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The month started dry, mild and mostly cloudy under
a high pressure regime, but by the 4th NW winds brought
a little rain and some showers to northern areas.
By the 7th sunnier but colder conditions prevailed
with widespread frost for the next four nights. Benson
(Oxfordshire) fell to -8.2 °C on the 11th. A small
depression moved south-east over Devon and Cornwall
during the 8th giving a few centimetres of snow by
next morning in some places away from the south-west.
Showers gave more significant accumulations in Wales
and areas adjacent to the North Sea, with 3-8 cm being
reported in places on the 9th/10th. The 10th to 13th
were mainly dry with good sunny periods especially
in the south-east.
Conditions became more unsettled from the 14th to
18th with occasional rain (mainly in the north and
west). Temperatures were near normal and the best
of any sunshine was in the south-east.
The 19th began very mild in the south with Wittering
(Cambridgeshire) reaching 15 °C, but by the 22nd strong
NW winds brought colder air back again. The south-east
and east again faired best for sun while some occasional
rain, sleet and snow affected western areas later
on the 23rd. Temperatures recovered during the 25th
ushering in milder weather with rain at times and
gales in the north-west & west on the 28th.
Rainfall anomalies ranged from 56 % in east and north-east
England to 108 % in north-west England and north Wales.
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