| January to March sunshine |
March 2003 - sunshine
Stations breaking or close to their March sunshine records can
be found in the table below (all values are from Campbell Stokes
recorders only).
| SUNSHINE -
MARCH 2003 |
| Station
name |
Total hours of sunshine (no
of days of data)
|
Previous record
/ Record |
| Waddington, Lincolnshire |
192.3 (31)
|
Previous record 184.1
hours in 1995, digital data records back to 1949 |
| Dyce, Aberdeenshire |
191.5 (31)
|
Previous record 165.3 hours in 1994,
digital data records back to 1942 |
| Aspatria, Cumbria |
188.5 (31)
|
Previous record 155.7
hours in 2001, digital data records back to 1980. |
| Saughall, East Ayrshire |
180.4 (31)
|
Previous record 133.7 hours in 2001,
digital data records back to 1989 |
| Ronaldsway, Isle of
Man |
179.5 (31)
|
Previous record 173.0
hours in 1982, digital data records back to 1957 |
| Kinloss, Moray |
176.6 (31)
|
Previous record 163.7 hours in 1953,
data records back to 1952 |
| Moel-Y-Crio, Clwyd |
175.3 (31)
|
Previous record 132.3
hours in 1995, digital data records back to 1986 |
| Ringway, Greater Manchester |
169.5 (31)
|
Previous record 140.3 hours in 1953,
digital data records back to 1949 |
| Corgary, Co Tyrone |
163.3 (31)
|
Previous record 130.1
hours in 1982, digital data records back to 1980 |
| Bastreet, Cornwall |
157.5 (30)
|
Previous record 148.3 hours in 1982,
digital data records back to 1974 |
| Gawlish, Devon |
163.1 (31)
|
Previous record 146.8
hours in 2000, digital data records back to 1990 |
| Carmoney, Co Londonderry |
151.2 (31)
|
Previous record 146.2 hours in 1975,
digital data records back to 1975 |
| Eskdalemuir, Dumfries
and Galloway |
164.1 (31)
|
Highest 184.5 hours
in 1929, data records back to 1911 |
| Yeovilton, Somerset |
154.2 (30)
|
Highest 157.6 hours in 1995, digital
data records back to 1984 |
|
January to March sunshine
These initial averages use data from the observing
sites on 1 April 2003. They represent an initial assessment of
the weather that was experienced across the UK during January
to March 2003 and how it compares with the 1961 to 1990 average.
January
to March 2003 - sunshine hours
January
to March 2003 - sunshine percent of average
| SUNSHINE -
JANUARY TO MARCH 2003 |
|
Region
|
Actual (hours per day)
|
Anomaly (%)
|
|
UK
|
3.54
|
153
|
|
England
|
3.82
|
156
|
|
Wales
|
3.67
|
158
|
|
Scotland
|
3.08
|
148
|
|
N Ireland
|
3.37
|
147
|
|
England & Wales
|
3.80
|
156
|
|
England N
|
3.63
|
159
|
|
England S
|
3.92
|
154
|
|
Scotland N
|
2.64
|
136
|
|
Scotland E
|
3.32
|
149
|
|
Scotland W
|
3.41
|
162
|
|
England E & NE
|
3.68
|
155
|
|
England NW & Wales N
|
3.67
|
162
|
|
Midlands
|
3.70
|
158
|
|
East Anglia
|
4.08
|
161
|
|
England SW & Wales S
|
3.71
|
147
|
|
England SE & Central S
|
4.10
|
155
|
|
Eskdalemuir - January to March produced 330.9 hours, "comfortably"
the highest recorded in the first quarter since records began
in 1911.
|
