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www.weatherwithouttechnology.co.uk
MARCH 2020
PREAMBLE
Tree of the month to the 18th is the ash, thereafter the alder.
Below are the seeds of the Ash tree, I show here since the Ash trees are in trouble with Ash dieback
disease, sadly this disease is killing these trees and they become more difficult to find.
Welcome to March 2020 website entry.
I start with an expert eye on March; the first part is normally unsettled and stormy over western Europe,
particularly between Britain and the Baltic, and is associated with the north to north-east airstreams. On
average, the stormiest parts of this period over Britain are 1-2nd and 6-9th March, and Scotland and
northern England receive stronger winds than districts farther south. By contrast12-19th March is
normally much less stormy and often produces markedly fine conditions. In east Scotland and in many
other eastern districts of Britain it is the driest period of the year. Night frost, however, is likely despite
quite warm day temperatures at times. In the Home Counties and SE England it normally remains dry
until 25th March, and the period 17-25th March is the driest of the year for the London area.
There is a tradition that equinoctial gales begin or near 21st March. In fact, they do not normally affect
Britain until the 24-25th March, beginning first in the northern and western districts. From then on until
the end of the month the weather is normally very stormy, and there is a general lowering of temperature
as winds blow first from the south-west or west and then veer to north-west or north. Sleet and snow
over the high ground and elsewhere are a fairly regular feature of the last days of March, which produces
storms in about 37 of every 50 years.
Awhile ago I had ‘a pop,’ at Network Rail removing what they termed as unnecessary and dangerous
trees from the local Tonbridge to Redhill railway line, I considered it ‘authorised vandalism.’
When our Victorian predecessors laid the railways, where necessary they guarded, protected and
bolstered the line with trees, trees that kept the banks and lines safe; trees that absorbed water, held the
soil together, could deal with heat-waves and other such natural occurrences. Therefore removing
such trees, on the grounds of safety, increased the likelihood of greater, more expensive and potential
really dangerous situations arising; the law of unintended consequences therefore comes into play, and
as such was a danger waiting to happen and a very expensive repair bill with it. Before Cristmas in the
heavy rains, a part of the railway line joining Redhill to Tonbridge was washed away.
Reading a report in the County Border News on 15th January, blame is laid at the foot of Climate
Change with ‘heat-waves plus ‘extraordinary rainfall’ as the causes of a derailment during the weather
before Christmas. I keep rainfall and temperature records here as daily matter, and have done since
1985. There has been, in this region, no exceptional heat-wave in recent years, nor was the rainfall in
December excessive, there have been four wetter years since 1985. I would therefore contend that
the premise by Network Rail that the above rail landslide was not caused as they claim; there is a distinct
absence of trees at the site, destabilising the soil by removing vital trees is the real cause of the landslip,
alas, such responsibility of admitting to such a failure cannot be countenanced; easier to blame global
warning. Network Rail caused the problem by removing the trees.
Global Warming and farmers: I live in rural community; I also live under the glide path of incoming
aircraft to Gatwick airport (2000 feet high and dropping), these two subjects are interesting respecting
global warning – of which my views are well known.
The poor hardworking farmer is taking a lot of blame for the 10% methane his cattle allegedly emit, and
as such, the best option is to remove cattle from the earth, cutting 10% CO2……So you take a hard
working farmer’s livelihood away to satisfy a certain part of this movement, you destroy his life, his living
and his livelihood. Assuming this is done, where does your milk on your cereals or in your tea come
from? Where do we get leather to make shoes, coats, jackets. bags, horse saddles? No milk means
no cheese, no butter, or cream. So what replaces these dairy products? Soya or Almond milk - both
of which use more process and produce more CO2 than cattle. Think about that.
Now look to the sky, an aircraft also producing CO2, at any one time over 30000 such fossil fuel using
aircraft filling the upper atmosphere with pollution; but vested interests are involved here, big business
make big money. There is no aviation fuel duty, no VAT on airline tickets, why not, do they also pollute
the air we breathe? If fuel duty were put on aviation fuel and VAT on tickets I am sure that flying would
become less popular, less aircraft and less pollution.
