MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for MAR. 2003 NAME: Ferryhill CITY: Ferryhill STATE: Co. Durham ELEV: 394 ft LAT: 54° 41' 00" N LONG: 1° 33' 00" 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 6.3 8.2 20:15 3.9 7:30 9.2 0.0 1.8 0.0 0.0 --- --- 2 6.2 10.7 15:30 3.2 23:45 9.4 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 3 5.4 10.1 15:30 2.1 5:00 10.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 4 7.7 10.2 17:15 5.3 5:15 7.8 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- 5 8.2 10.1 0:15 5.4 23:30 7.4 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 --- --- 6 6.3 10.3 15:45 2.8 6:30 9.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 7 5.2 7.9 13:30 3.1 23:45 10.3 0.0 1.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 8 6.7 9.6 16:45 2.9 1:45 8.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 9 10.0 12.7 15:00 8.8 2:00 5.5 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 10 8.7 11.8 14:30 6.1 16:30 6.8 0.0 6.8 0.0 0.0 --- --- 11 8.6 10.9 15:00 5.9 00:00 7.0 0.0 1.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 12 5.1 6.4 12:30 4.1 21:00 10.4 0.0 1.8 0.0 0.0 --- --- 13 5.2 7.3 14:30 3.2 6:30 10.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 14 6.2 10.4 15:30 3.4 00:00 9.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 15 5.4 10.8 15:30 2.0 00:00 10.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 16 5.3 11.7 15:15 0.7 4:30 10.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 17 4.4 7.4 13:15 2.4 8:15 11.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 18 4.6 9.2 15:30 2.3 6:00 10.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 19 5.9 14.3 15:15 0.2 6:30 9.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 20 6.5 10.5 12:30 2.3 7:00 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 21 7.7 13.5 15:15 3.4 00:00 7.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 22 5.8 12.7 16:00 0.9 7:15 9.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 23 7.7 14.9 15:30 1.8 7:15 7.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 24 9.1 15.1 13:30 4.9 5:45 6.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 25 9.2 13.9 15:15 4.3 7:30 6.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 26 10.2 14.7 15:00 7.7 7:00 5.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 27 8.6 14.8 14:30 4.7 23:15 7.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 28 7.3 12.5 15:00 2.4 5:30 8.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 29 9.3 14.3 15:00 5.4 6:30 6.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 30 8.4 13.7 14:45 3.8 4:45 7.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 31 8.7 14.9 15:00 4.1 4:00 6.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7.1 15.1 24 0.2 19 261.0 0.0 15.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- (+1.5) (30%) Max >= 32.0: 0 Max <= 0.0: 0 Min <= 0.0: 0 Min <= -18.0: 0 Max Rain: 6.81 ON 10/03/03 Days of Rain: 10 (> .2 mm) 1 (> 2 mm) 0 (> 20 mm) Heat Base: 15.5 Cool Base: 15.5 Method: Integration Anticylconic: dry, sunny, and warm. The middle of the month was particularly sunny. The first 12 days were quite unsettled, but then pressure rose. It was 21.1C at London on the 23rd, and -8.9C at Altnaharra on the morning of the 18th. On the 17th the range at Altnaharra was from -9C to 18C - a new March record for Scotland. The total rainfall averaged 37 mm; much of the country had no measurable rainfall after the 11th, and from the 7th in parts of the SE. E&W sunshine averaged 169.9 hours, about the same as 1929; the last sunnier month was 1907. It was the sunniest March on record in parts of Scotland. The sunniest place to be was Clacton, with 206 hours.