Thursday 29 April 2010

Cloudy/overcast with rain or drizzle on and off until mid afternoon. Sunny intervals during the evening.
Temps: Min: 12.2; Max: 14.7. Rain: 7.4 mm.

Thursday's maximum was 6.8 degs C [12.2 F] lower than Wednesday's, which in Fahrenheit terms means a maximum of 70.7 on Wednesday, and a mere 58.5 on Thursday, thus completely missing the 60s.
This was not quite the record one-day difference for me - that was in March 2006 when the maximum shot from 9.0 C [48.2 F] on the 23rd, to 16.0 [60.8] on the 24th!

Wednesday 28 April 2010

Sunny intervals with high cloud. Lower thicker cloud by the end of the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 10.4; Max: 21.5. Rain: Nil.

It was the warmest day since September 7th 2009.

Tuesday 27 April 2010

Foggy start, then cloudy for the rest of the morning with a few sunny intervals. Sunny for the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 9.4; Max: 16.1. Rain: Nil.

Monday 26 April 2010

Very light drizzle at first, then dry with a fair amount of cloud but also some sunny intervals, especially later.
Temps: Min: 11.6; Max: 20.3. Rain: Trace.

Today's maximum was the highest since September 23rd 2009.

Sunday 25 April 2010

Some rain/showers overnight and a few showers during the mainly cloudy morning. Dry with lengthening sunny intervals in the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 11.4; Max: 18.3 Rain: 2.5 mm.

It was the joint mildest night since 24th November 2009, and the warmest day since 11th October 2009.
The rain that fell was the first measurable since April 6th.

March 2010 Summary

Temperature [Min]:
The lowest night time temperature for the month was -0.4C on the night of the 10th/11th, which was the only time when the temp fell below zero this month and the first March night below zero since March 4th, 2006.
The highest night time temperature was 11.4C on the night of the 19th/20th, which was actually the Mildest March night since my records began in 2003, however nights in March 2010 were generally cold, as the average was just 4.94, which is the lowest ever since 2003. Previously, 2006 was the coldest March for nights, with an average of 5.67.
There were 18 nights in March 2010 with a temperature of below 5 degs C, which is the most ever for March - the previous most was 13 in 2006 - and even two More than in February.
Apart from a temperature of 7.2 on the night of the 2nd/3rd, minima were below 5 degs until the night of the 15th/16th. From then until the 28th/29th, nights became much milder generally, dipping away again right at the end of the month.

Temperature [Max]:
The lowest day time temperature for March 2010 was 6.9 degs C on the 8th - making it the coldest March day since the 18th of March, 2006.
The 17th March 2010, with a temp of 16.7, was, however, the warmest March day since my records began in 2003. This month's average was just 12.21 degs C though, making it the second coldest March since 2003 - the coldest being - 2006! - with an average of only 11.38 degrees.
Daytime maximum temperatures were below average for the first 12 days, not even reaching double figures from the 7th to the 9th. They then recovered to above average from the 13th to 27th.

Rain:
90.8 mm of rain fell during the month, compared to 53.4 in March 2009, and 77.7 in February 2010.
The single wettest day was the 19th, when 17.8 mm fell.
As with temperature, this month was divided into two parts for rainfall, with no measurable rain at all for the first 17 days. There was a dry period of 18 days, [apart from a Trace on the 12th], which began on the 28th February.
From the 18th on, there were no more completely dry days.

Saturday 24 April 2010

Increasingly hazy sun in the morning. Cloudy/overcast in the afternoon. Drizzle, then rain, in the evening.
Temps: Min: 7.6; Max: 15.9. Rain: Trace [to 2200].

Today saw the first rain since April 6th.

Friday 23 April 2010

A few passing clouds in the morning, otherwise sunny.
Temps: Min: 3.3; Max: 13.6. Rain: Nil.

Thursday 22 April 2010

For Falmouth [until 1030 and late afternoon]: Mainly sunny.
For St. Ives [1100 - 1500]: Sunny.
Readings: [Falmouth]: Temps: Min: 4.4; Max: 12.1. Rain: Nil.

Wednesday 21 April 2010

Intervals of increasingly hazy sunshine. Mainly cloudy by the afternoon, but still quite bright.
Temps: Min: 4.2; Max: 14.5. Rain: Nil.

Tuesday 20 April 2010

Mainly sunny but with some light passing clouds in the morning and at first in the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 5.9; Max: 16.8. Rain: Nil.
This was the warmest day of 2010 so far.

Monday 19 April 2010

Sunny. Temps: Min: 5.0; Max: 14.2. Rain: Nil.

Sunday 18 April 2010

Sunny. Temps: Min: 4.0; Max: 14.7. Rain: Nil.

Saturday 17 April 2010

Mainly cloudy morning followed by a sunny afternoon.
Temps: Min: 4.0; Max: 12.1. Rain: Nil.

Friday 16 April 2010

Sunny. Temps: Min: 5.4; Max: 12.4. Rain: Nil.

Thursday 15 April 2010

Sunny. Temps: Min: 5.0; Max: 14.0. Rain: Nil.

Wednesday 14 April 2010

Mainly cloudy in the morning with a few glimpses of blue sky, but then dull and gloomy in the afternoon and evening.
Temps: Min: 6.8; Max: 12.7. Rain: Nil.

Tuesday 13 April 2010

Mainly sunny, a bit more cloud around during the second half of the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 5.6; Max: 15.4. Rain: Nil.

Monday 12 April 2010

Mostly sunny with just a bit more cloud around in the morning.
Temps: Min: 6.1; Max: 13.6. Rain: Nil.

Update

Update figures for the period Thursday 8 April [1630] to Sunday 11 April [2200]:
Temps: Min: 3.8, Max: 15.9. Rain: Nil.

Thursday 8 April 2010

Sunny morning but more cloud in the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 6.3; Max: 16.3. Rain: Nil.

Wednesday 7 April 2010

Mainly cloudy morning, mainly sunny afternoon.
Temps: Min: 8.2; Max: 12.4. Rain: Nil.

Tuesday 6 April 2010

Mostly cloudy with rain from mid-afternoon until mid-evening.
Temps: Min: 9.6; Max: 14.4. Rain: 4.9 mm.

Monday 5 April 2010

Mostly cloudy but bright, with occasional slithers of blue sky and a few glimpses of the sun.
Temps: Min: 8.3; Max: 15.7. Rain: Nil.

Sunday 4 April 2010

Until mid-afternoon [Falmouth]: Mainly Sunny.
From mid-afternoon [St.Austell]: Cloudy later.

[Falmouth]: Temps: Min: 5.7; Max: 12.4. Rain: Nil.

It was the first completely dry day since March 17th.

Saturday 3 April 2010

Cloudy with rain or showers for most of the day. Sunny intervals from mid afternoon.
Temps: Min: 4.8; Max: 11.6. Rain: 10.5 mm.

Friday 2 April 2010

Showers overnight followed by a mainly dry day with sunny intervals and just a few short light showers.
Temps: Min: 6.8; Max: 13.7. Rain: 4.9 mm.

Thursday 1 April 2010

Sunny intervals. Showers, with a little hail, in the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 2.1; Max: 13.8. Rain: 2.2 mm.

Wednesday 31 March 2010

Overnight showers and squally winds followed by a mainly dry day with sunny intervals and decreasing winds. Just a few quick showers in the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 3.0; Max: 11.0. Rain: 5.5 mm.