Ascension : Met Office Ascension Island Base- The Met Office Weather Report
Submitted by The Islander (Met Office) 05.04.2012 (Article Archived on 19.04.2012)

UK - High pressure dominated this weeks weather with temperatures reaching record temperatures for March. Sunny and dry by day, with temperatures cooling off at night.

Statistics for the week ending Monday 10 April 2012

	Max (Celsius)	Min (Celsius)	Rainfall (mm)
AIRHEAD	30.5	24.9	TR
TRAVELLERS	29.6	25.3	0.6
RESIDENCY	27.0	20.1	2.4
GEORGETOWN	31.9	24.8	0.0
ST. HELENA	25.1	18.0	6.6
FALKLANDS	17.2	1.9	7.9
UK (Brize Norton)	20.2	-0.5	0.0

Past Week’s Weather

UK	High pressure dominated this weeks weather with temperatures reaching record temperatures for March. Sunny and dry by day, with temperatures cooling off at night.
Falklands	Rather settled at the beginning of the week with broken cloud and some sunny spells. Towards the end of the week, the Falklands saw increasing amounts of rain and cloud and stronger winds.
Ascension	A mostly dry week with only small amounts of rainfall recorded. Still large amounts of cloud around at times, but with sunny intervals.
St. Helena	Cloudy with occasional sunny intervals and mainly light winds. A few showers at times.

Warm weather in the UK, compiled by Mr Frosty

High pressure in the UK this week gave record breaking maximum temperatures across much of the country, in particular Scotland. Temperatures peaked at 23.6 Celsius in Aboyne, Aberdeenshire on March 27.

This March was the sunniest since 1929 and warmest since 1997. The high pressure established itself over the weekend, and lasted into the middle of last week. It drew mild air up into the country from France. This combined with light winds and sunshine allowed temperatures to exceed average March temperatures by a large margin.

The warm spell of weather hasn’t come without its downsides though! Many water companies will bring in hosepipe bans as they try to conserve supplies after two very dry winters.

However, it’s all change this week with forecasters warning of a cold snap as the cold northeast wind sets in bringing snow showers to Scotland, and colder temperatures to the rest of Britain. Even southern parts are at risk of a few snow flurries, although it should not settle