Monthly Weather Data Report for Garioch Weather Station, Aberdeenshire – March 2012
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Data | Total | Unit | Historic | Anomaly* | Anomaly % |
Mean Temperature | 8.3 | °C | 4.6 | +3.7 | n/a |
Minimum Temperature | -2.0 | °C | On the 6th |
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Mean Minimum Temperature | 3.7 | °C | 1.7 | +2.0 | n/a |
Maximum Temperature | 22.4 | °C | On the 25th |
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Mean Maximum Temperature | 13.4 | °C | 7.8 | +5.6 | n/a |
Average Wind Speed | 3.7 | mph | 12.0 | -8.3 | 30.8% |
Maximum Daily High Wind Speed | 32.0 | mph | On the 7th |
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Total Rainfall | 9.9 | mm | 58.4 | -48.5 | 17.0% |
Average Sunshine Hours | 6.0 | hrs per day | 3.4 | +2.6 | 177.1% |
An extraordinary month – with the mean max temperuture up 5.6 degrees on the average, rainfall at only 17% of the norm, and bright sunshine hours up 77% on expected levels. Now, the 7th consecutive month with low rainfall! | |||||
* anomalies based on Aberdeen data obtained from sources such as the National Climate Data Centre identified by the Climatological Observors Link. http://www.met.rdg.ac.uk/~brugge/ukclimate.html |