Huddersfield Weather Watch – March 2016

Fri, 15 Apr 2016 10:43:00 BST

Temperatures down, rainfall up

TEMPERATURES for the month were below average whilst rainfall figures were above average for the time of year.  The average figures are those recorded since 1990 from the Applied Sciences Weather Station.

The monthly mean temperature was 6.28˚C compared to the average figure of 7.0˚C.  The warmest day of the month was Friday 25^th with an average temperature of 10.4˚C.  The highest maximum temperature of 15.3˚C was recorded on Saturday 26^th.  The coldest day of the month was Sunday 6^th with an average temperature of 2.6˚C.  The lowest minimum temperature was -1.3˚C recorded on Monday 7^th.  The temperature fell below zero on just two days of the month.

A total of 91mm of rainfall was recorded during the month (average 61.14mm) making it the wettest March since 2008 and the 6^th wettest since our records began.  The wettest day of the month was Sunday 27^th with a total of 22.6mm of rainfall (24.8% of the month’s total rainfall).  Nineteen days of the month escaped rainfall with the driest spells falling between Thursday 10^th and Friday 25^th.

The mean wind speed for the month was 11.4km/hr.  The highest mean wind speed was 23.04km/hr recorded on Tuesday 1^st.  The highest gust of wind for the whole month was 107.64km/hr recorded on Wednesday 2^nd.

The prevailing wind direction for the month was south west.

Julie Walker
Resource Centre and Environmental Technician
School of Applied Sciences

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