Roller - coaster of a day in North Northumberland. Rain died out for much of the afternoon and it brightened up a bit but with strong west wind. Temp hit 11.1C at 3.30 - all snow gone except high peaks but distant Scottish hills (Lammermuirs) looked very white at 2pm. Cold front came through around 5pm, heavy shower, dark skies, squally wind and temp back down from 9C to 3C. Cloudy and windy now, 2.5C. 17.5mm rainfall, so March total up to 82mm, 170% of average already, only 2 dry days.