the coldest day=6.6 on the 5th

Avge Min=5.6 (3.5) with the coldest night occurring on the 25 th with -0.6 C and the warmest night=12.9 on the 31 st

 

Rainfall was 42.0 mm, the wettest day was 5th with 10.2 mm, 10 days with 1.0 mm or more and 16 with 0.2 mm or more.

There was no snow sleet or hail. Fog at 9am (clock time) on 1 morning and no thunder.

Air frost on 1 morning (5) with 4 (10) ground frosts

[Styx]

March - Hobart, Tasmania

A warm start to autumn which follows on from a moderately warm summer. This was the third warmest March on record. The mean temperature anomaly was 1.8c above the 1981-2010 period ( listed in brackets below ). Compared to the 1961-90 period the mean anomaly is the same. Recent Marchs here have been exceptionally warm:

Average maximum:  22.4 ( + 2.1 )

Average minimum:  12.9 ( +1.5 )

Rainfall:  37mm ( average 45mm )

Rain days ( +1mm ):  8/from11

For the first 20 days of the month high pressure dominated to the east. On days when the city had cooler seabreezes or a wind change following weak fronts, it was almost persistently warm away from the coast and in the central north. A notable interruption to the pattern occurred on the 11/12th, as a small low formed over eastern Victoria, extending a trough down Tasmania's east coast. 10mm fell in the city over a 36 hour period. The major weather break occurred between the 21st-23rd as a low pressure trough extended down Australia's east coast. Forming a low over waters to Tasmania's north east, there were two to three days of onshore easterly winds bringing showery drizzle at times, cool sea air and hill fog. Clearing to mild to warm and mainly dry for the rest of the month, then a more significant front late on the 29th paving the way for much cooler but drier air to follow.

Extremes in daily temperature for March ( records since 1883 ):   

Highest maximum:  32.1....14th ( record 37.3 in 2008 )

Lowest maximum:  15.8....22nd ( record 8.9 in 1925 )

Highest minimum:  20.7....16th ( record 21.1 in 1906 )

Lowest minimum:  5.7....31st ( record 1.8 in 1926 )

 

Edited April 5, 2017 by Styx