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.