The poor farmer who stewards our wonderful countryside, to which many go to see and drive through –
in their polluting fossil fuelled vehicles, is to be penalised, indeed demonised by a certain segment of
society, I think this very unfair, the poor farmer is an easy target. Instead of demonising him you should
support and help him, without farmers the UK would not survive. End of story.
There appears to bit of a misunderstanding about how long and when winter is; for some winter
is December and January and that it is. Sadly real winter ‘Late Winter’ (see Winter 2019/2020)
website entry under ‘forecasts’ heading does not commence until mid January and can well
extend into April. The really cold month is February, which, this year, as explained in the
February website entry will extend well into March. Therefore winter is just starting towards the
end of January with possibly another 80 days or so still to run. As I repeat, I can give you the
likely weather that is due; this is seen on the spreadsheet on the fourth column in, any other
pertinent information is contained the other columns of each entry. However nature decides
when any event will occur; it is not an exact science, but working 180 days ahead, a couple of
days in either direction is well within the parameters I set myself.
There is also a problem of, for example, if the entry says snow – if cold enough, else rain, some
read this as snow, and since it is not cold enough, rain falls, and not snow. This invariably
prompts an e-mail to here asking where the snow is. It is not my fault that it was not cold
enough where you reside; however for many others it may well snow, therefore they are
content. The prevailing NW wind of which I have warned now since October has indeed fallen
mostly, as predicted, on the western side of the UK. Once again the Birmingham>Norwich
dividing line marks the boundary between the colder air to the north and the less cold to the
south, to the west of Birmingham the NW wind is in charge. Over the years writing this website
I have tried to delineate the different regions as best I am able, sometimes I wind, sometimes I
lose; once the website is written it stays written, looking at weather on TV screen can change 4
times in a day – and still get it wrong.
Facebook/Twitter/You tube. For reasons previously given I do not use any of the above, or
any other social site; it may well be however that TV stations may well put items onto You Tube,
of which I have no control. A problem has recently arisen, where Facebook subscribers have
‘taken,’ the website entry for a month, and then issued it under their own name, claiming, in
some cases, they are weather experts and this is their own work. I would remind such users
that this entire website is copyrighted in my name, continued usage as above must cease
forthwith, there are penalties for such transgressions and I am giving you the easy way out.
Please heed it – you know it makes sense.
From the same Facebook sources come questions as to whether I have got the moon phases
correct, since the writer of such comment has better ideas. To those that e-mail with such
data, please desist, I do not want to know what others think, everything is checked here three
times before it gets published.
An interesting question arrived here recently on the lines of ‘Does or has global warming
affected the way that nature proscribes the weather, and does it change?’ Good question.
As far as I am concerned, such global warming as is claimed, has no effect here whatsoever
concerning flora, fauna, birds, insects or animals, nature is very good at adapting; and I have
been actively watching with great interest for any such changes as above since 2013, I can
therefore categorically say that nature shows no changes at all since 2013 in this area.
Therefore the data that nature in its infinite wisdom portrays is as accurate now as it ever was.
I would say that 2013 to 2020, is not even a blink in history, since 80% of the data I use on the
website is over 1000 years old, was used by our forefathers, who made copious notes, that
were accurate then and I use them now, and they are just as accurate. The fact that I am using
data 1000 years old and nothing has changed, might just conflict with some claims made a
certain Swedish schoolgirl, I do however have 1000 years proven history on my side.
Having said the above, there is a change in the last couple of years concerning rainfall, which is
quite noticeable too, and, as such, many of the readership too will have noticed it too. We used
to have rain showers during the summer period as a pretty regular event, the odd thunderstorm
gave us a deluge, but nothing major as such. These last two years a real change; these rain
showers have been replaced by firstly longer dryer periods (in all seasons) lasting 15 days or
so, maybe more; they are ended with a period of torrential rain, in several cases depositing half
the month’s rain average in one fall, and in the odd case a whole month of rain in one 24 hour
period. Such heavy continuous rain causes flash flooding, brings distress too. Maybe this is a
sign of a changing weather pattern; it is a case of wait and see.
