@Nicholas Moran who joined us a couple of days ago. Please say hello and welcome him.

This is what most of the people commenting on climate change on Facebook are suffering from. They think they know more than the scientists researching the subject. They don’t know what they don’t know.

I was disappointed this morning to get an email from PA Media Group claiming that two pics on one of my websites were their copyrighted images, used without license. It may be true, but if so it was inadvertent. I would never try to defraud anyone. Anyone who knows me knows I always prefer to use my own images. I had about 1200 images on my site altogether. Anyhow, they are claiming £1,402 for the two photos. This is way above the going rate for a hobby/non-commercial site. So, i’ve withdrawn them and offered £50 without prejudice. 😎

On the night that Michael Fish gave his famous forecast, gently mocking a lady who had called in to say that a tornado was heading for England, I was working on the final drawings for an architectural project for my BA in Architecture. I worked through the night, as the next day was when the final design was going to be judged. I was in Maida Vale, London. In the morning, I rolled up my presentation, put it in a carrying tube, and started cycling to the University opposite Madame Tussauds. On my way, I had to stop many times and lift my bike over the fallen trees. I was so tired from the work that it was only after I had climbed over the third tree that I suspected that life was not normal. See the forecast here @David OHara - it would be great to see a video of what actually happened.

Here’s what is average for March in Durham Figures in brackets are 1981-2010. Current climatic means are 1991-2020 March shows a warming, more in the mean maximum than the mean minimum. This hasn’t made much difference to air frosts, but sunshine has increased and it is a little drier. Mean Max: 9.9 degC (9.5) Mean Min: 2.5 degC (2.3) Mean: 6.2 degC (5.9) Air Frosts: 6.5 days (6.7) Sunshine: 121.7 hrs (115.5) Rainfall: 41.1 mm (44.6) Days rain: 8.6 days (9.7) Extremes Mean Temp : 6.2 degC. Warmest : 9.3 degC in 1938. Coldest : 1.7 degC in 1883. Absolute Max Temp : 21.8 degC on 28th Mar, 2012. Absolute Min Temp : -15.0 degC on 4th Mar, 1947. Mean Rainfall : 41.1 mm. Wettest : 166.0 mm in 1979. Driest : 1.3 mm in 1953. Wettest Day : 50.6 mm on 28th Mar, 1979