Terminal Moraine

A dry, cloudy and breezy day. At 1800 Temp; 9.7c Max today; 11.3c Min last night; 5.9c Grass min; 3.2c Rainfall from 0900-1800; 0.0 mm Sunshine today; 0.1 hrs Mean wind speed; 22 mph SW Highest gust today; 43 mph SW AT 1211 7 oktas Ac, As and St fractus Vis; more than 50 miles

A dry and mainly cloudy night after clear intervals around sunset. Thick fog between about 0400 and 0800. At 0900 Temp; 7.1c 24 hr max; 12.3c 24 hr min; 5.9c Grass min; 3.2c Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; 3.4 mm Mean wind speed; 13 mph SW 8 oktas St Vis; 5 miles

A cloudy day with intermittent light-moderate rain. A clearance by early evening. At 1800 Temp; 9.2c Max today; 12.3c Min last night; 8.4c Grass min; 7.0c Rainfall from 0900-1800; 3.4 mm Sunshine today; 0.0 hrs Mean wind speed; 12 mph NW Highest gust today; 21 mph NW at 1622 2 oktas Cu congestus and Ac Vis; 25 miles

A mild and cloudy night with periods of rain. Overcast with light rain at the moment. At 0900 Temp; 10.1c 24 hr max; 14.5c 24 hr min; 8.4c Grass min; 7.0c Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; 7.1 mm Mean wind speed; 10 mph SW 8 oktas Ns and St Vis; 1600 yds ( fog above 320 mts ) Continuous light rain

A dry and mild day with sunny intervals. Definitely feeling spring- like. At 1800 Temp; 11.1c Max today; 14.5c Min last night; 8.4c Grass min; 4.5c Rainfall from 0900-1800; 0.0 mm Sunshine today; 5.1 hrs Mean wind speed; 6 mph W Highest gust today; 36 mph SW at 0800 7 oktas Cs and As Vis; more than 50 miles

danm I had a look at the average annual number of rain days ( 0.2mm or more) here in each decade from 1968 onward and there's been little change. 1968-1977 209 days 1978-1987 216 days 1988-1997 197 days 1998-2007 206 days 2008-2017 208 days 2018-2023 206 days Apart from a dip in the late 80s to mid 90s the average number of days over the last 6 years, which has been the wettest period on record, is broadly similar, if not a bit less, than it was was from 1968 through to the present. This translates to an increase in rainfall on rain days from 4.6 mm per day in the 1960s and 1970s to 6.1 mm per rainfall day in the last decade.

A mild and mainly cloudy night with intermittent drizzle or rain arriving from the west during the early hours and clearing by 0830. At 0900 Temp; 9.9c 24 hr max; 13.5c 24 hr min; 8.2c Overnight min; 8.4c Grass min; 4.5c Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; 1.3 mm Mean wind speed; 14 mph SW 6 oktas St fractus, Cu and Ac Vis; 35 miles

A dry and mild day with sunny intervals. At 1800 Temp; 10.4c Max today; 13.5c Min last night; 4.2c Grass min; 1.2c Rainfall from 0900-1800; 0.0 mm Sunshine today; 3.9 hrs Mean wind speed; 13 mph SW Highest gust today; 31 mph SW at 0713 6 oktas As, Ci and Cu humilis Vis; 50 miles

kold weather I can't speak for the rest of the country but in my own back yard the mean annual rainfall over the last 25 years is 15% higher than it was between 1964 and 1999. In the last 5 years ( 2019-2023 ) the mean annual rainfall of 1256 mm is higher than the individual wettest year between 1964 and 1999 ( 1229 mm in 1998 ). It's perhaps too early to say if this is a permanent change but it's certainly significant.

A dry night with long clear periods. A sunny start to this morning but it's become cloudy since 0900. At 0900 Temp; 8.2c 24 hr max; 14.2 24 hr ,min; 4.2c Grass min; 1.2c Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; 1.0 mm Mean wind speed; 18 mph SW 7 oktas St, Sc and Ac Vis; 30 miles

Overnight rain cleared by 1000 and the afternoon was dry, apart from a few spots of showery rain around 1700, with sunny intervals. At 1800 Temp; 10.1c Max today; 14.2c Min last night; 6.1c Grass min; 6.1c Rainfall from 0900-1800; 1.0 mm Sunshine today; 1.2 hrs Mean wind speed; 16 mph W/SW Highest gust today; 26 mph S at 0841 1 okta Cu Vis; more than 50 miles

Those figures do seem too high. Perhaps it was an over liberal interpretation of what constituted a burn mark on the Campbell Stokes sunshine recorder card. I remember reading many years ago of the competition for the highest sunshine totals between different seaside resorts and how this resulted in some observers measuring the faintest scorch mark on the sunshine card and including it in the total. Buxton recorded 1553 hours of sunshine in 1893, a figure not exceeded until 1995 ( 1635 hrs) so it was obviously a very sunny year. The totals for 1894 and 1895 were 1114 hrs and 1365 hrs respectively. Kew recorded 1685 hours in 1893 so even allowing for Morecambe's seaside location it does seem a long stretch to reach 2526 hrs. Record annual sunshine totals are not easy to find, short of going through old volumes of the weekly weather report and adding up the weekly amounts, but somewhere around 2100 hours seems to be in the right area, ie Bognor Regis's total of 2066 hrs in 1933. I'd have thought with Morecambe's north westerly location around 1800 hrs would be the upper limit. Just found a bit more data relating to this. Between 1941 and 1970 the highest annual sunshine total at Morecambe was 1742 hrs, though it doesn't state which year. The highest annual totals I can find for this period are; Brighton 2068 hrs, Eastbourne 2153 hrs. Worthing2129 hrs, Ventnor; 2172 hrs; Sandown 2256 hrs; Jersey 2291 hrs and Guernsey 2263 hrs. Is seems very unlikely that any year at Morecambe would record around 300 hrs more sunshine than the sunniest years on the south coast or the Channel Islands even allowing for the different time period.

