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High Pressure To Present Another Week of Mild Weather, No Rain
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Scotland Sets New March Heat Record With 22.8°C (73°F) Recorded At Fyvie Castle, Aberdeenshire
Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, Altnaharra, Highland, Drumnadrochit, Inverness-shire all beat previous warmest March days by at least 2C (BBC).
Fyvie Castle 22.8C (73F)
Kinlochewe 22.1C (71F)
Aboyne 21.7C (71F)
Altnaharra 21.6C (70F)
Aviemore 20.4C (68F)
Lossiemouth 20.2C (68F)
Strathallan 19.6C (67F)
Glasgow 19.5C (67F)
First of all we missed the warmest Christmas Day on record by less than 1C, then it was February where we missed a national record high by 1C but thanks to the persistency in that dominant upper level ridge which continued to bring us warmer-than-normal conditions ended up bringing us a record warm day. Up until today, the record for March in Scotland was a balmy 22.2C (72F) set back in 1957 at Gordan Castle, Moray. Today we saw a temperature top out at 22.8C (73F) at Fyvie Castle, Aberdeenshire.
All across Scotland, thanks to a strong upper level ridge of high pressure and near nation-wide sunshine, temperatures widely rose to between 5-10C above the seasonal normal. North, south, east and west, temperatures soared into the 16-20C with a pocket of 21-22C readings stretched from just south of Inverness to Aberdeen, on the north flank of the Central Highlands. This stunning weather more typical of mid-summer drew Scots to the beaches, parks and back gardens. No doubt there will be many BBQ’s crackling this evening, a rarity, even unheard of during the month of March. Back last April, the entire UK as well as many other parts of western Europe enjoyed summer-like warmth, I thought April was remarkably early for such warmth, then came this year and March seems to be the month when summer came early, way early!
Spring sunshine sets Scottish temperature record for March
BBC
German bathers greet first day of Spring weather
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Significant Cooldown Following All-Time Record Heat Across Northeast
While lows dip into the 20s throughout the Big Cities of the Northeast with wind chills in the teens, 10s and even 10s is possible through New England Monday night into Tues morning with wind chills well below zero. This will not only be a major shock to the system but a potential killer to those tender planets which have popped out way too early due to last weeks all-time record warmth!
Northeast Cold Blast Follows Weekend Rain
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Severe Weather Threat Shifts to Northern Plains Monday
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Virginians, Carolinians Asking ‘What the Hail?’
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Winter Returning To Eastern Canada, State Of Emergency In New Brunswick
State of emergency declared for flooding in New Brunswick
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Drought May Have Eased In Texas But It Hasn’t In Mexico!
Mexican Drought Fuels Despair
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Snowfall and gale sweep north, northeast China
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Thanks for reading.
-Mark
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