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Swanston Weather Station
March 2016 (Means and totals to date are at foot of table)
 
  0900 GMT readings
 Daily  Readings (See notes at foot of page)
Weather in previous 24h (to 0900 on date)Blue >50% snow cover @09
Date
Date
Pressure
(mb)
Temp (°C)
Relative
Humidity (%)
Wind Speed
(mph)
Wind
Direction
Soil Temp
at 20cm
(°C)
SnowDepth(cm) or
Pentlands, Lammermuirs, Moorfoots snowline(ft)
1Maximum Temperature (°C)
2Minimum Temperature (°C)
3Rainfall
(mm)
4GrassMin Temp
(°C)
5Sunshine (Hours)

Solar
Rad'n High
( W/m2)
7ET
(mm)
6Max Wind
Speed (mph)
1
995.8
8.8
90
17
W
3.0
-
8.8
3.0
0.6
3.1
2.54
629
1.4
46
 Mainly cloudy 29th February. Rain overnight 29th/1st, windy
1
2
990.2
1.6
90
6
W
3.0
-
5.7
0.4
0.2
-1.0
2.60
519
1.2
37
 Sunny intervals 1st. Light snow shower am 2nd
2
3
1003.6
4.2
86
6
W
3.0
-
7.3
0.9
0.8
-2.5
2.88
510
0.9
15
 Sunny intervals 2nd. Clear spells am 3rd
3
4
995.6
2.5
96
8
NE
3.5
-
4.9
2.4
0.3
0.6
0.20
195
0.6
27
 Sunny intervals 3rd. Cloudy am 4th, light rain
4
5
1005.7
2.8
82
6
WNW
4.0
1200'
5.6
2.0
0.3
0.3
0.06
309
0.8
16
 Cloudy 4th. Shower 0140 5th.
5
6
1006.9
0.0
79
5
WNW
3.0
1300' P, 1200'LM
5.1
-1.2
1.5
-4.6
2.93
645
1.0
16
 Cloudy 5th, ra/sn shwrs late pm 5th. Snow shower am 6th
6
7
1011.7
1.1
75
7
W
3.0
1cm
7.2
-1.7
0.4
-7.6
11.11
478
1.6
18
 Sunny am 6th. Moderate snow 1530-2100 6th. Clear am 7th
7
8
1005.2
4.1
88
17
SW
3.0
1200'
7.7
1.1
5.8
-2.9
1.88
387
1.2
40
 Unbroken sunshine 7th. Turning cloudy am 8th
8
9
1002.4
2.8
97
7
WNW
4.0
1500'
6.6
1.9
0.0
1.0
0.28
237
0.5
13
 Sunny intervals 8th. Rain am 9th
9
10
1022.3
3.4
86
1
WNW
4.0
-
8.3
1.8
0.0
-3.9
1.78
663
0.9
17
 Mainly cloudy 9th. Clear spells am 10th
10
11
1025.4
5.6
87
3
NNW
4.0
-
8.6
3.4
1.5
1.5
0.14
244
1.1
32
 Sunny intervals pm 10th. Variable cloud am 11th
11
12
1024.6
9.1
86
14
SW
5.0
-
10.9
5.6
0.0
4.4
0.41
373
1.4
37
 Cloudy 11th, rain pm. Variable cloud am 12th
12
13
1034.7
9.9
80
7
SW
5.5
-
12.4
7.4
Tr(Dew)
4.5
0.85
543
1.4
20
 Mainly cloudy 12th. Variable cloud am 13th
13
14
1038.3
6.1
94
2
ESE
5.0
-
12.1
3.2
0.0
-1.6
11.51
508
1.6
10
 Mainly cloudy 13th. Clear with valley fog am 14th
14
15
1037.2
5.3
90
5
ESE
5.0
-
5.9
1.6
1.7
-4.4
0.00
172
0.3
16
 Unbroken sunshine 14th. Clear then fog am 15th
15
16
1037.3
4.2
99
6
ENE
5.5
-
5.5
3.8
0.4
3.0
0.00
218
0.4
14
 Haar (fog) and drizzle 15th/16th
16
17
1034.3
2.4
99
2
WNW
5.5
-
7.9
1.8
0.2
1.3
1.94
241
0.6
8
 Haar (fog) and drizzle 16th/17th
17
18
1030.5
3.7
98
5
ESE
5.0
-
5.7
3.1
0.0
0.9
0.00
165
0.4
13
 Fog 17th lifting to low cloud 18th am
18
19
1031.4
5.3
79
2
E
5.5
-
11.7
4.1
0.0
2.7
6.92
663
1.5
11
 Low cloud 18th. Broken cloud am 19th
19
20
1027.2
5.6
83
7
WNW
6.0
-
12..8
3.3
0.0
0.4
9.72
717
2.0
21
 Sunny pm 19th, clear skies am 20th
20
21
1021.6
7.6
83
11
W
6.0
-
11.8
4.4
0.0
1.4
6.71
691
2.4
26
 Prolonged sunshine 20th. Clear am 21st
21
22
1016.8
8.0
84
8
W
6.0
-
10.0
5.0
0.0
2.2
4.39
795
1.4
20
 Sunny periods 21st. Clear am 22nd
22
23
1015.1
6.0
83
8
WSW
6.5
-
8.7
6.0
0.2
4.9
0.50
352
1.0
21
 Sunny periods 22nd. Cloudy am 23rd
23
24
1003.7
6.2
86
15
SW
6.0
-
10.6
4.8
0.0
2.3
1.75
696
1.7
36
 Mainly cloudy 23rd. Shower 0620 24th
24
25
1009.0
7.3
77
8
WSW
6.0
-
11.6
3.9
0.0
1.2
9.90
810
2.8
48
 Sunny intervals 24th. Clear skies am 25th
25
26
991.1
8.7
80
23
SW
6.5
-
11.0
7.1
6.7
5.5
0.67
376
2.0
58
 Prolonged sunshine 25th. Cloudy am 26th, gusts to 58mph
26
27
986.6
4.8
86
16
SSW
6.0
-
8.2
3.7
5.6
1.7
5.04
745
1.7
48
 Showers, heavy at times, pm 27th and am 28th.
27
28
991.8
4.1
93
6
NW
6.0
-
8.6
2.4
0.0
-0.8
2.93
800
1.4
26
 Showers 27th. Clear akies am 28th
28
29
994.7
5.9
80
12
WSW
6.0
-
10.5
3.1
0.1
0.8
5.70
768
1.7
26
 Sunny intervals 28th. Clear skies am 29th
29
30
1002.4
6.0
79
9
W
5.5
-
10.9
2.3
0.2
-2.2
6.47
809
1.9
18
 Sunny periods 29th. Hail shower 1715GMT. Clear am 30th
30
31
1015.8
5.3
89
4
SSE
6.0
-
9.3
2.3
1.4
-2.7
3.61
812
1.4
25
 Sunny periods 30th, showers pm. Clear am 31st
31
 
