Weather Statistics – Tideswell – March 2014
Temperature
Mean daily maximum: 10.4 (1.4 above average)
Mean daily minimum: 2.2 (0.9 above average)
Mean temperature: 6.3 (1.2 above average)
Highest daily maximum: 16.6 (9th)
Lowest daily maximum: 5.9 (25th)
Lowest daily minimum: -3.8 (24th)
Highest daily minimum: 6.8 (7th)
Lowest daily grass minimum: -6.5 (24th)
Number of air frosts: 8
Number of ground frosts: 17
Days with max 15.0-19.9: 1
Days with max 10.0-14.9: 13
Days with max 5.0-9.9: 17
Frost duration: 31.7 hours
Rainfall
Total fall: 66.5 mm (109% of average)
Wettest day (0900-0900) 10.4 mm (2nd)
Rain days (0.2 mm or more): 15
Wet days (1.0 mm or more): 13
Snow
Days with snow or sleet falling: 6
Days more than 50% cover at 0900: 0
Deepest at 0900: 0 cm
Sunshine
Total sunshine: 96.6 hours (95% of average)
Sunniest day: 10.0 hours (9th )
Days with no sun: 5
Other phenomena
Days with thunder heard: 0
Days with hail: 4
Days with fog at 0900: 2
Wind
Mean wind speed: 7.9 mph
Maximum gust: 41 mph (20th)
Days with gale: 0
Remarks
An uneventful month. Rather mild.