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Climate/Almanac Data - Mar Normals - Mar Records

MARCH

Site (Click site name for report)	Avg Temp	Normal	Dept From Normal	Precip Total	Normal	Dept From Normal	Snow Total	Normal	Dept From Normal
Burlington	37.2°	41.6°	-4.4°	3.37"	2.79"	+0.58"	NA	1.9"	NA
Cedar Rapids	31.6°	36.6°	-5.0°	1.64"	2.10"	-0.46"	NA	3.1"	NA
Davenport	35.1°	38.2°	-3.1°	2.12"	2.52"	-0.40"	3.0"	NA	NA
Dubuque	31.1°	35.4°	-4.3°	1.69"	2.41"	-0.72"	0.5"	6.3"	-5.8"
Iowa City	34.6°	38.6°	-4.1°	2.01"	2.22"	-0.21"	NA	NA	NA
Moline	36.9°	39.1°	-2.2°	2.13"	2.86"	-0.73"	2.1"	4.0"	-1.9"

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

March 2019 was about 2.5 to 5 degrees below normal.

Precipitation totals for March 2019 were slightly below normal. Except at Burlington which was slightly above normal.

Snowfall totals for March 2019 were about 2 to 6 inches below normal.

Please see Mar Records for monthly record information.

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

These maps become available around 10am 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