Monthly Weather Data Report for Garioch Weather Station, Aberdeenshire – March 2013 |
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Data | Total | Unit | Historic | Anomaly* | Anomaly % |
Mean Temperature | 1.9 | °C | 4.6 | -2.7 | n/a |
Minimum Temperature | -6.7 | °C | On the 11th |
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Mean Minimum Temperature | -0.9 | °C | 1.7 | -2.6 | n/a |
Maximum Temperature | 10.1 | °C | On the 2nd |
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Mean Maximum Temperature | 4.5 | °C | 7.8 | -3.3 | n/a |
Average Wind Speed | 4.4 | mph | 12.0 | -7.6 | 36.7% |
Maximum Daily High Wind Speed | 37.0 | mph | On the 22nd |
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Total Rainfall | 55.1 | mm | 58.4 | -3.3 | 94.3% |
Average Sunshine Hours | 3.1 | hrs per day | 3.4 | -0.3 | 91.8% |
From the end of the first week onwards, a very cold month for the time of year, almost as cold as March 1962 when the mean temperature was only 1.6°C. | |||||
* 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 |