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March 2014 |
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Thrift or more commonly named
'Sea Pinks' coming into flower along the south Devon coast in March. |
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After a wild, wet and windy winter, Spring arrived with a
beautifully benign month of above average temperatures and sunshine,
and just below average rainfall. |
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Summary for |
March
2014 |
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Mean Max: |
13.1ºC |
(+2.1ºC) |
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Mean Min: |
4.3ºC |
(+0.2ºC) |
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Mean: |
8.7ºC |
(+1.1ºC) |
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High Max: |
18.5ºC |
13th |
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Low Max: |
8.9ºC |
11th |
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High Min: |
11.6ºC |
30th |
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Low Min: |
-1.4ºC |
24th |
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Mean Grass Min: |
1.4ºC |
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Grass Min: |
-3.2ºC |
24th |
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Rain Total (gauge): |
59.8 mm |
(94%) |
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Rain Total (tipping bucket): |
58.4 mm |
(92%) |
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Rain Days >0.2 mm: |
11 Days |
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Rain Days >1.0 mm: |
10 Days |
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Max 24 hrs: |
15.1 mm |
28th |
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Days without any rain: |
20 |
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Air Frost: |
2 Days |
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Grass Frost: |
12 Days |
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Snow Falling: |
0 Days |
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Snow (50%) @ 9am: |
0 Days |
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Ice Days: |
0 Days |
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Thunder Heard: |
0 Days |
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Hail <5 mm: |
2 Days |
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Hail >5 mm: |
0 Days |
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Fog @ 9am: |
0 Days |
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Total Monthly Sunshine: |
170.5 Hours |
(145%) |
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Most Sunshine in a Day: |
11.3 Hours |
30th |
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Average Daily Sunshine: |
5.5 Hours |
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Sunless Days: |
2 Days |
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Cloudless Days: |
4 Days |
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Total Possible Sunshine: |
369.0 Hours |
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Percentage of Total Sun: |
46% |
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Maximum UV Index: |
3.9 |
16th |
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Time of Max UV: |
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12:45 |
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Mean Soil Temp @ 30 cm: |
9.8ºC |
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Min Soil Temp @ 30 cm: |
8.4ºC |
5th |
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Max Soil Temp @ 30 cm: |
10.9ºC |
20th |
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Mean Soil Temp @ 100 cm: |
10.5ºC |
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Min Soil Temp @ 100 cm: |
