Monday was wet and windy. By the end of the day we’d had 15.2mm (0.6”) of rain making it the wettest day of 2015.
As we moved into the early hours of Tuesday 31 March the wind got even stronger and we recorded the strongest gust for March at 32mph. The rain continued for a while at the heaviest rate of the year 51.4mm/hr or 2”/hr.
The gale force winds continued through the night although the rain eased off.
We’re having a windy year as January 2015 was the windiest January in the last five years. After a reasonably calm February March has become the windiest March over the last five years.
The gales are forecast to continue into Tuesday evening so January and March 2015 have every chance of becoming the two outright windiest months of the last five years.
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Interesting that at 19:00 hr the temp dropped at the same time as the wind speed dropped, just as it had started to rain a little. A warm wind in March - not from the east then.
ReplyDeleteWe've still got a gale force westerly blowing on Tuesday afternoon. Temperature only 5°C. Occasional showers. Just want the wind to stop now.
DeleteDitto. We've also just had hailstones. It's just not gardening weather!
Deletedoesn`t feel like summertime to me yet Martyn put the woolies back on again strong gale force winds down here in sussex
ReplyDeleteStill waiting for spring to arrive!
DeleteThe gales are battering my plants, that's for sure. Looking forward to calmer weather.
ReplyDeleteGood job plants and trees aren't into leaf. Seem to have escaped the battering without any damage.
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