I said earlier I do not knowingly contribute to social medium sites, there is an isolated clip from
2013, which I did as a ‘pilot’ with Georgina Burnett (we are friends), who some may recognise
from ITV This Morning as a ‘refurbishment girl with older items,’ others as a weather presenter
with BBC SE. The short video is self explanatory; the alert ones will see and hear my re-action
to global warming. Enjoy. I have not changed, what you see is what you get, warts ‘n all.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDa9HoFvvLo
Many readers have remarked on the interesting chapters in my second book ‘David King’s
Weather Almanac,’ for which I thank them, but also am pleased that it expands the original
‘Weather without Technology,’ book. There are other books (both the above seemed to spawn
a new industry) that expand further; I have mentioned the following book before on this website,
maybe time to renew that suggestion. The book is ‘Meadowland’ – the private life an English
Field, by John Lewis-Stempel.’ ISBN 978-0-552-77899-2; a truly superb book about his
farmland full interest, knowledge and understanding, I highly recommend this as an excellent
continuation of the first mentioned book above. He also has written other such nature books,
this; to my mind is the best.
Amongst the e-mails in January were some from writers accused me of stupidity is suggesting
the January 2020 would be one of the coldest ever, and that figures for well sourced, reliable
and acknowledged experts in the subject, pointed to this being far and away the warmest ever
January ever. It was suggested that I write rubbish, and there is no basis whatsoever for
writing such a prediction.
A couple of comments in defence, at no time did I ever say that January 2020 would be the
coldest ever, if the website entries are read carefully, then what I wrote will be seen that I
suggested that the winter 2019/2020 could well be one of the coldest ever, especially if the cold
NW wind took hold. There was a caveat there.
At the time of writing now (early February) whilst everything else on the website predictions has
been near 100%, (the quiet, stormy, windy, cold periods and the date when Late Winter would
commence etc) the absence of cold air, due to the appearance of exceptionally warm air for
many parts, an unseasonal and again totally unforeseen event for the time of year, is
unfortunate for the prediction; sadly I do not control the temperature, that is beyond my control.
What I do manage with great success, always working 180 days ahead, is to the give a very
reliable indicator of the weather trends to come. It is very easy to sit at home and criticise and
showing your vast meteorological knowledge and then condemn someone else whose
methodology you do not understand, not even could even contemplate even how to start such a
project, and rely not on your own figures, but figures of others.
There are lies, damn lies and statistics; but also might I add, an acute knowledge of what will
most likely occur in the future concerning weather matters. I have been recording daily
temperatures here, 5 times a day every day since June 1985 to current. For the record:
January 2020 the mean average was 5.45C (the norm being 4.4C) which is 124% of the
1981/2010 figures. To claim however that January 2020 is the warmest January ever is
ridiculous and just plain nonsense; since between 1985 and today there have been nine
instances when the January mean was higher than 5.82C. The highest two were 2007 at 7.3C
and 2008 at 7.1C. Statistics can be adjusted/manipulated to suit the circumstance; however
the actuality of the facts cannot be disputed.
January 2020 here at this weather station was not most definitely the hottest ever. So what
about the effect of global warming? From 1985 at 4.39C as the norm, this is now 4.42C,
therefore the effect of global warning at this weather station is a rise of .03C. Hardly headline
grabbing then and not really a sign that the earth is on fire as some claim.
If I am wrong, a rare event, but nor unheard of, I will admit and apologise; however the warm
spell in January unpredicted and unpredictable too, I cannot control the temperature, the rest
however is very close to the actuality of events. ‘A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.’
Finally, but not the least; I compose the weather on the website using, amongst other matters,
nature; nature has growing seasons of 90 days and in some cases 180 days, and by being able
to read nature a very accurate assessment can be made that number of days ahead. I have
been running this website a few years now and the weather predictions I give, are for the
greater part, well up to the 90% minimum accuracy I sent myself. Here in the UK we have
‘quirky weather,’ weather that comes from nowhere and completely un-predictable (as 16C in
Scotland in January), and since I work on the website 90 to 180 days ahead all the time, this at
times poses challenges. There are times therefore that what I write is confounded by
unpredictable events. I am human and not perfect
Over time the readership has increased beyond all expectations; two books have been written
and appreciated by most, the word has spread far and wide without the use of any social media.