9.8ºC |
7th |
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Max Soil Temp @ 100 cm: |
11.1ºC |
24th |
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Ave 10 Min Wind >39 mph: |
0.01 Days |
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N: |
8.49 Days |
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NE: |
1.18 Days |
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E: |
4.01 Days |
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SE: |
3.03 Days |
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S: |
5.07 Days |
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SW: |
2.46 Days |
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W: |
0.94 Days |
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NW: |
4.24 Days |
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Calm: |
1.58 Days |
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Wind Chill Low: |
-2.1ºC |
24th |
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Mean Wind: |
4.1 mph |
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Max Gust: |
34 mph |
20th |
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31.00 Days |
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Mean Cloud Cover: |
56% |
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Mean RH @ 9am: |
90% |
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Rain >0.1mm/hour: |
24.0 Hours |
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Frost Duration: |
9.8 Hours |
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Air Frost in a Day: |
5.3 Hours |
24th |
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Mean Sea Temperature: |
9.5ºC |
(+0.9ºC) |
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Normal for Month: |
8.6ºC |
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Max Sea Temperature: |
10.0ºC |
31st |
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Min Sea Temperature: |
8.9ºC |
4th |
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Mean Pressure @ 9am: |
1015.9 hPa |
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Mean Pressure: |
1015.6 hPa |
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Max Pressure: |
1033.7 hPa |
11th |
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Min Pressure: |
978.7 hPa |
3rd |
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Max Change in 24 hours: |
19.7 hPa |
2nd |
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Radiation Daily Mean: |
11.26 MJ/m² |
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Max Daily Value: |
17.51 MJ/m² |
30th |
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Min Daily Value: |
2.46 MJ/m² |
2nd |
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Number of Days with Data: |
31 Days |
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1-Hour Maximum: |
828 W/m² |
21st |
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Starting Time of the Hour: |
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12:15 |
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Max Dewpoint: |
11.4ºC |
7th |
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Min Dewpoint: |
-2.2ºC |
24th |
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Mean Dewpoint: |
5.8ºC |
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Max Humidity: |
99% |
5th |
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Min Humidity: |
46% |
13th |
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Mean Humidity: |
83% |
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Weather Data for Otter Valley, Devon. March 2014 |
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Temp oC |
Grass |
Hum (%) |
Soil oC |
DP (oC) |
Wind (mph) |
Rain |
Air (hPa) |
W/m² |
UV |
Sun |
Frost |
