MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for MAR. 2006 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 0.3 2.8 17:00 -1.6 8:00 15.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 2 0.1 3.3 15:00 -1.7 6:00 15.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 3 0.1 3.3 15:00 -3.2 7:00 15.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 4 0.8 4.2 15:30 -1.7 7:30 14.7 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- 5 2.3 5.3 15:30 -0.3 3:30 13.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 6 1.9 5.2 16:00 -0.4 5:30 13.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 7 1.8 3.7 16:00 -0.8 2:30 13.7 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 --- --- 8 6.3 9.2 15:30 3.5 0:30 9.1 0.0 5.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 9 6.8 8.7 15:00 5.8 8:00 8.7 0.0 5.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- 10 4.5 5.9 0:30 2.9 00:00 11.0 0.0 3.8 0.0 0.0 --- --- 11 2.1 3.0 0:30 -0.4 23:30 13.4 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- 12 -0.7 0.6 00:00 -1.8 8:00 15.5 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 13 0.9 2.4 15:00 -0.3 5:00 14.5 0.0 2.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 14 1.5 3.5 17:30 -0.4 5:00 14.0 0.0 15.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- 15 2.7 4.1 14:00 1.7 23:30 12.8 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 16 2.3 3.7 15:30 0.8 5:00 13.2 0.0 1.8 0.0 0.0 --- --- 17 3.2 4.0 14:00 2.4 4:30 12.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 18 4.6 6.4 14:00 3.2 7:30 10.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 19 5.2 7.7 13:00 4.2 22:30 10.3 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 --- --- 20 4.1 6.2 12:30 2.6 00:00 11.4 0.0 1.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- 21 2.1 3.6 15:00 0.1 00:00 13.4 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 --- --- 22 1.6 6.2 16:00 -1.3 6:30 14.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 23 2.4 7.7 15:30 -2.0 7:00 13.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 24 4.4 5.6 00:00 2.5 0:30 11.1 0.0 7.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 25 8.8 12.1 16:00 5.4 0:30 6.6 0.0 6.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 26 11.4 14.5 14:00 9.7 6:00 4.1 0.0 3.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 27 11.1 12.1 16:00 9.4 00:00 4.4 0.0 1.4 0.0 0.0 --- --- 28 8.5 9.9 12:30 5.0 00:00 7.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 29 6.6 9.9 13:30 3.0 6:30 8.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 30 9.3 12.6 16:00 7.2 00:00 6.3 0.0 6.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- 31 8.9 12.4 17:30 6.3 6:30 6.6 0.0 6.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.1 14.5 26 -3.2 3 353.8 0.0 70.8 0.0 0.0 --- --- (-1.5) (139%) Max >= 32.0: 0 Max <= 0.0: 0 Min <= 0.0: 13 Min <= -18.0: 0 Max Rain: 15.60 ON 14/03/06 Days of Rain: 21 (> .2 mm) 10 (> 2 mm) 0 (> 20 mm) Heat Base: 15.5 Cool Base: 15.5 Method: Integration Cold and wet. Northerly winds in the first week, prolonged easterlies in the middle, but a mild end with southerly winds in the final week brought the average temperature. A cold start with snow showers in the east. The minimum at Altnaharra on the 2nd was -16.4C. Several places remained beneath freezing for more than 24 hours in the first four days and midmonth. The maximum at Fylingdales (North Yorks.) on the 4th was only -1.3C. More heavy snow in central Scotland on the 11th and 12th. The winds turned more SW and it became more mild from the 24th. The highest temperature of the month was 17.8C on the 25th. Indeed, this was the first time 15C was exceeded this year - the latest date this has happened since 1980. The final week was particularly wet: 240 mm of rain fell at Capel Curig in the final week of the month alone. It was quite dull in the north. The CET was the coldest since 1996.