March, 1997 Preliminary Local Climatological Data Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN National Weather Service |-Temperature-|--------Degree Days---------|-Precipitation-|-Snowfall-|----Wind----| (degrees F) (base 65 degrees F) (inches) (inches) (mph, deg) Heating Cooling Max Min Avg Dep HDD Seas Dep CDD Seas Dep Tot Tot Norm Tot Tot Avg Pk Dir from for for for for for Spd Gust at Norm Seas Seas Mon Mon Seas Pk Date | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 36 20 28 4 37 6422 297 0 0 0 0.11 0.11 0.05 0 58.7 11.5 M M 2 29 14 22 -2 43 6465 299 0 0 0 0 0.11 0.10 0 58.7 6.6 M M 3 33 25 29 4 36 6501 295 0 0 0 0.23 0.34 0.15 2.2 60.9 12.0 M M 4 32 10 27 2 38 6539 293 0 0 0 0.16 0.50 0.20 2.7 63.6 9.2 M M 5 16 0 14 -12 51 6590 305 0 0 0 T 0.50 0.25 T 63.6 7.9 M M 6 18 1 10 -16 55 6645 321 0 0 0 T 0.50 0.30 T 63.6 10.2 M M 7 26 2 14 -12 51 6696 333 0 0 0 0 0.50 0.35 0 63.6 6.2 M M 8 41 4 0 9 41 30 36 9 29 6767 328 0 0 0 0.02 0.52 0.47 T 63.6 13.4 M M 10 43 28 36 8 29 6796 320 0 0 0 T 0.52 0.53 T 63.6 7.6 M M 11 38 28 33 5 32 6828 315 0 0 0 0 0.52 0.59 0.0 63.6 7.4 M M 12 32 28 30 1 35 6863 314 0 0 0 T 0.52 0.65 T 63.6 10.0 M M 13 30 19 25 -4 40 6903 318 0 0 0 0.25 0.77 0.71 4.1 67.7 15.5 M M 14 20 3 12 -18 53 6956 336 0 0 0 0.11 0.88 0.77 2.3 70.0 18.2 M M 15 13 -4 5 -25 60 7016 361 0 0 0 0 0.88 0.83 0.0 70.0 8.7 M M 16 40 1 21 -10 44 7060 371 0 0 0 T 0.88 0.89 T 70.0 13.4 M M 17 39 31 35 4 30 7090 367 0 0 0 0 0.88 0.96 0.0 70.0 10.4 M M 18 37 22 30 -2 35 7125 369 0 0 0 T 0.88 1.03 T 70.0 9.1 M M 19 40 20 30 -2 35 7160 371 0 0 0 0 0.88 1.10 0.0 70.0 10.0 M M 20 45 26 36 3 29 7189 368 0 0 0 0 0.88 1.17 0.0 70.0 5.3 M M 21 46 34 40 7 25 7214 361 0 0 0 0 0.88 1.24 0 70.0 11.2 M M 22 42 30 36 2 29 7243 359 0 0 0 0 0.88 1.31 0 70.0 10.5 M M 23 37 27 32 -3 33 7276 362 0 0 0 0 0.88 1.38 0.0 70.0 8.5 M M 24 33 27 30 -5 35 7311 367 0 0 0 0.30 1.18 1.45 3.0 73.0 12.7 M M 25 36 25 31 -5 34 7345 372 0 0 0 T 1.18 1.52 T 73.0 11.6 M M 26 55 21 38 2 27 7372 370 0 0 0 0 1.18 1.59 0.0 73.0 9.9 M M 27 66 31 49 12 16 7388 358 0 0 0 0 1.18 1.66 0.0 73.0 10.7 M M 28 55 37 46 9 19 7407 349 0 0 0 T 1.18 1.73 0.0 73.0 11.5 M M 29 52 38 45 7 20 7427 342 0 0 0 T 1.18 1.80 0.0 73.0 8.4 M M 30 41 23 32 -6 33 7460 348 0 0 0 0 1.18 1.87 0.0 73.0 9.1 M M 31 57 23 40 1 25 7485 347 0 0 0 0 1.18 1.94 0.0 73.0 11.8 M M Monthly Summary for March ...TEMPERATURE DATA... ...NUMBER OF DAYS... AVERAGE MONTHLY......... 29.3 MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW... 8 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -1.7 MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE... 0 AVERAGE MONTHLY MAX.... 37.9 MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW... 28 AVERAGE MONTHLY MIN.... 20.7 MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW... 1 HIGHEST DAILY... 66 ON MAR 27 LOWEST DAILY.... -4 ON MAR 15 ...DEGREE DAYS... HEATING COOLING MONTHLY TOTAL........... 1100 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... +46 0 SEASONAL TOTAL.......... 7485 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... +347 0 ...PRECIPITATON DATA... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH..... 1.18 MEASURABLE PRECIP... 7 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL...-0.76 0.10 INCH OR MORE... 6 TOTAL FOR THE YEAR...... 3.19 0.50 INCH OR MORE... 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL...-0.58 1.00 INCH OR MORE... 0 GREATEST IN 24 HOURS.... 0.38 INCHES ON MAR 3-4 ...SNOW... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH..... 14.3 INCHES TOTAL FOR THE SEASON.... 73.0 INCHES GREATEST IN 24 HOURS.... 6.0 ON MAR 13-14 ...SEA LEVEL PRESSURE... HIGHEST...30.55 INCHES ON MAR 18 LOWEST....29.28 INCHES ON MAR 28 REMARKS...FOR THE SECOND MONTH IN A ROW...THE TWIN CITIES HAVE BEEN DRIER THAN NORMAL. A WELL-DESERVED BREAK AFTER WHAT STARTED OUT AS A VERY SNOWY WINTER (THE AVERAGE SEASON SNOWFALL FOR THE TWIN CITIES HAD ALREADY BEEN SURPASSED BY LATE JANUARY). NO NEW RECORDS WERE SET DURING MARCH...ALTHOUGH THERE WAS ONE BRIEF COLD SNAP AROUND MID-MARCH THAT CONTRIBUTED TO AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH JUST SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL. HAMEN