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  • Location: Rossland BC Canada
  • Location: Rossland BC Canada

March CET averages and extremes for CET temp contest (EWP contest information below this section)

... all years 1981 to 2017 are shown in this table (bold print, red or blue)

15.1 ... warmest March daily mean (30th, 2017)

14.7 ... previous warmest March daily mean (27th, 1777)

 9.2 ... Warmest March (1957)
 9.1 ... 2nd warmest March (1938)

 8.7 ... 3rd warmest March (2017)
 8.4 ... 4th warmest March (1997)
 8.3 ... 5th warmest March (1948,1990, 2012)
 8.2 ... 8th warmest March and warmest before 20th century (1750, tied with 1961)

 

 7.9 ...1981, 1991, 1998

 7.7 ...1994

 7.6 ... 2000, 2002, 2014 
 7.5 ... 1989, 1992, 2003 

 7.4 ... 1999 

 7.2 ... 2005, 2007 

 7.0 ... 2009  

 6.8 ... mean of 1988-2017

 6.7 ... 1993, 2011 

 6.6 ... mean of 1981-2010 and 1986-2015 and 21st century (2001-2017)

 6.5 ... 2004

 6.4 ... 1983, 1988, 2015

 6.3 ... mean of 1971-2000

 6.1 ... 1982, 2008, 2010

 5.8 ... mean of 20th century (1901-2000) and 2016
 5.7 ... mean of 1961-1990

 5.6 ... 1995
 5.34... mean of all 359 years (1659-2017)
 5.2 ... mean of 19th century (1801-1900) and 2001
 5.0 ... mean of 18th century (1701-1800)

 

 4.9 ... 1986, 2006
 4.7 ... 1984, 1985

 4.6 ... mean of (CET portion of) 17th century (1659-1700)
 4.5 ... 1996

 4.1 ... 1987 

 2.8 ... 1962 ... Coldest March of 20th century

 2.7 ... 2013 ... Coldest March since 1892 ... tied with 1892 and 1784 joint 12th coldest March

 1.8 ... 3rd coldest March (1748)
 1.2 ... 2nd coldest March (1785)
 1.0 ... Coldest March (1674)

 1.0 ... Mean of last ten days of March 2013 (22nd-31st)

 0.6 ... Mean of the five days 22nd-26th March 2013

-0.9 ... Coldest March daily mean in recent years (4th, 2006)

-3.9 ... Coldest March daily mean in last 53 yrs (3rd, 1965)
-6.5 ... Coldest March daily mean (13th, 1845)

Enter your forecast by the end of Wednesday, 28 Feb to avoid time penalties, or by the end of Saturday 3rd of March with time penalties but before the absolute deadline.

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Optional March 2018 EWP forecast contest 

Predict the March England and Wales average rainfall in mm, verification now from UK Met Office site, scores for Dec to Jan revised and Feb will be based on that source for verification. 

The deadline information is the same as above, 0.2 points (of a possible 10.0) are deducted for each day late.

These are the averages and extremes from both sources (the Met Office only goes back to 1910 so anything more extreme from the Hadley site is mentioned here. The averages are now from the Met Office data).

163.7 __ maximum (1910 to 2017) in 1947 (177.5 in Hadley data, max 1766-2017)

156.3 __ maximum since 1981 (was 1981) (160.4 in Hadley data, 2nd 1766-2017)

 70.0 __ mean 1981-2010

 62.5 __ mean 1988-2017

 20.9 __ minimum since 1981 (was 2011) (22.3 mm in Hadley data, 20th lowest 1766-2017)

 10.7 __ minimum (1910 to 2017) in 1929 (8.0 mm in Hadley data, 2nd lowest 1766-2017)

 05.6 __ minimum _ 1781 _ (1766 to 2017 from Hadley) 

Note: according to the Met Office site, no March since 1988 has surpassed 100 mm, the closest being 2008 (99.3 mm).

 

You can enter both contests in the same post, and good luck. 

 

 

 

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Posted
  • Location: Islington, C. London.
  • Weather Preferences: Cold winters and cool summers.
  • Location: Islington, C. London.

I'm tempted to go against my instincts but no. I'll go 3.0°C and 79mm

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  • Location: South Manchester. Summer=LV-426. Other=Azeroth
  • Weather Preferences: Cold, cold, cold and errrr......cold. I am, unashamedly, a cold fan.
  • Location: South Manchester. Summer=LV-426. Other=Azeroth

Ah,  what the hell........... 2.5c and 82mm please.

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  • Location: Trowbridge, Wilts
  • Weather Preferences: hot summers; frigid winters; golden fall; bright spring
  • Location: Trowbridge, Wilts

3.8C and 76mm please

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  • Location: Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland 20m ASL
  • Weather Preferences: Snow,Thunderstorms mix both for heaven THUNDERSNOW 😜😀🤤🥰
  • Location: Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland 20m ASL

4.1C and 86mm please

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  • Location: Solihull, WestMidlands, 121m asl -20 :-)
  • Weather Preferences: Cold and Snow -20 would be nice :)
  • Location: Solihull, WestMidlands, 121m asl -20 :-)

4.5c :cold: Cheers.

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  • Location: Peterborough
  • Weather Preferences: Snow and frost in the winter. Hot and sunny, thunderstorms in the summer.
  • Location: Peterborough

2.1C and 35mm of precipitation.

If the model outputs continue as they are we could very well see a sub zero CET by the tenth. It would take a heck of an effort to even take the month outside of the top ten coldest and I suspect that whilst milder weather might arrive later in the month I suspect this will not be enough to stop this March potentially being one of the coldest we have seen.

Plus at this point it almost feels worth it going big on the level of cold. :D

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  • Location: Comrie, Perthshire, Bonnie Scotland
  • Weather Preferences: Winter: bright & frosty/snowy; summer: hot and sunny.
  • Location: Comrie, Perthshire, Bonnie Scotland

2.3C and 55mm for me please. 

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  • Location: Dwyrain Sir Gâr / Eastern Carmarthenshire 178m abs
  • Location: Dwyrain Sir Gâr / Eastern Carmarthenshire 178m abs

2.8

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  • Location: Staffordshire moorlands 252m asl
  • Weather Preferences: Frosty and fresh
  • Location: Staffordshire moorlands 252m asl

As i was born March 62 i think i'll take that as my choice

2.8 please

and 29mm

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  • Location: Yorkshire Puddin' aka Kirkham, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
  • Weather Preferences: cold winters, cold springs, cold summers and cold autumns
  • Location: Yorkshire Puddin' aka Kirkham, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

I'm dreaming of a White Easter but sadly... 12C  :(  Last sub 2C March in 1883.  Last sub 3C, last sub 4C, last sub 5C and last sub 5.5C March in 2013.

200mm of Atlantic garbage.

 
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  • Location: South Norfolk, 44 m ASL.
  • Weather Preferences: Varied and not extreme.
  • Location: South Norfolk, 44 m ASL.

4.8C and 77.9 mm, please.

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  • Location: Helensburgh,22 miles from Glasgow
  • Weather Preferences: Snow,snow and....a bit more snow
  • Location: Helensburgh,22 miles from Glasgow

3.5c and 77mm please

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  • Location: Broxbourne, Herts
  • Weather Preferences: Snow snow and snow
  • Location: Broxbourne, Herts

Let’s imagine February won’t finish below 2.8C

 

Let’s imagine March will.

 

Both very plausible events I would consider, going by the latest models.

 

If that ends up the case, I believe we will be in a unique position from April, never before experienced going back to when records began, whereby the two coldest  months we previously experienced were both Marches!

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