   
Total/
Mean
8.8
3.0
27.9
105.42
40.2
 
Date
 
Pressure
(mb)
Temp
(°C)
Relative
Humidity
(%)
Wind
Speed (mph)
Wind
Direction
Soil Temp
at 20cm
(°C)
Snow Depth(cm)
or
Pentlands Snow line(ft)
1 Mean Maximum
Temperature
(°C)
2Mean Minimum
Temperature
(°C)
3Total Rainfall
(mm)
4GrassMin'm
Temperature
(°C)
5Total Sunshine
(Hours)
7Total ET
(mm)
6Maximum
Wind Speed
(mph)
 
  0900 GMTreadings
Daily Readings (see notes below)  
    

 

Notes
1. For the 24 hours from 0900UTC* on the date to 0900UTC* on the following day. (The maximum temperature is generally in the afternoon*)
2. For the 24 hours ending at 0900UTC* on the date. (The minimum temperature is generally just after sunrise*)
*Where a maximum is overnight or minimum is during the day the figure is shown in italics. This often occurs in winter
3. For the 24 hours from 0900UTC* on the date to 0900UTC* on following day. SEPA = Scottish Environmental Protection Agency/UKMO 5" diameter gauge
4. For the period from sunset on previous day to 0900UTC* on the date
5.For the period sunrise to sunset on the date
6. For the period 0000UTC*-2400UTC* on the date i.e the Calendar Day
7. Total evapotranspiration on the date (in mm).
* UTC is Universal Time Coordinated. It has been adopted by the UK Met.Office in place of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). When British Summer Time is in force UTC is BST minus one hour ,e.g.1000BST=0900UTC

 

 

 

 

 


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