Calm |
Wind |
Sea |
Observations |
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Min |
Max |
Min |
Min |
Max |
30 |
100 |
Min |
Max |
Max |
Ave |
Run |
mm |
Min |
Max |
Max |
Max |
Hours |
Hours |
Hours |
Chill |
Temp |
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1 |
-0.4 |
10.2 |
-2.6 |
77 |
98 |
8.5 |
9.9 |
-1.4 |
6.7 |
9 |
1.7 |
11 |
0.0 |
1001 |
1006 |
673 |
1.9 |
5.3 |
4.5 |
8.0 |
-1.4 |
9.6 |
Sunny am, cloudy pm |
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2 |
5.8 |
9.9 |
3.4 |
92 |
97 |
8.5 |
9.9 |
3.5 |
9.3 |
28 |
7.6 |
N/A |
13.6 |
983 |
1002 |
223 |
1.2 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
1.5 |
3.7 |
9.0 |
Cloudy am, rain pm |
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3 |
2.5 |
8.9 |
-0.9 |
82 |
98 |
8.6 |
9.9 |
1.8 |
6.8 |
18 |
3.3 |
N/A |
3.4 |
979 |
995 |
722 |
1.7 |
4.7 |
0.0 |
4.3 |
1.0 |
9.3 |
Sunny intervals all day |
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4 |
0.9 |
10.7 |
-1.8 |
73 |
98 |
8.5 |
9.8 |
-0.2 |
6.9 |
11 |
1.7 |
N/A |
0.0 |
996 |
1009 |
432 |
1.7 |
3.5 |
0.0 |
12.8 |
0.6 |
8.9 |
Sunny intervals all day |
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5 |
0.1 |
11.7 |
-2.0 |
80 |
99 |
8.4 |
9.8 |
-0.9 |
9.4 |
14 |
3.1 |
N/A |
0.0 |
1009 |
1024 |
533 |
2.4 |
4.6 |
0.0 |
1.3 |
-1.1 |
9.0 |
Sunny intervals all day |
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6 |
7.8 |
10.1 |
7.3 |
93 |
98 |
8.7 |
9.8 |
7.1 |
9.2 |
24 |
6.8 |
12 |
0.0 |
1022 |
1024 |
161 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
6.6 |
9.1 |
Rain am, cloudy pm |
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7 |
6.3 |
16.3 |
2.8 |
65 |
98 |
9.1 |
9.8 |
5.2 |
11.4 |
19 |
4.9 |
118 |
0.0 |
1019 |
1027 |
667 |
2.6 |
3.2 |
0.0 |
2.5 |
6.3 |
9.7 |
Sunny intervals all day |
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8 |
3.7 |
13.4 |
0.7 |
75 |
98 |
9.6 |
9.9 |
2.8 |
9.5 |
25 |
7.4 |
178 |
0.0 |
1019 |
1027 |
598 |
2.8 |
8.8 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
3.5 |
9.4 |
Sunny intervals all day |
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9 |
4.6 |
15.1 |
1.4 |
73 |
99 |
9.7 |
10.0 |
4.0 |
10.9 |
16 |
2.9 |
70 |
0.0 |
1019 |
1022 |
600 |
2.8 |
10.7 |
0.0 |
5.5 |
4.4 |
9.5 |
Sunny all day |
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10 |
3.4 |
16.3 |
1.1 |
64 |
99 |
9.7 |
10.1 |
2.5 |
10.3 |
16 |
2.8 |
68 |
0.0 |
1022 |
1031 |
582 |
2.5 |
7.7 |
0.0 |
2.5 |
2.9 |
9.3 |
Sunny intervals all day |
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11 |
4.1 |
8.9 |
1.4 |
84 |
94 |
9.9 |
10.3 |
2.8 |
6.7 |
11 |
2.1 |
52 |
0.0 |
1031 |
1034 |
258 |
1.4 |
0.6 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
2.9 |
9.3 |
Sunny ints am, cloudy pm |
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12 |
2.4 |
15.1 |
-0.7 |
71 |
99 |
9.6 |
10.3 |
1.4 |
10.2 |
7 |
1.5 |
36 |
0.0 |
1030 |
1033 |
578 |
2.6 |
10.6 |
0.0 |
3.3 |
1.9 |
9.4 |
Sunny all day |
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13 |
0.7 |
18.5 |
-1.2 |
46 |
99 |
9.7 |
10.4 |
0.0 |
11.0 |
11 |
2.0 |
47 |
0.0 |
1028 |
1031 |
626 |
2.8 |
11.0 |
0.0 |
1.8 |
0.1 |
9.6 |
Sunny all day |
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14 |
1.7 |
11.6 |
-0.3 |
82 |
98 |
9.7 |
10.5 |
0.7 |
8.5 |
17 |
2.4 |
58 |
0.0 |
1028 |
1030 |
599 |
2.4 |
1.7 |
0.0 |
2.8 |
1.2 |
9.4 |
Sunny intervals all day |
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15 |
7.4 |
18.0 |
4.5 |
54 |
94 |
9.8 |
10.4 |
6.1 |
10.3 |
19 |
4.1 |
99 |
0.0 |
1029 |
1031 |
648 |
3.3 |
8.1 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
5.8 |
9.6 |
Sunny intervals am, sunny pm |
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16 |
6.6 |
16.5 |
2.5 |
67 |
97 |
10.3 |
10.5 |
5.5 |
11.0 |
