March 2026 Commentary

The wet weather came to an end on the last day of February though it has taken several weeks for the flooded areas around the village to dry out.

There were in fact some fairly wet days in the second week of March but thereafter the month was extremely dry.

The day-time temperatures fluctuated between mild and fairly warm while the nights were regularly fairly cold but never freezing. However on the last day of the month, we had a rather strange but very welcome hot spell in the middle of the day.

Overall March was milder than usual with an average of 9.9C but the figure is only slightly above that for February, so 2026 so far is proving to be on course providing more evidence for warming temperatures.

The rainfall total was only 47.6mm (less than 2 inches) making it the driest month since last July and less than half the average for March over the last decade.

Daffodils were prolific around the village during the early half of March while bluebells seemed to spring up everywhere during the last week.

Philip Spray