Heavy Rainfall Continues in South Florida, Southern Rockies, and the Northern Plains

A stationary front will continue to bring heavy to excessive rainfall to South Florida into Saturday with localized and urban flooding possible. Heavy to excessive rainfall is forecast through Saturday over the southern Rockies into the northern Plains. Instances of flash flooding are possible, especially in higher terrain and burn scars. Read More >

Climate/Almanac Data - Mar Normals - Mar Records

March

Site (Click site name for report)	Avg Temp	Norm 1991-2020	Dept From Norm	Precip Total	Norm 1991-2020	Dept From Norm	Snow Total	Norm 1991-2020	Dept From Norm
Burlington	45.9°	40.7°	+5.2°	5.56"	2.43"	+3.13"	NA	NA	NA
Cedar Rapids	42.4°	36.5°	+5.9°	2.31"	1.99"	+0.32"	NA	NA	NA
Davenport	43.6°	38.6°	+5.0°	2.59"	2.34"	+0.25"	0.5"	NA	NA
Dubuque	41.2°	35.2°	+6.0°	2.74"	2.25"	+0.49"	3.5"	5.7"	-2.2"
Iowa City	44.4°	39.5°	+4.9°	2.48"	2.21"	+0.27"	NA	NA	NA
Moline	45.3°(7)	39.7°	+5.6°	3.36"	2.62"	+0.74"	0.1"(9T)	4.4"	-4.3"

The ranking is listed in parentheses (__) when within the "Top 10".

March 2024 was about 5 to 6 degrees above normal. Moline had it's 7th warmest March on Record.
Precipitation totals were about normal to about 3 inches above normal at Burlington.
Snowfall totals were about 2 to 4 inches below normal. Moline tied for it's 9th least snowy March on record.

Please see Mar Records for monthly record information.

Burlington	Cedar Rapids	Davenport	Dubuque	Iowa City	Moline

The climate maps below are courtesy of the Northeast Regional Climate Center and Midwest Regional Climate Center.

These maps become available during the afternoon on the first of the month.


Average Temperature	Average Temperature Departure from Mean	Accumulated Precipitation	Accumulated Precipitation Percent of Mean	Accumulated Snowfall	Accumulated Snowfall Percent of Mean