I do not tout for work, nor advertise, I speak when spoken to, but for the greater part remain
invisible, those that wish to find me, manage to do so quite easily. I give talks to the whole
spectrum of society which are well received. Those that have accompanied me on walks have
found them interesting, informative and healthy too. Radio and TV have come knocking and
the results speak for themselves, this medium is to educate and entertain, I have fulfilled that
criteria.
However, as the readership increases, and social streams expand, the website becomes, sadly,
not my website, but for many, their own weather – they lift the forecast and claim it as theirs.
These social sites also give rise to trolls/idiots/know-alls who waste my time by sending mails
via the contact page on the website There is also the effect of a group of ‘radicals,’ of all ages
that take it upon themselves to do ‘civil disobedience,’ that disrupts the rest of us, regardless of
the cost and inconvenience. There is also the effect of a 16 year old Swedish schoolgirl who
convinces many, she is the saviour of us all, and in so doing raises many false hopes. There
is also the phenomenon of persons, mainly male, of a certain age, who having finished
employment look for ‘new challenges,’ and with their worldly experience attempt to ‘set the
world to rights.’
Unfortunately all of the above now use the contact page on the website to tell me exactly how to
do what I do, what I am doing wrong, and of I am so good, then why have I not a public
platform? They quote temperature figures at me; tell me I am wrong; all part of the daily grind
then. I get about 15 such nuisance mails a day, added to the normal run of weather mails
brings the total to now some 45 a day, before other mail items; to reply to such mails takes time
and effort. It is nothing to spend 6 hours a day on just mail replies. This has to stop.
I have my own life to live, an increasingly all the above increase the work load here. Having
given this a lot of thought I have therefore decided that, as nature, I will give 180 days’ advance
notice of what lies ahead; this gives everyone fair notice. It is not an easy decision, I have built
a hobby into an interesting website, many now use it, many look at it, it was started to educate,
entertain, inform and interest the reader, of any age, in how nature and the moon regulate UK
weather, it pre-determines our weather here in the UK, in that it has succeeded.
UK weather is quite simple, just keep to the basics our forefathers used, never guess, never
assume, always base the conclusion of real fact and everything is really easy. Nature is very
clever, nature is never wrong.
So, it is with great sadness and regret, that I inform the entire readership that as from 30th
November 2020 the website will cease to be active (200 days ahead) and there will be no more
talks or walks after 31st October 2020. All talks and walks made and confirmed already will be
done. The last website entry will be November 2020.
In a nutshell, whilst I enjoy what I do, I have a life to live of my own outside the website; I am a
very private person. I dislike intensely being written to by ‘armchair weather experts,’ who
demand reasons why I make such statements on weather; by others who know precious little if
anything about the methodology I use, and by those who tell me that the BBC are THE real
weather experts and I write rubbish.
It is a democracy and such comments come with the territory, however I have decided that such
as the above, take my valuable time, are a waste of space with mainly idle and silly remarks,
and as such, not worthy of further comment.
To all those that have encouraged, supported, enjoyed the website and the exchanges on the
e–mails, thank you for everything. You will all be missed.
I recently had a major fall, I was lucky that I did not have life changing injuries, but the incident
has caused me to pause, stop, examine and re-appraise my life. I am no longer a young
person too, as you get older, life changes. I do not need trolls, idiots, armchair experts or any
of their ilk, in my life. By closing the website I eliminate such rubbish, but also bring my life
back into kilter.
I hope therefore you can all understand the actions I have decided upon. It is a changing world,
and, as such, many normal foundation courtesies are being dispensed with, manners are
disregarded, old norms that made us what we are, are going, fast, and, as a result we are all the
poorer for it. Everything now is rush, rush, time is always short.
