Sunday 1st March 2026

Spring is here! And yes there is some sunshine, mostly milder than normal temperatures and some dry weather in the forecast too.

Thanks to Hailey for the photograph.

We start the forecast period with low pressure to our north-west, the jetstream fairly weak and mostly meandering to our north.

Sunday starts cloudy with some outbreaks of light/moderate rain. Generally drier this afternoon, some bright spells – but still some light showers possible. Around 12’C and breezy. Fairly clear skies overnight, down to around 7’C.

Monday will be mostly sunny, some high cloud around and times, and a bit of fair weather cloud – but a very pleasant day for early March, temperatures around 14’C, perhaps squeezing 15’C. Quite breezy. Some cloud overnight as a weakening weather front crosses, perhaps a spot of light rain – down to around 5’C.

Some cloud around at times on Tuesday, a small chance of some early morning fog patches too, but also some sunny spells at times. Reaching around 13’C. Likely becoming cloudy overnight, a chance of mist/fog forming too – down to around 4’C.

By Wednesday we see high pressure centred just to our east – a favourable position for warmer temperatures.

Likely a lot of cloud to start the day, some mist/fog patches too – gradually this will lift but how long it takes is uncertain, I’m hopeful of at least a sunny afternoon. Temperatures above average but how much depends on how long it takes for the cloud to clear, so somewhere between 12’C and 16’C. Reasonably clear skies overnight, around 6’C.

Thursday should be sunny for much of the day, and likely quite warm for the time of year too – reaching around 16’C, give or take. Average temperature for this time of year would be around 9’C. Some cloud likely later in the day as a weather front approaches from the west. Said weather front will bring some rain either in the evening or overnight.

For Friday, possibly still some rain around in the morning, depending on how much progress the overnight weather front made – slowly it should clear, perhaps some sunshine later in the day. Some uncertainty on this – the weather front could easily arrive later, or clear earlier. Temperatures back to normal – around 10’C or so.

Most likely high pressure is back in control for next weekend, not 100% certain but not far off. Sunshine more likely than cloud, perhaps some cloud at times, and it should be dry. Temperatures somewhere in the range of 12’C to 15’C more likely.

More likely this kind of pattern continues into the second week of March, often well above-average temperatures, often sunny – occasional weather fronts bringing some limited rain.

I will hopefully get around to the spring forecast in the next couple of days, though my to-do list has gone a bit crazy so we’ll see. Have a good Sunday and enjoy the upcoming sunshine…we deserve it!