Given below, are the final statistics for Edinburgh, Gogarbank from all of the data which I have available which are:
Temperature (°C):
Lowest Minimum: -2.20 (on 1/3/2024)
Highest Minimum: 7.90 (on 18/3/2024)
Mean Minimum: 2.59
Minimum. Anomaly: -0.12
Lowest Maximum: 5.70 (on 26/3/2024)
Highest Maximum: 14.00 (on 18/3/2024)
Mean Maximum: 9.71
Maximum. Anomaly: +0.39
Lowest Average: 3.75 (on 10/3/2024)
Highest Average: 12.80 (on 31/3/2024)
Average Temperature: 6.15
Average Temperature Anomaly: +0.14
Lowest Diurnal Temperature Range: 1.40 (on 10/3/2024)
Average Diurnal Temperature Range: 7.12
Highest Diurnal Temperature Range 12.20 (on 16/3/2024)
Other Temperature Statistics
Nights with minus double digits minimum temperatures 0
Single Figures Maximum Temperatures 16
Single Figures Minimum Temperatures 26
Double Figures Maximum Temperatures 15
Double Figures Minimum Temperatures 0
Maximum Temperatures above 20°C 0
Number of Frosts
Ground Frosts 10
Air Frosts: 5 (76.3% of 1991-2020 March Average)
Ice Days: 0
Rainfall (mm):
Total for Month: 101.2 (192.8% of 1991-2020 March Average)
Wettest Days: 19.6 (on 14/3/2024)
Highest Hourly Total 3.8 (on 15/3/2024)
Rain Days: 13 (126.5% of 1991-2020 March Average)
Dry Days: 9
Longest Dry Spell: 4 days (3/3/2024 to 6/3/2024)
Highest Number of Days without a single dry day: 14 days (9/3/2024 to 22/3/2024)
Highest consecutive number of rain days 5 days (12/3/2024 to 16/3/2024)
Wind Speed (mph)
Average Mean Wind Speed 9.8 (90.9% of 1991-2020 March Average)
Highest Mean Wind Speed 29.1 (on 22/3/2024)
Highest Wind Gust 47.0 (on 22/3/2024)
Pressure (mb)
Lowest Pressure 973.7 (on 27/3/2024)
Average Pressure 1002.9
Highest Pressure 1025.6 (on 7/3/2024)
Sunshine Total (hrs)
Total for Month: 90.52 (81.5% of 1991-2020 March Average)
Sunniest Day: 10.72 (on 30/3/2024)
Sunless Days: 8
Conclusion:
March 2024 was slightly milder than average but in complete contrast with the rest of the UK and the CET figure, our temperatures were actually fairly close to average, but the number of air frosts was well below average once again due to a lot of cloud cover at night.
In addition to that, it was a thoroughly wet month with nearly twice our 1991-2020 March average rainfall and even the number of rain days was also significantly above average.
Finally, March 2024 was a very dull month which would have been far worse still had it not been for a relatively sunny last couple of days of the month.
All in all, March 2024 was a thoroughly dull, wet and miserable month which I'm now glad to finally see the back of.
Edited by user
01 April 2024 09:58:00
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Reason: Not specified
The north of Edinburgh, usually always missing out on snow events which occur not just within the rest of Scotland or the UK, but also within the rest of Edinburgh.