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Severe Weather Continues for the Center of the Nation; Heat Concerns for Southern Texas

A developing storm across the Plains will bring rounds of severe weather for center of the nation the next couple of days. In addition, increasing temperatures and winds with low humidity values will raise wildfire concerns for portions of the Southwest. These temperatures may set new records for southern Texas this week. The northern Great Basin and northern Rockies, cooler conditions arrives. Read More >

		MARCH - COLUMBIA WEATHER CALENDAR
          SUN           RECORD TEMPS      NORMAL TEMPS   PRECIPITATION     RECORD PRECIPITATION 
       RISE  SET    HIGH YEAR  LOW  YEAR  HIGH LOW MEAN   MONTH   YEAR   AMOUNT  YEAR  SNOW  YEAR

  1    6:42  6:01    77  2006  -6   1890    50  31  41     0.09   4.33    0.69   1973   6.2  1953
  2    6:40  6:02    82  2022  -5   1890    51  31  41     0.17   4.41    0.92   1940   7.2  1960
  3    6:39  6:04    83  2024  -2   2014    51  31  41     0.26   4.50    1.24   1976   1.6  1988
  4    6:37  6:05    80  1938  -5   1978    51  32  42     0.34   4.58    1.78   1897   6.4  1965
  5    6:36  6:06    84  1956  -9   1960    52  32  42     0.44   4.68    1.30   1894   4.6  1947
  6    6:34  6:07    85  1956  -5   1960    52  32  42     0.53   4.77    1.78   1973   4.6  1989
  7    6:33  6:08    83  1974  -1   1920    53  33  43     0.62   4.86    1.60   1903  10.1  1931
  8    6:31  6:09    80  1992   2   1996    53  33  43     0.70   4.94    1.31   1893   6.0  1958
  9    6:30  6:10    80  1986   7   1969    54  33  43     0.79   5.03    1.12   2020   3.7  1975
 10    6:28  6:11    82  1955   4   1948    54  34  44     0.88   5.12    1.79   1973   2.6  1948
 11    6:27  6:12    83  1972  -2   1948    54  34  44     0.96   5.20    1.95   1920   5.7  1912
 12    6:25  6:13    81  1990  -5   1948    55  34  45     1.06   5.30    1.84   1972   5.2  1980
 13    6:23  6:14    90  1918  10   1993    55  35  45     1.15   5.39    3.11   1938   7.8  1937
 14    6:22  6:15    85  2012   9   1993    56  35  45     1.24   5.48    3.88   1990   6.0  2011
 15    6:20  6:16    81  2012   6   1890    56  35  46     1.33   5.57    1.94   1929   6.3  1960
 16    6:19  6:17    87  1945   8   1900    56  36  46     1.43   5.67    1.37   1942   2.6  1947
 17    6:17  6:18    83  1894   8   1906    57  36  46     1.53   5.77    2.40   2021   2.4  1924
 18    6:16  6:19    81  1921   5   1923    57  36  47     1.63   5.87    1.57   1925   1.8  1906
 19    6:14  6:20    81  2012   2   1923    58  37  47     1.73   5.97    2.08   1927   6.2  1906
 20    6:13  6:21    84  2017   7   1906    58  37  47     1.83   6.07    2.35   1962   6.0  1895
 21    6:11  6:22    92  1907  15   1960    58  37  48     1.93   6.17    0.75   1948   2.7  1955
 22    6:09  6:23    90  1910  13   2002    59  38  48     2.03   6.27    1.03   1898   0.2  1955
 23    6:08  6:24    88  1910   8   1974    59  38  49     2.13   6.37    1.63   1936   6.1  1974
 24    6:06  6:25    89  1929   0   1974    60  38  49     2.23   6.47    2.30   1978   9.6  2013
 25    6:05  6:26    90  1907   8   1955    60  39  49     2.32   6.56    1.73   1920   5.6  1978
 26    6:03  6:27    86  1910   4   1955    60  39  50     2.42   6.66    3.93   2004   5.1  1934
 27    6:02  6:28    86  1945  11   1894    61  39  50     2.52   6.76    1.25   1890   4.0  1947
 28    6:00  6:28    86  1910  19   1921    61  40  50     2.63   6.87    1.69   1977   1.4  1899
 29    5:58  6:29    85  1986  18   1894    62  40  51     2.74   6.98    1.20   1992   3.8  1926
 30    5:57  6:30    84  1967  16   1964    62  40  51     2.85   7.09    1.08   1895   3.4  1926
 31    5:55  6:31    86  1940  15   1923    62  41  51     2.97   7.21    2.04   1914   1.7  1911

NOTE: The actual sunrise sunset times may vary by a minute or two from year to year.
      Visit the Naval Observatory for more details.   In addition, sun rise/set times
      are in Central Standard Time (CST) and would need to be adjusted an hour depending
      on when Daylight Savings time begins.

 

 ...NORMALS FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH...

 TEMPERATURES          PRECIPITATION                   HEATING 

 HIGH  56.3         MONTH            2.97       MONTH            596 
 LOW   35.6         YEAR TO DATE     7.21       SEASON TO DATE  4301 
 MEAN  46.0         
                          SNOWFALL                     COOLING

                    MONTH             1.5       MONTH              5
                    YEAR TO DATE     12.1       YEAR TO DATE       5          
                    SEASON TO DATE   16.3

 ...EXTREMES FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH... 

RECORD HIGH TEMP 92 IN 1907          
RECORD LOW TEMP - 9 IN 1960          
LOWEST HIGH TEMP 12 IN 1960          
HIGHEST LOW TEMP 67 IN 1991  
HIGHEST MEAN TEMP 78 IN 1907
LOWEST MEAN TEMP 4 IN 1960        
WARMEST MARCH 59.7 IN 2012          
COLDEST MARCH 28.7 IN 1960
WETTEST MARCH 10.09 INCHES IN 1973
DRIEST MARCH 0.51 INCHES IN 1956
MAXIMUM 24 HR RAINFALL 4.03 INCHES IN 1990
MAXIMUM 24 HR SNOWFALL 12.8 INCHES IN 1937
MAXIMUM MARCH SNOWFALL 24.5 INCHES IN 1960
MINIMUM MARCH SNOWFALL 0.0 INCHES IN 2000, 1918, AND 1908
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 66 MPH IN 1991
HIGHEST PRESSURE 30.80 INCHES IN 1998 
LOWEST PRESSURE 28.91 INCHES IN 1924