MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for MAR. 2004 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 0.9 5.3 16:00 -2.9 7:00 14.6 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 2 1.1 5.6 14:00 -2.6 9:00 14.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 3 3.0 5.9 16:00 -0.2 5:00 12.5 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 4 6.3 10.9 15:00 2.9 24:00 9.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 5 4.8 7.6 14:00 1.4 9:00 10.7 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 6 6.0 8.7 16:00 3.8 24:00 9.5 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 7 4.4 6.4 14:00 2.6 7:00 11.1 0.0 1.8 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 8 5.0 6.9 15:00 3.3 8:00 10.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 9 4.6 6.7 13:00 3.1 22:00 10.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 10 3.0 4.0 13:00 1.9 23:00 12.5 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 11 2.4 4.3 15:00 1.2 24:00 13.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 12 2.8 4.3 15:00 0.9 6:00 12.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 13 4.9 8.4 17:00 3.1 8:00 10.6 0.0 1.8 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 14 7.3 11.2 16:00 4.1 3:00 8.2 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 15 10.1 12.7 13:00 6.9 2:00 5.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 16 12.4 15.1 15:00 10.0 2:00 3.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 17 9.5 12.1 15:00 6.2 24:00 6.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 18 6.0 9.2 15:00 3.1 8:00 9.5 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 19 5.9 8.7 15:00 4.1 24:00 9.6 0.0 4.6 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 20 7.7 11.7 13:00 4.2 1:00 7.8 0.0 3.4 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 21 5.9 10.0 14:00 3.0 7:00 9.6 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 22 5.7 9.5 14:00 3.6 6:00 9.8 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 23 4.5 7.3 15:00 2.2 6:00 11.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 24 4.8 6.7 16:00 3.6 6:00 10.7 0.0 2.8 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 25 5.1 6.8 16:00 3.8 6:00 10.4 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 26 6.3 9.3 18:00 3.1 3:00 9.2 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 27 8.9 11.1 16:00 7.4 7:00 6.6 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 28 8.8 12.8 15:00 5.8 24:00 6.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 29 8.9 12.8 14:00 5.4 2:00 6.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 30 8.1 11.3 12:00 5.4 7:00 7.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 31 7.4 10.2 14:00 5.6 1:00 8.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.9 15.1 16 -2.9 1 298.2 0.0 21.6 0.0 0.0 1 --- (+0.3) (42%) Max >= 32.0: 0 Max <= 0.0: 0 Min <= 0.0: 3 Min <= -18.0: 0 Max Rain: 4.60 ON 19/03/04 Days of Rain: 17 (> .2 mm) 3 (> 2 mm) 0 (> 20 mm) Heat Base: 15.5 Cool Base: 15.5 Method: Integration A mixed month, ending up close to average overall (although relatively cool for recent years). Cold start, with lying snow and -12C at Aboyne (Aberdeenshire) on the 2nd, cool first half, mild third week, and then cold again, but with warm end, seeing 20.6C at Rickmansworth on the 31st. Apart from places in the NW it was drier than average, and quite dry in the east. Sunny in the west and north but quite dull in the southeast.