Finally to my Publisher, Peter; to the Buzz website team, David, Simon, Kelvin and Daz ; to
Paul, Trisha and Jono at BBC Radio Leeds, to Dave and his team plus Eamonn and Ruth at
This Morning, a huge thank you to you all, what you see is what you get, warts ‘n all, but always
good fun and for the far greater part, good predicting too. It has been an adventure, a challenge
but a brilliant journey. From nothing, we all contributed to what is now a brilliant team that
works well is appreciated by so many and for sure will be equally missed.
The time has come to close this chapter in my life. Thank you to you all. Farewell.
“Everyone talks about the weather, nobody does anything about it.”
@David King Edenbridge February 2020.
March 2020
NEW MOON = 24TH @ 0928hrs = Cold & rain & Micro New Moon 1st QUARTER MOON = 2nd @ 1957hrs = Fair & Frosty
FULL MOON 9th @ 1748hrs = Fair + SUPERMOON LAST QUARTER MOON 16th @ 0934hrs = Rain
MARCH/VERNAL EQUINOX 20th @ 0350hrs
DoP = 21st St Benedict AND Quarter Day 21st
BST Starts 29 March 2020 @ 0100 hrs.
Highest spring tides 9th to the 14th
FULL MOON FOR THE MONTH IS KNOWN WORM MOON OR SAP MOON OR
SUGARING MOON OR CROW MOON OR STORM MOON.
Perigee 10th @ 0633hrs: Apogee 24th @ 1523hrs
MET OFFICE NOTES: None. BUCHAN NOTES: None.
1st St David Ever on St David's day, put oats and barley in clay. Patron Saint of Wales. Daffodil day, and became the Welsh
symbol in the Investiture of 1911 and in official publications since that time. 1st Sunday in Lent Daffodil day 2nd St Chad Every goose lays before St Chad, whether good goose or bad [if
your goose has not laid by this day start fattening for the pot for she is not a good layer] Sow peas today.
3rd St Winneral The holy day of the saint who controls tides and weather. If
stormy today bad winds to follow, but quiet end to the end of the month. 5th St Piran Cornish festival Patron Saint of Cornwall. 8th 2nd in Lent 9th Supermoon. 10th Perigee @ 0633hrs 12th- 15th Cheltenham Races 12th to 15th 15th 3rd in Lent
17th St Patrick Around this time Cheltenham Gold Cup race meeting and some freakish weather.
19th St Joseph of Nazareth A fertile year if clear and dry. Perigee @1947hrs 20th Vernal equinox @ 0350hrs 21st St Benedict DoP. Quarter Day. As the wind today it will stay for three
months. A fertile year if not freezing today. See below for frost precautions. 22nd 4th Sunday in Lent. Mothering Sunday. Simnel Sunday. 24th = Apogee @ 1523hrs 25th Lady Day Virgin Mary Day, The day the cardamine flower blooms. 29th 5th Sunday in Lent
Full moon this month is known as the Sap moon also known as Worm moon, sugaring moon, crow moon or storm moon.
Tree of the month up to 17th is the Ash, thereafter is the Alder.
General Notes and Comments.
The word ‘March’ comes from the Roman ‘Martius,’ this was originally the first month of the Roman calendar and was named of Mars, the god of war.
March was the beginning of our calendar year, which was changed to the ‘New Style’ or ‘Gregorian calendar’ in 1752 and only since then has the year began
with January 1st.
The Four wind days, Quarter Days, are among the most reliable in the year and give the prevailing wind until the next Quarter Day.
The month of renewal - The month of winds and new life. March - many weathers.
If the winds for Candlemass (2nd February) and St Benedict (21st) are contradictory, then St Benedict takes preference.
10th - If it does not freeze, a fertile year may be expected; mists or hoar frosts
indicate a plentiful year, but not without some diseases. 21st, St Benedict. This Quarter Day will give you the wind up to 24th June (St John)
which is just 95 days later. St Benedict will take precedence over Candlemass should the winds directions be contradictory.
St Benedict - sow thy peas or keep them in the nick. March is traditionally a boisterous month throughout the temperate zones of the
northern hemisphere. >>>>>>> The reason is that the polar regions are at their coldest after nearly six months of
night, while the equatorial regions are at their hottest because the sun is overhead.
