Sunday and Monday brought the month to an end with a bit of a theme of rather dull, misty murky mornings brightening up to give a much better afternoon with some hazy sunshine and pleasantly mild with the temperature managing the mid teens.
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| Plum - Oullins gage in blossom (31 March 2014) |
March has been a little bit milder than we might expect especially during the day but noticeably that’s not true of the night time temperatures throughout the month. We've had 4 nights below freezing in March that’s as many as in January. So far this year our average night time temperatures for January 3.1°C, February 3.5°C and March 3.5°C have been remarkably consistent with January milder than we might expect and March a little colder than we might expect.
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| Potteric Carr (30 March 2014) |
Rainfall for the month has been a little below average at 33.4mm or about 80% of our expected total for March. This month hasn't been the wettest, driest, warmest, or coldest March of the last 4 years but it has been the windiest following on from a windy December and February some quieter weather would be much appreciated.
Let’s hope that April brings us some warm weather as it’s a busy time for the gardener. We might see the thermometer hit 20°C for the first time this year but it’s not a forgone conclusion. The last four Aprils have either been very dry or very wet ranging from 2.4mm in 2011 to 120mm in 2012 with nothing much in between.
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| Plot tulips coming into flower (31 March 2014) |
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April arrived a bit too quickly for my liking, I haven't sown all of the March things yet.
ReplyDeleteI haven't sown many seeds yet just some broad beans. April will be a busy month though.
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