Ascension : The Met Office Weather Report
Submitted by The Islander (Phillip Stevens) 31.03.2005 (Article Archived on 21.04.2005)

Statistics for the week ending Monday 28 March 2005

	Max (Celsius)	Min (Celsius)	Rainfall (mm)
AIRHEAD	31.4	24.9	0.9
TRAVELLERS	32.0	21.4	5.7
RESIDENCY	30.8	20.5	10.7
GEORGETOWN	31.7	23.6	Trace
ST. HELENA
FALKLANDS	15.2	3.0	0.5
UK (Brize Norton)	16.1	4.6	9.8

ASCENSION:           It was another warm and largely sunny week, but not entirely dry. There were only a couple of showers around the Airhead, and even less at Georgetown but on and immediately downwind of Green Mountain it was a different story. At the Residency a series of sharp showers racked up 10.7 mm of rain, which is more than fell in the previous 5 weeks.  The Traveller’s Hill raingauge collected 5.7 mm, not as wet as Green Mountain, but more rain than there has been since back in February.

ST. HELENA:

UK:                             The week started in UK with a mild southerly airstream, though a frontal system from the Atlantic did give some periods of rain, especially to western areas. The wettest day was on the 21^st when 29.6 mm of rain fell on Gwenanne in Northern Ireland. 22 mm fell on Shap in Cumbria on the following day as well, so there was no shortage of rain in the west. In the mild air temperatures climbed to 18 Celsius in places as far apart as Cardiff and Prestatyn, but the warmest spot was Gravesend, east of London, which registered 19 Celsius on the 23rd. The good weather wasn’t restricted to the south, because the sunniest place turned out to be Aberdeen where there was 10.5 hours of bright sunshine last Wednesday.