The strength of the atmospheric circulation depends primarily on the difference of temperature between the equator and poles; hence it is most vigorous when
the contrasts of hot and cold are greatest in March. When there has been no particular storm about the time of the spring equinox, if a
storm arise from the east on or before that day, or, if a storm from any point of the compass arise a week after the equinox, then, in either of these cases, the succeeding summer is generally dry (4/5). But if a storm arise from the SW or WSW or a frost before the spring equinox, the summer is generally wet.
(5/6).
There are generally some warm days at the end of March or the beginning of April, which will bring the Blackthorn into bloom, and, which are followed by a cold period called the Blackthorn Winter (11-14th April).Fogs in March - frosts in May. [This is quite accurate, in London there are on average four foggy
mornings in March and four nights average ground frost in may]
Fog in March - Thunder in July. [doubtful].
As much fog in March, so much rain in summer.
As it rains in March so in June. [doubtful]
A wet March makes a sad harvest.
March damp and warm does the farmer much harm.
When March has April weather, April will have March weather.
Dry March, wet April, dry May and wet June are generally said to bring everything in tune.
A windy March and a rainy April makes a beautiful May.
A showery March and a showery May portend a wholesome summer - if there be a
showery April between.
Dust in March brings grass and foliage. A peck of March dust to be sold, is worth a King's ransom.
March dust on apple leaf, brings all kinds of fruit to grief.
The March sun rises but dissolves not. March sun lets snow stand on a stone.
If you’ve March in January the January will appear in March
After a frosty winter there will be a good fruit harvest.
If March winds start early it will be a dry Easter. A dry lent spells a fertile year.
A windy/dry March fortells a dry May.
March flowers make no summer bowers.
March dry - good rye. A dry cold March never begs its bread.[a good grain harvest implies a dry July and
August]
March snow hurts the seeds.
Snow in March is bad for fruit and grape vines.
Moles are a good guide for a fortnight or so, it is a sure sign of warmer weather when they start to become active - it may only be a short warm period.
Field mice however, when scurrying around are a prelude to bad weather. They are laying in stocks of food.
Better bitten by a snake than feel the sun in March.
March, month of many weathers, wildly comes in hail and snow and threatening
floods and burns.
A peck of March dust and a shower in May makes the corn green and meadows all gay.
The month of winds and new life.
After a frosty winter there will be a good pea harvest.
For the elderly - February search, March try - April says weather you live or die.
Average central England temperature is 5.7C.
Broadly speaking, significant plant growth commences at 6C or above.
Winter = -6C. Summer = +6C.
March tends to be the driest month of the year - but subject to cold snaps and frost. The third week of March is often the driest of the whole year.
A dry March and a wet may, fill barns and bays with corn and hay.
As it rains in March, so it rains in June.
It is also said that March borrows its last week from April, which indicates the tail of the month is often more spring like than the rest of it.
The last three days are called ’borrowing days’ for if they are unusually stormy, March is said to have borrowed them from April. Three days of wind and
rain is more the norm. Also - one day rain. one day snow and the other, the worst day they ever knew.
The third week of the month (around the 17th St Patrick’s day) is fronted by
Cheltenham Gold Cup race meeting. This period will certainly produce a combination of most variable weather, from rain/snow/sleet and winds to hot
dry and sunny.
March is usually a very varied month and a sensible traveller will be prepared for anything.
If March comes in like a lion it will go out like a lamb (and vice-versa). [dependable, but it only applies to the first and last two or three days of the month]
If March comes in all stormy and black, she carries winter away on her back.
As in September, so next March - sometimes. [check previous September readings]
As in October wet, March dry:- yes if October wet is above average then March below average. October cold, March (warm) cold - is more likely cold from
local records. October warm, March cold(er than average) - from local records.
If the last 18 days of February are wet and the first 10 days of March be for the most
part rainy, then the spring and summer quarters are likely to be wet too, and a drought is unknown but that it entered that season. [this is very true - so
watch the drought situation] AND
If the rainfall from the above dates is less than 100mms then the drought possibility is far higher. This is a refined local calculation.
