MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for MAR. 2000 NAME: Ferryhill CITY: Ferryhill STATE: Co. Durham ELEV: 394 feet LAT: 54deg 41min N LONG: 1deg 33min W TEMPERATURE (°C), RAIN (mm), WIND SPEED (mph) HEAT COOL AVG MEAN DEG DEG WIND DOM DAY TEMP HIGH TIME LOW TIME DAYS DAYS RAIN SPEED HIGH TIME DIR ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 3.9 6.9 15:30 1.6 23:30 14.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 2 5.9 9.7 18:00 1.1 2:30 12.4 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 3 3.6 7.2 13:30 0.1 24:00 14.6 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 4 1.8 5.1 15:30 -0.7 7:00 16.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 5 4.3 8.2 13:00 0.2 8:00 14.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 6 9.7 11.8 15:00 7.2 0:30 8.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 7 11.0 13.6 13:00 9.4 6:30 7.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 8 13.2 15.9 13:00 11.1 1:30 5.1 0.0 3.4 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 9 9.8 12.6 1:30 6.8 24:00 8.4 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 10 8.9 11.3 20:30 6.4 2:00 9.4 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 11 8.9 11.8 15:30 5.6 24:00 9.4 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 12 7.1 12.5 14:30 2.1 7:00 11.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 13 10.5 12.9 12:30 7.3 0:30 7.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 14 7.1 10.2 0:30 3.4 23:00 11.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 15 6.8 9.2 16:00 3.4 3:30 11.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 16 9.5 12.6 14:30 7.3 4:30 8.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 17 9.1 10.8 16:00 7.2 24:00 9.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 18 6.7 10.4 14:30 4.2 23:30 11.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 19 7.7 13.5 15:30 1.5 6:30 10.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 20 9.5 13.7 16:00 5.4 7:00 8.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 21 8.5 10.3 14:30 5.8 5:00 9.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 22 7.8 10.4 15:30 6.1 24:00 10.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 23 6.1 7.3 10:30 5.2 22:00 12.1 0.0 7.4 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 24 7.0 11.3 16:00 3.6 24:00 11.2 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 25 5.0 10.4 15:00 0.8 7:00 13.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 26 4.7 8.8 14:00 0.4 6:00 13.6 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 27 4.9 6.9 13:00 3.9 23:30 13.3 0.0 3.2 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 28 4.4 6.4 15:30 2.7 5:00 13.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 29 5.1 7.9 15:00 2.5 1:30 13.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 30 5.4 7.4 16:00 3.1 6:00 12.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 31 5.8 9.4 14:30 3.3 6:30 12.5 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7.1 15.9 8 -0.7 4 346.4 0.0 17.6 0.0 0.0 1 --- (+2.1) (34%) Max >= 32.0: 0 Max <= 0.0: 0 Min <= 0.0: 1 Min <= -18.0: 0 Max Rain: 7.40 ON 23/03/00 Days of Rain: 7 (> .2 mm) 3 (> 2 mm) 0 (> 20 mm) Heat Base: 18.3 Cool Base: 18.3 Method: Integration Mild, dry (50% of expected rain) and sunny. A high pressure month, anticyclonic from 6th-23rd.. Snow in places in the north around the start of the month. 20C at Torquay on the 13th and -7C at Topcliffe (West Yorks) on the 19th. Very dry in the SE, with many places experiencing a drought between the 2-22. Notable pink dustfall across the south on several occasions throughout the month as a result of a major Saharan dustfall on 24-25 February. It is now sixteen months since a really cold month, and seven consecutive sunny months.