March 2015 Climate Summaries

.MARCH 2015 WAS WARMER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL AT INTERNATIONAL  FALLS
MN...

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR MARCH WAS 26.2 DEGREES WHICH WAS 2.6
DEGREES WARMER THAN THE NORMAL OF 23.6 DEGREES MAKING THIS THE 21ST
WARMEST MARCH IN STATION HISTORY. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE
MONTH WAS 65 DEGREES ON THE 15TH. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS 25
DEGREES BELOW ZERO ON THE 5TH. ONE TEMPERATURE RECORD WAS TIED FOR
THE MONTH. A RECORD HIGH TEMERATURE OF 56 DEGREES WAS RECORDED ON
THE 12TH TYING THE OLD RECORD SET IN 1996. ONE TEMPERATURE WAS
BROKEN FOR THE MONTH. A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 65 DEGREES WAS RECORDED
ON THE 15TH BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 57 DEGREES LAST SET IN 2012.

MARCH 2015 HAD BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION WITH A TOTAL OF 0.64
INCHES WHICH WAS 0.31 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 0.95 INCHES MAKING
THIS THE 31ST DRIEST MARCH IN RECORDED HISTORY. THE GREATEST AMOUNT
OF PRECIPITATION IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD OCCURRED ON THE 29TH WHEN 0.32
INCHES WAS RECORDED. AT LEAST A TRACE OF PRECIPITATION WAS REPORTED
ON 18 DAYS. AT LEAST 0.01 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL ON 8 DAYS. AT
LEAST 0.10 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL ON 2 DAYS. 3.5 INCHES OF
SNOW FELL FOR THE MONTH WHICH WAS 4.1 INCHES BELOW THE AVERAGE OF
7.6 INCHES. THIS WAS THE 18TH LEAST SNOWIEST MARCH IN STATION
HISTORY. NO DAILY PRECIPITATION OR SNOWFALL RECORDS WERE SET FOR THE
MONTH.

THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR THE MONTH WAS 8.4 MPH. THE WINDIEST DAY
FOR THE MONTH WAS ON THE 3RD WITH AN AVERAGE WIND SPEED OF 13.8 MPH.
THE GREATEST SUSTAINED WINDS OCCURRED ON THE 29TH WITH A WIND FROM
THE NORTHWEST AT 30 MPH. A PEAK GUST OF 40 MPH FROM THE NORTHWEST WAS
RECORDED ON THE 29TH. THERE WERE 1869 HEATING DEGREE DAYS FOR THE
MONTH WHICH WAS 339 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 1283. THIS BROUGHT
THE SEASONAL TOTAL OF HEATING DEGREE DAYS TO 7754 WHICH IS 171 ABOVE
THE NORMAL OF 7583. THERE WERE 0 COOLING DEGREE DAYS FOR THE MONTH
WHICH WAS NORMAL. THE SEASONAL TOTAL OF COOLING DEGREE DAYS STANDS
AT 0 WHICH IS NORMAL. THE HIGHEST BAROMETRIC PRESSURE READING FOR
THE MONTH WAS 30.46 INCHES REACHED ON THE 22ND. THE LOWEST
BAROMETRIC WAS 29.45 INCHES REACHED ON THE 29TH.

THE OUTLOOK FOR APRIL...NORMAL HIGHS BEGIN THE MONTH IN THE LOWER
40S AND WARM TO THE UPPER 50S AT THE END OF THE MONTH. NORMAL LOWS
FOR THE MONTH BEGIN IN THE LOWER 20S AND WARM TO THE LOWER 30S AT
THE END OF THE MONTH. NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR APRIL IS 1.53 INCHES.
NORMAL SNOWFALL FOR APRIL IS 6.4 INCHES. NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES
AND NEAR NORMAL PRECIPITATION ARE FORECASTED FOR APRIL.
 

.MARCH 2015 WAS WARMER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL AT DULUTH MN...

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR MARCH WAS 29.8 DEGREES WHICH WAS 3.9
DEGREES WARMER THAN THE NORMAL OF 25.9 DEGREES MAKING THIS THE 21ST
WARMEST MARCH IN STATION HISTORY. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE
MONTH WAS 64 DEGREES ON THE 15TH. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS 14
DEGREES BELOW ZERO ON THE 5TH. THREE DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE
SET FOR THE MONTH. A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 58 DEGREES WAS
RECORDED ON THE 10TH BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 54 DEGREES SET IN
1990. A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 58 DEGREES WAS RECORDED ON THE
13TH BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 57 DEGREES SET IN 2007. A RECORD
HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 64 DEGREES WAS RECORDED ON THE 15TH BREAKING THE
OLD RECORD OF 60 DEGREES SET IN 2010.

MARCH 2015 WAS DRIER THAN NORMAL WITH A TOTAL OF 0.79 INCHES OF
PRECIPITATION RECORDED FOR THE MONTH. THIS WAS 0.70 INCHES BELOW THE
NORMAL OF 1.49 INCHES TYING THIS FOR THE 30TH DRIEST MARCH IN
RECORDED HISTORY. THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION IN A 24 HOUR
PERIOD OCCURRED ON THE 3RD WHEN 0.20 INCHES WAS RECORDED. AT LEAST A
TRACE OF PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED ON 15 DAYS. AT LEAST 0.01 INCH
OF PRECIPITATION FELL ON 8 DAYS. AT LEAST 0.10 INCHES FELL ON 5
DAYS. 8.1 INCHES OF SNOW FELL FOR THE MONTH WHICH WAS 5.1 INCHES
BELOW THE NORMAL OF 13.2 INCHES MAKING THIS THE 40TH LEAST SNOWIEST
MARCH IN STATION HISTORY. NO DAILY PRECIPITATION OR SNOWFALL RECORDS
WERE SET FOR THE MONTH.

THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR THE MONTH WAS 11.2 MPH. THE WINDIEST DAY
FOR THE MONTH WAS ON THE 29TH WITH AN AVERAGE WIND SPEED OF 17.3 MPH.
THE HIGHEST SUSTAINED WINDS OCCURRED ON THE 29TH WITH A WIND FROM THE
NORTHWEST AT 31 MPH. A PEAK GUST OF 42 MPH FROM THE NORTHWEST WAS
RECORDED ON THE 29TH. THERE WERE 1667 HEATING DEGREE DAYS FOR THE
MONTH WHICH WAS 268 ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 1210. THIS BROUGHT THE
SEASONAL TOTAL TO 6839 WHICH WAS 28 BELOW THE NORMAL OF 6867. THERE
WERE 0 COOLING DEGREE DAYS FOR THE MONTH WHICH WAS NORMAL. THE
SEASONAL TOTAL COOLING DEGREE DAYS STANDS AT 0 WHICH IS NORMAL. THE
HIGHEST BAROMETRIC PRESSURE READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 30.49 INCHES
REACHED ON THE 5TH AND THE LOWEST BAROMETRIC PRESSURE READING WAS
29.50 INCHES REACHED ON THE 29TH.

THE OUTLOOK FOR APRIL...NORMAL HIGHS START IN THE LOWER 40S AND WARM
TO THE UPPER 50S AT THE END OF THE MONTH. NORMAL LOWS FOR THE MONTH
START IN THE MID 20S AND WARM TO THE MID 30S AT THE END OF THE MONTH.
NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR APRIL IS 2.43 INCHES. NORMAL SNOWFALL FOR
APRIL IS 6.9 INCHES. NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND NEAR NORMAL
PRECIPITATION ARE FORECASTED FOR APRIL.