Northerly winds over northern Europe reach their highest frequency around 15th June. But are rare after 20th June. Meanwhile SW winds blow
comparatively infrequently from late March until 10th June, but are very much more common during the rest of June.>>>>>>
From the same research, taking England & Wales as a whole, the driest months of
the year are:- March, April & May, and occasionally February and June. These months are also the months when long drags of unsettled westerly
winds are unlikely to occur. Monthly rainfall is between 2.3/2.6 ins (58/66mms) for each month from February to June. From July onwards 3.2/3.8ins (81/96mms).
A dry Lent spells a fertile year.
Oranges & Lemons: In the days when the river Thames wider, barges carrying
oranges and lemons landed just below the churchyard of St Clements Dane Church (which is roughly midway between the current Waterloo and
Blackfriars bridges). On the last day of March, local primary school children gathered at the church to attend a service, during which they recite the
famous nursery rhyme and play the tune on hand-bells. At the end of the service each are presented with an orange and a lemon. Hence the rhyme
‘Oranges and lemons say the bells of St Clements.’
FULL MOON THIS MONTH IS KNOWN AS THE SAP MOON, or worm moon, sugaring moon, crow moon, storm moon.
The tree of the month up to the 17th is the ASH. Thereafter the Alder.
MONTHLY AVERAGES FOR EDENBRIDGE (USING 1981-2010 FIGURES) Mean Max: 12.1C Mean Min: 2.4C Mean Avg: 7.25C Rainfall: 56.2mm Sunshine: 142.2hrs (day = 4.58hrs) Whilst I appreciate the above are local figures, it will be an indication of what the
averages are, and, of course there will be local variations. Such variations can be found by trawling the various weather websites, or by using the superb data found in the Climatologists Observers Link website.
The following figures are for the average temperature at 12 noon and again at 4pm,
taken at the beginning and again at the end of the month. 1st 7.1C 7C 31st 12.4C 13.1C
APRIL 2018
DATE Chandler & Gregory Brooks Lamb Buchan Met Office Season
Barry & Perry
March 01 26/2 - 9th Stormy 26/2 - 9th Stormy 20/1 - 29/3
March 02 peak day late winter
March 03
March 04
March 05
March 06
March 07
March 08
March 09
March 10
March 11
March 12 12th - 23rd Notable for 12th - 22nd Early spring anti-cyclones.
March 13 low precipitation very quiet
March 14 Central & weather with large
March 15 Southern Englan daily temperature range
March 16
March 17
March 18
March 19
March 20
March 21
March 22
March 23
March 24 24th - 31st Stormy
March 25
March 26
March 27
March 28 peak day 28th - 1st April Cold stormy period
March 29 20/1 - 29/3
March 30 late winter
March 31 30/3 - 17/6
Mar-20
Date Day Moon Weather DoP Saint/Holy Other Apogee Equinox Met Buchan Super- Highest
Day Day Perigee Eclipse Office moon tides
01/03/2020 S 1st in Lent St David NONE NONE
02/03/2020 M 1stQ fair/frosty St Chad
03/03/2020 T St Winneral
04/03/2020 W
05/03/2020 T
06/03/2020 F
07/03/2020 S
08/03/2020 S 2nd in Lent
09/03/2020 M FULL Fair YES highest
10/03/2020 T Perigee 9th
11/03/2020 W 0633hrs to
12/03/2020 T 14th
13/03/2020 F
14/03/2020 S
15/03/2020 S 3rd in Lent
16/03/2020 M Last Q Rain St Piran
17/03/2020 T St Patrick
18/03/2020 W
19/03/2020 T St Joseph of Nazareth
20/03/2020 F VERNAL
21/03/2020 S YES St Benedict Quarter Day equinox 0350hrs
22/03/2020 S 4th in Lent Mothering Sunday
23/03/2020 M
24/03/2020 T NEW Cold & rain Aogee Micro New Micro New
25/03/2020 W Virgin Mary Day 15.23hrs Moon
26/03/2020 T
27/03/2020 F
28/03/2020 S
29/03/2020 S 5th in Lent BST Starts
30/03/2020 M
31/03/2020 T