Ascension : The Met Office Weather Report
Submitted by The Islander (Met Office) 12.03.2009 (Article Archived on 26.03.2009)

Statistics for the week ending Monday 09 03 2009

Statistics for the week ending Monday 09 03 2009 

	Max (Celsius)	Min (Celsius)	Rainfall (mm)
AIRHEAD	31.1	24.0	10.2
TRAVELLERS	31.0	23.2	28.2
RESIDENCY	26.5	20.3	34.2
GEORGETOWN	32.9	24.6	4.1
ST. HELENA	25.4	17.8	5.8
FALKLANDS	19.2	0.6	4.8
UK (Brize Norton)	11.7	-3.6	15.8

ASCENSION: Quite a wet spell of weather occurred mid-week with around 27 mm recorded at Travellers Hill over Tuesday and Wednesday. The Island Government announced that Elliot’s & Rupert’s paths on Green Mountain had been affected by landslips and fallen trees and would remain closed until further notice.  Despite the rain, it was a warm week – a top temperature of 33°C was recorded at Georgetown.

ST. HELENA: A pleasant week on St Helena last week with 48 hours of bright sun being reported and a top temperature of 25° Celsius on the 6^th.  It was also quite a dry week with only 5.8 mm being recorded with the bulk of this falling over last weekend.

UK: A typical early March week of sunshine and showers – showers wintry at times over Scotland and also more prolonged than elsewhere. It became wet and windy everywhere over the weekend though the wettest day of the week for Brize Norton was Tuesday

Falklands: A pleasant autumnal week for the Falklands with temperatures making double figures every day – top temperature of 19°C last Saturday. Quite a sunny week too – with a total of 39 hours of bright sun. Relatively dry with a preponderance of west and north-westerly winds bringing benign conditions from the South American continent.

Issued by David Membery 09/1430Z

Ascension Island Met Office