A wet month. Above average temperatures - with a cold spell in the second week followed by a very mild second half of the month.

Anomalies (in brackets) refer to the estimated 1981-2010 averages.

Mean max: 7.9 (+1.0)
Mean min: 1.8 (+1.3)
Mean temp: 4.8 (+1.1)

Highest max: 13.5 (24th)
Lowest max: -1.2 (13th)
Lowest min: -4.7 (11th)
Highest min: 10.7 (24th)

Air frosts: 10 (-2)
Ground frosts: 15 (-3)

Days with max 10.0 to 14.9: 15
Days with max 5.0 to 9.9: 4
Days with max 0.0 to 4.9: 8
Days with max -5.0 to -0.1: 1

Days with min 10.0 to 14.9: 1
Days with min 5.0 to 9.9: 6
Days with min 0.0 to 4.9: 11
Days with min -5.0 to -0.1: 10

Total rainfall: 67.4 mm (125%)
Wettest day: 9.8 mm (20th)
Rain days (0.2 mm or more): 19 (+4)
Wet days (1.0 mm or more): 15 (+4)
Days = 10mm: 0 (-1)
Days = 20mm: 0

Days with snow/sleet falling: 7
Days with 50%+ snow cover at 09z: 4 ( 0)
Deepest at 0900z 2 cm ( 9th)

Days with thunder heard: 0
Days with hail: 3
Days with fog at 0900z: 4

Highest 10-min mean wind: 23 kn (18th)
Max gust: 42 kn (19th)
Days with gale: 0
Highest wind run: 367.3 nm ( 7th)

Maximum pressu 1043,4 (27th)
Minimum pressu 988.8 ( 2nd)

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Freddie
Alcaston
Shropshire
148m AMSL
http://www.hosiene.co.uk/weather/
Stats for the month so far: https://www.hosiene.co.uk/weather/st...cs/latest.xlsx