17 |
3.9 |
93 |
0.0 |
1025 |
1029 |
658 |
3.9 |
8.0 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
5.9 |
9.7 |
Sunny am, cloudy pm |
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17 |
9.1 |
13.8 |
2.3 |
73 |
93 |
10.7 |
10.7 |
6.3 |
9.0 |
15 |
3.3 |
80 |
0.0 |
1021 |
1026 |
649 |
3.7 |
1.6 |
0.0 |
0.5 |
8.2 |
9.6 |
Sunny intervals all day |
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18 |
6.4 |
15.1 |
1.8 |
65 |
95 |
10.8 |
10.7 |
4.6 |
9.4 |
27 |
3.3 |
80 |
0.0 |
1017 |
1023 |
711 |
3.8 |
4.2 |
0.0 |
6.3 |
5.9 |
9.7 |
Sunny intervals all day |
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19 |
3.1 |
15.6 |
0.5 |
71 |
99 |
10.8 |
10.9 |
1.9 |
10.9 |
16 |
2.7 |
65 |
0.0 |
1021 |
1026 |
709 |
3.1 |
7.1 |
0.0 |
3.8 |
2.6 |
9.7 |
Sunny intervals all day |
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20 |
7.6 |
13.4 |
5.4 |
75 |
95 |
10.9 |
10.9 |
6.3 |
9.5 |
34 |
8.3 |
216 |
3.8 |
1004 |
1021 |
544 |
3.2 |
0.6 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
5.4 |
9.8 |
Sunny ints am, rain pm |
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21 |
3.8 |
12.6 |
-1.0 |
64 |
94 |
10.8 |
11.0 |
2.3 |
7.6 |
31 |
5.8 |
139 |
4.6 |
999 |
1009 |
828 |
3.2 |
7.4 |
0.0 |
4.8 |
3.5 |
9.8 |
Sunshine & showers |
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22 |
1.1 |
12.3 |
-1.4 |
59 |
98 |
10.4 |
11.0 |
0.0 |
6.1 |
20 |
2.9 |
69 |
1.9 |
999 |
1004 |
787 |
3.0 |
6.9 |
0.0 |
6.5 |
0.7 |
9.7 |
Sunshine & showers |
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23 |
2.2 |
11.8 |
-2.4 |
56 |
96 |
10.2 |
11.0 |
0.9 |
5.4 |
25 |
4.0 |
97 |
3.1 |
1004 |
1016 |
756 |
3.2 |
10.0 |
0.0 |
5.3 |
1.4 |
9.6 |
Sunny intervals all day |
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24 |
-1.4 |
9.4 |
-3.2 |
73 |
98 |
9.9 |
11.1 |
-2.2 |
7.7 |
29 |
7.4 |
163 |
5.0 |
1005 |
1015 |
503 |
2.4 |
2.1 |
5.3 |
2.8 |
-2.1 |
9.5 |
Sunny intervals am, rain pm |
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25 |
1.3 |
14.4 |
-0.8 |
55 |
98 |
9.7 |
10.9 |
0.5 |
8.0 |
18 |
3.4 |
80 |
0.5 |
1005 |
1014 |
753 |
3.1 |
8.3 |
0.0 |
4.0 |
1.1 |
9.6 |
Sunny intervals all day |
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26 |
6.1 |
12.2 |
0.7 |
47 |
92 |
10.0 |
10.8 |
0.3 |
6.5 |
12 |
2.3 |
54 |
0.0 |
1014 |
1020 |
693 |
2.7 |
6.5 |
0.0 |
2.3 |
4.2 |
9.5 |
Sunny intervals all day |
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27 |
3.1 |
9.3 |
0.0 |
70 |
93 |
10.1 |
10.9 |
1.7 |
5.7 |
18 |
3.2 |
76 |
3.6 |
1010 |
1015 |
788 |
2.8 |
6.5 |
0.0 |
3.0 |
0.9 |
9.4 |
Showers am, sunny pm |
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28 |
4.2 |
11.3 |
4.2 |
79 |
95 |
9.9 |
10.9 |
2.7 |
7.9 |
22 |
4.0 |
95 |
15.1 |
1010 |
1012 |
709 |
3.0 |
2.5 |
0.0 |
0.8 |
2.6 |
9.4 |
Sunshine & showers |
|
29 |
6.9 |
13.2 |
5.7 |
67 |
96 |
10.1 |
10.9 |
6.1 |
9.0 |
24 |
6.1 |
147 |
3.8 |
1009 |
1013 |
651 |
2.9 |
5.9 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
5.7 |
9.5 |
Sunny intervals all day |
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30 |
11.6 |
16.4 |
8.2 |
61 |
83 |
10.3 |
10.8 |
7.1 |
9.5 |
19 |
6.2 |
150 |
0.0 |
1009 |
1011 |
700 |
3.0 |
11.3 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
9.1 |
9.8 |
Sunny all day |
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31 |
10.8 |
13.9 |
8.7 |
77 |
95 |
10.9 |
10.9 |
8.4 |
10.9 |
16 |
4.9 |
113 |
0.0 |
1010 |
1011 |
593 |
3.0 |
1.1 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
9.4 |
10.0 |
Sunny ints am, showers pm |
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4.3 |
13.1 |
1.4 |
70 |
96 |
9.8 |
10.5 |
2.8 |
8.7 |
19 |
4.1 |
2462 |
58 |
1012 |
1019 |
611 |
2.7 |
170.5 |
9.8 |
88 |
3.3 |
9.5 |
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