Given below are the final statistics for March for Edinburgh Gogarbank from all of the data which I have available which are:

Temperature (°C)

Lowest Minimum:                                                                          -4.19 (on 18/3/25)

Highest Minimum:                                                                         9.02 (on 6/3/25)

Mean Minimum:                                                                             3.55

Minimum Anomaly:                                                                        +0.84

Lowest Maximum:                                                                          6.51 (on 17/3/25)

Highest Maximum:                                                                         17.30 (on 21/3/25)

Mean Maximum:                                                                             11.60

Maximum Anomaly:                                                                        +2.28

Lowest Average:                                                                             1.45 (on 17/3/25)

Highest Average:                                                                            12.36 (on 6/3/25)

Average Temperature:                                                                    7.58

Average Anomaly:                                                                           +1.56

Lowest Diurnal Temperature Range:                                             2.20 (on 4/3/25)

Highest Diurnal Temperature Range:                                            14.20 (on 19/3/25)

Average Diurnal Temperature Range:                                            8.05

Other Temperature Statistics

Single Figures Maximum Temperatures:                                        10

Single Figures Minimum Temperatures:                                         26

Double Figures Maximum Temperatures:                                       21

Double Figures Minimum Temperatures:                                        0

Maximum Temperatures Above 20°C:                                             0

Number of Frosts

Ground Frosts:                                                                                    14

Air Frosts:                                                                                            5 (76.3% of 1991-2020 March average)

Rainfall (mm)

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

Wettest Day:                                                                                        12.0 (on 27/3/25)

Highest Hourly Total:                                                                          6.4 (on 27/3/25 at 20:00)

Highest Ten Minute Total:                                                                  1.4 (on 27/3/25 at 19:40)

Rain Days:                                                                                            4 (38.9% of 1991-2020 March average)

Dry Days:                                                                                              18

Longest Dry Spell                                                                                 4 days (23/3 to 26/3)

Longest Non-Dry Spell                                                                        3 days (27/3 to 29/3)

Most Consecutive Rain Days                                                               3 days (27/3 to 29/3)

Longest Period Without a Rain Day:                                                   21 days (1/3 to 21/3)

Wind Speed (mph)

Average Mean Wind Speed:                                                                 9.3 (86.2% of 1991-2020 March average)

Highest Mean Wind Speed:                                                                 30.4 (on 29/3/25)

Highest Wind Gust:                                                                               42.3 (on 29/3/25)

Most Common Wind Direction                                                             SW

Pressure (mb)

Lowest Pressure:                                                                                  998.7 (on 21/3/25)

Average Pressure:                                                                                1015.8

Highest Pressure:                                                                                 1034.1 (on 1/3/25)

Sunshine Total (hrs)

Total for March:                                                                                      138.1 (124.4% of 1991-2020 March average)

Sunniest Day:                                                                                          10.7 (on 15/3/25)

Sunless Days:                                                                                          3

Most Consecutive Sunless Days:                                                          2 days (4/3 to 5/3)

Conclusion

March 2025 was a warmer than average month overall with a below average number of official air frosts.

It was also an exceptionally dry month both in terms of the actual rainfall amounts and in terms of the number of official rain days.

In addition to that, March 2025 was also a sunnier than average month which means that two out of the first three months of this year have now been sunnier than average with February being our only duller than average month so far.

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Very dry down here, the ground is now cracked and broken albeit you don't have to go down very far to find moisture. That could soon change given the forecast and with the trees coming into leaf!

For once it was a cold month in terms of nights - the min is 0.6C below the 91-20 average for my nearest official station, and it was frostier too. The max was well above, mind you, 1.8C higher than the 91-20 average for Faversham.  That belies a higher than normal diurnal range, allied with low dewpoints; some days going from an air frost in the morning to 17C or so in the afternoon.

Here's my weather station summary:

Summary for March 2025

Temperature (°C):

Mean (1 minute)  7.6

Mean (min+max)  7.9

Mean Minimum    3.0

Mean Maximum    12.8

Minimum          -3.1 day 03

Maximum          18.8 day 27

Highest Minimum  7.9 day 21

Lowest Maximum  7.7 day 15

Air frosts      7

Rainfall (mm):

Total for month  6.4

Wettest day      1.8 day 15

High rain rate  7.8 day 15

Rain days        8

Dry days        23

Wind (mph):

Highest Gust    15.0 day 28

Average Speed    0.6

Wind Run        440.7 miles

Gale days        0

Pressure (mb):

Maximum          1037.83 day 01

Minimum          999.97 day 23

Days with snow falling        0

Days with snow lying at 0900  0

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Very similar here and as expected colder at night, although less expected being the warmer max's but likely to be due to the easterly wind being prevalent for much of the month.

The most frosts for March and coldest night since 2018, probably as expected.

Also very dry, the first really dry month for more than a year. Rain rate was an anomaly I need to fix manually...

Summary for March 2025

Temperature (°C):

Mean (1 minute)  7.3

Mean (min+max)  7.9

Mean Minimum    1.9

Mean Maximum    13.9

Minimum          -4.1 day 16

Maximum          20.1 day 20

Highest Minimum  8.1 day 21

Lowest Maximum  7.1 day 17

Air frosts      12

Rainfall (mm):

Total for month  9.0

Wettest day      2.8 day 23

High rain rate  1440.0 day 14

Rain days        9

Dry days        22

Wind (mph):

Highest Gust    24.0 day 06

Average Speed    2.4

Wind Run        1760.4 miles

Gale days        0

Pressure (hPa):

Maximum          1035.22 day 01

Minimum          996.79 day 22

Days with snow falling        0

Days with snow lying at 0900  0

Total hours of sunshine        0.0

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Summary for March 2025

Temperature (°C):

Mean (min+max)  8.5

Mean Minimum    2.6

Mean Maximum    14.4

Minimum          -2.7 day 03

Maximum          20.5 day 20

Highest Minimum  8.2 day 22

Lowest Maximum  9.1 day 17

Air frosts      10

Rainfall (mm):

Total for month  4.3

Wettest day      2.5 day 23

High rain rate  8.6 day 23

Rain days        5

Dry days        26

Pressure (mb):

Maximum          1035.8 day 01

Minimum          997.4 day 23

Days with snow falling        0

Days with snow lying at 0900  0

The main headline here was how dry it was. Just 4.3mm including about 0.5mm in melted frost with some very close by stations missing a heavy shower and only recording 2mm. In complete contrast to the previous months of high pressure which were very cloudy this month they were largely clear and sunny. There were 10 frosts compared to the very wet March last year that had just one and 65mm of rain following an even wetter February of over 100mm of rain. So we are heading towards a very dry Spring in contrast to last year's exceptionally wet one.

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