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willie eckerslike writes:
On Saturday, March 23, 2013 8:27:29 PM UTC, John Hall wrote:
In article -jade,

Graham P Davis writes:

March 1963 wasn't particularly cold (CET 6.0C), 1962 was much

colder (2.8C), the 16th coldest in CET records.



Yep. Going by what we've had so far and what the models are suggesting

for the rest of the month, we might be close to beating the 1962 figure.

ISTR that if we do that, then it will be the coldest March since the

19th century. A quite remarkable contrast to last March.



1947 and 1955 had a cold March.

They did, but not as cold as 1962 though, by the monthly mean CET
measure. To get a lower March CET than 1962's 2.8C, you have to go back
to 1892, with 2.7C. Checking on Philip Eden's site, for the first 20
days of March the mean CET was running at 3.8°C, so we probably won't
quite break the 1962 figure. That one springlike - almost summerlike -
day that we had early in the month will have had a big impact.
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