A mild and cloudy/foggy night with a spell of moderate rain until 2030 yesterday evening and moderate-heavy rain from about 0400 today. At 0900 Temp; 9.4c 24 hr max; 9.4c 24 hr min; 6.1c Grass min; 6.1c Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; 21.4 mm Mean wind speed; 18 mph S 8 oktas Ns and St Vis; 1300 yds ( fog above 300 mts ) Continuous moderate rain

A clear, sunny start followed by increasing cloud from late morning with intermittent rain during the afternoon. At 1800 Temp; 6.5c Max today; 8.9c Min last night; 1.4c Grass min; -2.1c Rainfall from 0900-1800; 1.5 mm Sunshine today; 3.7 hrs Mean wind speed; 16 mph S/SE Highest gust today; 26 mph S at 1130 8 oktas Ns Vis; 25 miles Continuous light rain

With half the month gone the sunshine total now stands at 13.2 hrs, that's 29% of the average for the first half of March and 8.7 hrs less than the first half of last March which ended up being the second dullest on record.

Showers during the early part of last night but it was dry before midnight and the remaining cloud dispersed during the early hours to give a clear and sunny start to this morning. At 0900 Temp; 6.8c 24 hr max; 13.0c 24 hr min; 1.4c Grass min; -2.1c Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; 2.0 mm Mean wind speed; 8 mph S 1 okta Ci and Sc Vis; 40 miles

Mainly cloudy. Drizzly showers in the morning .Dry and mild with a few sunny intervals early p.m followed by showers. At 1800 Temp; 6.5c Max today; 13.0c Min last night; 8.4c Grass min; 6.8c Rainfall from 0900-1800; 1.0 mm Sunshine today; 0.3 hrs Mean wind speed; 16 mph W Highest gust today; 38 mph W at 1544 7 oktas Sc Vis; 40 miles

A mild and cloudy night with intermittent light-moderate rain. Dry with a few glimpses of weak sunshine at the moment. At 0900 Temp; 9.4c 24 hr max; 11.4c 24 hr min; 8.4c Grass min; 6.8c Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; 4.4 mm Mean wind speed; 20 mph SW 8 oktas St Vis; 20 miles

A mild and cloudy day with intermittent light-moderate rain. At 1800 Temp; 10.7c Max today; 11.4c Min last night; 8.5c Grass min; 8.1c Rainfall from 0900-1800; 0.9 mm Sunshine today; 0.0 hrs Mean wind speed; 21 mph S Highest gust today; 33 mph S at 1728 8 oktas Ns Vis; 15 miles Continuous light rain

A mild and cloudy night with light rain arriving from the west by 0630. At 0900 Temp; 8.8c 24hr max; 11.2c 24 hr min; 8.5c Grass min; 8.1c Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; 1.6 mm Mean wind speed; 18 mph S 8 oktas Ns Vis; 12 miles Continuous light rain

Cloudy and dry in the morning then intermittent light-moderate rain in the afternoon. At 1800 Temp; 10.1c Max today; 11.2c Min last night; 8.8c Grass min; 7.3c Rainfall from 0900-1800; 0.7 mm Sunshine today; 0.0 hrs Mean wind speed; 24 mph SW Highest gust today; 42 mph SW at 1157 8 oktas Ns Vis; 10 miles Intermittent moderate rain

Yesterday evening's drizzle soon cleared to leave a dry, mild and cloudy night. No change to that so far this morning. At 0900 Temp; 9.5c 24 hr max; 11.4c 24 hr min; 5.3c Overnight min; 8.8c Grass min; 7.3c Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; 2.1 mm Mean wind speed; 27 mph SW 8 oktas St Vis; more than 50 miles

Moderate rain at first this morning became light by mid morning and then gave way to intermittent moderate drizzle from late morning onward. Thick fog until 1145. At 1800 Temp; 10.7c Max today; 11.4c Min last night; 4.0c Grass min; 1.9c Rainfall from 0900-1800; 2.0 mm Sunshine today; 0.1 hrs Mean wind speed; 19 mph SW Highest gust today; 32 mph SW at 1705 8 oktas St Vis; 8 miles Intermittent moderate drizzle

A cloudy night with rain and thick fog by 0430 after a dry first half. At 0900 Temp; 5.3c 24 hr max; 6.0c 24 hr min; 4.0c Grass min; 1.9c Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; 6.5 mm Mean wind speed; 17 mp hSE Sky obscured by fog Vis; 90 yds Continuous moderate rain

A cloudy day with light drizzle during the morning and a dry afternoon. At 1800 Temp; 4.3c Max today; 6.0c Min last night; 4.0c Grass min; 4.1c Rainfall from 0900-1800; 0.1 mm Sunshine today; 0.0 hrs Mean wind speed; 5 mph NW Highest gust today; 32 mph NE at 0600 7 oktas Sc Vis; 25 miles