The winter of 2024/25 was a drier than average winter here and February 2025 was also drier than average, so this year has once again started off on a very dry note here as most years do these days with the exception of last year.

This is now the first month of the meteorological spring but going forward, there aren't too many signs of much of the way of any significant rainfall on the horizon with high pressure looking set to be in charge for the foreseeable future.

Because of that, I'm expecting this thread to be very quiet to begin with at least but I have created it just now anyway because there is still the remote possibility that you might still have something to report for this month and by creating this thread just now, this now gives you the opportunity to do that.

Regardless of how all of this pans out though, this is the very thread for reporting those all important rainfall totals for this month.

0.2mm!!!

Data For Recent Days

24 hour total up to 9 am GMT (09:00 UTC) yesterday morning: 0.4 mm

Total since 9 am GMT (09:00 UTC) yesterday morning: 7.4 mm (as at 8:40 am GMT (08:40 UTC) this morning on Sunday 23 March 2025)

Our wettest day for quite a long time

Monthly Data

Total for this month so far: 11.0 mm (21.0% of 1991-2020 March average)

Number of rain days during this month: 1 (9.7% of 1991-2020 March average)

Number of dry days during this month: 12

As we are only just over a week away from the end of the month, this is looking like an exceptionally dry month especially given that the current "wetter" spell is expected to be just a mere blip with the outlook once again looking very dry.

Seasonal Data

Total for this spring so far: 11.0 mm (7.4% of 1991-2020 spring average)

Number of rain days during this spring: 1 (3.3% of 1991-2020 spring average)

Number of dry days during this spring: 12

Annual Data

Total for this year so far: 109.8 mm (14.0% of 1991-2020 annual average)

Number of rain days during this year: 19 (13.8% of 1991-2020 annual average)

Number of dry days during this year: 42

Note

This data has been obtained from https://www.ogimet.com  in raw BUFR format, and then converted into a more readable form by my own python script.

Data For Recent Days

Total since 9 am GMT (09:00 UTC) yesterday morning: 12.0 mm (as at 8:30 am GMT (08:30 UTC) this morning on Friday 28 March 2025)

Monthly Data

Total for this month so far: 23.0 mm (43.8% of 1991-2020 March average)

Number of rain days during this month: 2 (19.5% of 1991-2020 March average)

Number of dry days during this month: 16

Seasonal Data

Total for this spring so far: 23.0 mm (15.5% of 1991-2020 spring average)

Number of rain days during this spring: 2 (6.6% of 1991-2020 spring average)

Number of dry days during this spring: 16

Annual Data

Total for this year so far: 121.8 mm (15.5% of 1991-2020 annual average)

Number of rain days during this year: 20 (14.6% of 1991-2020 annual average)

Number of dry days during this year: 46

Note

This data has been obtained from https://www.ogimet.com  in raw BUFR format, and then converted into a more readable form by my own python script.

Data For Recent Days

24 hour total up to 9 am GMT (09:00 UTC) yesterday morning: 2.6 mm

Total since 9 am GMT (09:00 UTC) yesterday morning: 2.2 mm (as at 7:40 am BST (06:40 UTC) this morning on Sunday 30 March 2025)

Monthly Data

Total for this month so far: 27.8 mm (53.0% of 1991-2020 March average)

Number of rain days during this month: 4 (38.9% of 1991-2020 March average)

Number of dry days during this month: 16

Seasonal Data

Total for this spring so far: 27.8 mm (18.7% of 1991-2020 spring average)

Number of rain days during this spring: 4 (13.2% of 1991-2020 spring average)

Number of dry days during this spring: 16

Annual Data

Total for this year so far: 126.6 mm (16.1% of 1991-2020 annual average)

Number of rain days during this year: 22 (16.0% of 1991-2020 annual average)

Number of dry days during this year: 46

Note

This data has been obtained from https://www.ogimet.com  in raw BUFR format, and then converted into a more readable form by my own python script.

Monthly Data

Final Total for March 2025: 27.8 mm (53.0% of 1991-2020 March average)

Number of rain days during March 2025: 4 (38.9% of 1991-2020 March average)

Number of dry days during March 2025: 18

An exceptionally dry month both in terms of the actual rainfall amounts and in terms of the number of official rain days.

Seasonal Data

Total for this spring so far: 27.8 mm (18.7% of 1991-2020 spring average)

Number of rain days during this spring: 4 (13.2% of 1991-2020 spring average)

Number of dry days during this spring: 19

Annual Data

Total for this year so far: 126.6 mm (16.1% of 1991-2020 annual average)

Number of rain days during this year: 22 (16.0% of 1991-2020 annual average)

Number of dry days during this year: 49

Note

This data has been obtained from https://www.ogimet.com  in raw BUFR format, and then converted into a more readable form by my own python script.

It's nice to have these dry months back. They've been greatly missed since June 2023.