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EAST MIDLANDS MARCH 2010 Issue No 114
An average month produced by a more wintry first half then milder than average later
MARCH Total   Max Total number of days of: Total   Extremes in degrees C: Grass Month's Diff Total
2010 Rain % of 24hr Snow: Thu- Sun % of Day Maximum Night Minimum Min Mean Mean Mean from Frosts:
  (mm) avg (mm) Rain Fllg Lyg nder Fog Hail (hrs) avg Highest Lowest Highest Lowest Lowest Max Min Temp avg Air Grd
                                             
STATION  
DERBYS:  
Mickleover 40.2 84 9.6 13 0 0 0 1 0 * * 15.2 5.5 9.6 -5.1 -10.2 12.3 2.8 7.6 1.2 7 16
Middleton 82.6 90 14.7 13 5 0 1 9 1 104.1 114 12.6 2.4 7.5 -4.3 -9.5 7.9 1.8 4.8 0.5 9 15
Wirksworth 68.9 86 13.8 14 1 0 1 0 0 * * 14.5 4.5 9.4 -6.7 -13.0 9.5 1.5 5.5 -0.4 13 19
Rosliston 39.4 73 9.8 11 1 0 0 0 0 124.2 131 15.0 5.9 9.0 -8.0 -12.2 10.5 1.7 6.1 -0.2 12 19
NOTTS:  
Lowdham 43.9 92 8.4 29 0 0 0 1 1 * * 16.2 6.0 9.4 -5.8 -8.4 10.9 2.4 6.6 0.1 8 14
Eastwood 51.6 113 13.5 14 0 0 0 0 1 * * 17.1 5.7 9.8 -8.0 * 11.3 1.8 6.6 0.0 10 *
LINCS:  
Louth 33.4 63 7.7 13 0 0 0 * 1 * * 16.3 5.4 8.7 -6.1 -8.0 10.8 2.6 6.7 0.5 8 14
LEICS:  
Desford 52.8 93 11.5 12 1 0 0 1 2 * * 17.2 4.8 8.9 -7.5 * 10.3 1.2 5.8 -0.5 12 *
Mountsorrel 38.6 78 9.6 12 0 0 0 2 1 123.0 125 15.2 5.0 8.5 -6.6 * 10.1 2.0 6.1 -0.2 10 *
Loughborough 49.8 90 9.7 13 0 0 0 0 1 * * 15.0 5.5 9.0 -7.5 * 10.8 2.8 6.8 0.3 7 *
Cosby 55.5 112 13.0 13 0 0 0 2 0 122.4 110 15.7 4.6 7.6 -8.1 -10.6 10.2 1.2 5.7 -0.3 11 15
NORTHANTS:  
Pitsford Hall 29.9 66 6.0 11 0 0 0 0 1 106.8 93 15.8 5.0 8.5 -4.5 * 10.0 2.5 6.3 -0.2 8 *
WARWICKS:  
Bablake 50.4 100 11.8 15 0 0 0 0 0 149.8 149 15.6 4.4 9.6 -5.0 -13.4 10.2 2.6 6.4 0.0 7 17
CAMBS:  
Ely 32.7 72 6.8 14 1 0 0 1 0 * * 17.7 5.0 10.6 -4.2 -8.6 10.8 2.8 6.8 0.5 8 16
   
MEAN DATA 47.8 87 10.4 14 1 0 0 1 1 121.7 120 15.7 5.0 9.0 -6.2 -10.4 10.4 2.1 6.3 0.1 9 16
EAST MIDS  
1971-2000 53.4   97.9 6.2  
   
      Notes: 1. * = data not available 2. 'Average' refers to each station's 1971-2000 means    
OBSERVERS' NOTES
Rosliston: Absolute min of -8.0C on the 8th was the lowest on record for March here(2000)
Mountsorrel: The 14th saw temperatures above 10C for the first time since Dec 9th.
This is probably the longest time that we have failed to reach this figure in the
Midlands for 100 years.
Mickleover: Lowest March grass min temp (-10.2C) on station records (1983)
Wirksworth: The grass min (-13.0C)was the lowest on record (1987)
Loughborough: On 31st a light snowfall on higher reaches of nearby Charnwood Forest