Weather Round-Up for .......March 2013.

March was the coldest March on records [since 1893] with profound serious impacts on Farmers and Agriculture. The month was astonishingly cold with unusually bitterly cold airmasses affecting all parts of the Uk, Despite a mildish start to the month with a warm 15.7c/60f recorded on the 5th, the second half of the month was even colder than the first half! The average temperature for March in this part of the country comes out at 9.6c/49f for a daily figure. Recorded was 6.1c/48f making it colder than the January and February average. The night time temps came out at an average of minus2c/28f, compared to the average of 2.7c/36f. Severe blizzards occured in some parts of the Uk, [we here managed to avoid this on low ground], but during the 22nd/23rd/24th parts of Mid /North Wales ,the Pennines, and Northern Ireland were buried under huge snowdrifts. Parts of North Wales for instance, had 8meters, or about 27ft snowdrifts resulting in livestock being buried for days in snow, with heavy losses of life for lambs and sheep in picticular. The Cotswolds and Malverns had snow drifts too during this period and another astonishing fact is how long the snow lasted for with only a slow thaw, with snow still on the ground even into early April, some two weeks later from the blizzards.An "ice day" was on the 24th which for this time of year is unheared of where the temperature never got above 0c/32f. Minus 10c was recorded on the 31st. Rainfall or precip came out at average ,recording 58.2mms. This month will be remembered for a very long time.!
                                                           Uk Rainfall Stats  March2013.                                                    
Dundee, Scotland:-75mms
NW Kent:-55mms
Frome Somerset:-48mms
Bloxwich Herefordshire:-85mms
Fairfield Evesham Worcs:-50mms
MiddletonMoor Derby:-91.6mms
Co Antrim NI:-97mms
Llanelli S.Wales:-51mms
Long lawford Rugby Warwick:-59.6mms
Lampeter West Wales:-95.3mms
Garforth Leeds:-73mms
Royston Herts:-46.5mms
Ft William Scotland:-33mms
Newbury Berkshire:-61mms
Maidstone Kent:-55mms
Warminster Wiltshire:-67.5mms
Wells Somerset:-38mms
Warwick:-27mms
Sidemoor Bromsgrove:-55mms
Brixham Devon:-125mms
Colwyn Bay North Wales:-68mms
Cork SI:-164mms
Middle Littleton Evesham Worcs:-54mms
Voews Worcestershire:-58.2mms
Pembroke/Carm Border Sw Wales:-74mms
Swansea South Wales:-30mms
Hornsea East York:-43.3mms
East Devon:-127.2mms
Hyde Cheshire:-22mms
Yatton N.Somerset:-62mms
Headington Oxford:-65mms
Cleethorpes NE Lincoln:-29mms
[One inch=25mms] Many thanks to all Contributors!