RAINFALL REPORT 
March’s total was 4.7mm (yes, that’s 4.7mm) and this was just 9%; for England the sixth driest March with the southern half being particularly dry. The month was dominated by high pressure and that which moved in at the very end of February saw the first week of March continue the theme of frosty nights and sunny days. As it shifted eastwards it allowed southerlies to bring a period of very mild weather over the 8th to the 10th with temperatures up to the mid to high teens but then another high pressure system to the north fed in northerlies and temperatures dipped sharply. Still, mostly a sunny period with only a few days when we had the dull, grey stuff when it was really ‘brrrr’. 
 
A brief period of low pressure saw off the cold temperatures and delivered the month’s total rainfall but not before the first day of spring (the 20th) was a lovely warm day. Back to high pressure then and the month went out as it came in, in a very lamb-like manner as it was settled, warm and sunny. In fact it was the sunniest March for the Midlands on record. Finally a much needed break from rain, rain, rain or the dull and grey stuff.