March, 1998 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 33 27 30 6 35 5292 -833 0 0 0 0.10 0.10 0.05 1.3 34.7 5.4 M M 2 40 31 36 12 29 5321 -845 0 0 0 0.01 0.11 0.10 0.1 34.8 13.0 M M 3 31 21 26 1 39 5360 -846 0 0 0 0.10 0.21 M 1.9 36.7 10.2 M M 4 33 16 25 0 40 5400 -846 0 0 0 T 0.21 0.20 T 36.7 8.1 M M 5 32 26 29 3 36 5436 -849 0 0 0 0.08 0.33 0.25 1.0 37.7 5.5 M M 6 29 19 26 0 39 5475 -849 0 0 0 0.05 0.38 0.30 0.7 38.4 7.4 M M 7 38 16 27 1 38 5513 -850 0 0 0 T 0.34 0.35 T 38.4 6.9 M M 8 35 22 31 4 34 5547 -854 0 0 0 T 0.38 0.41 T 38.4 17.4 M M 9 25 11 18 -9 47 5594 -845 0 0 0 0 0.38 0.47 0.0 38.4 20.6 M M 10 19 5 12 -16 53 5647 -829 0 0 0 0 0.38 0.53 0.0 38.4 12.0 M M 11 22 2 12 -16 53 5700 -813 0 0 0 0 0.38 0.59 0.0 38.4 11.0 M M 12 26 1 14 -15 51 5751 -798 0 0 0 T 0.38 0.65 T 38.4 13.4 M M 13 36 15 26 -3 39 5790 -795 0 0 0 0.10 0.48 0.71 1.3 39.7 15.2 M M 14 30 9 20 M 45 5835 M 0 0 0 0 0.48 M 0.0 39.7 M M M 15 26 18 22 -8 43 5878 -777 0 0 0 0.11 0.59 0.83 1.5 41.2 9.7 M M 16 34 16 25 -6 40 5918 -771 0 0 0 T 0.59 0.89 T 41.2 10.2 M M 17 41 26 34 3 31 5949 -774 0 0 0 0.02 0.61 0.96 0.2 41.4 12.9 M M 18 34 30 32 0 33 5982 -774 0 0 0 0.26 0.87 1.03 3.4 44.8 14.7 M M 19 43 28 36 4 29 6011 -778 0 0 0 0 0.87 1.10 0 44.8 12.7 M M 20 45 21 33 0 32 6043 -778 0 0 0 0 0.87 1.17 0.0 44.8 6.3 M M 21 45 22 34 1 31 6074 -779 0 0 0 0 0.87 1.24 0.0 44.8 2.8 M M 22 45 25 35 1 30 6104 -780 0 0 0 T 0.87 1.31 T 44.8 5.0 M M 23 41 29 36 1 29 6133 -781 0 0 0 0.02 0.89 1.38 0.2 45.0 8.0 M M 24 43 19 31 -4 34 6167 -777 0 0 0 0.02 0.91 1.45 T 45.0 9.3 M M 25 60 36 48 12 17 6184 -789 0 0 0 0.02 0.93 1.52 0 45.0 10.6 M M 26 72 49 61 25 4 6188 -814 0 0 0 T 0.93 1.59 0 45.0 9.5 M M 27 61 46 54 17 11 6199 -831 0 0 0 1.52 2.45 1.66 0.0 45.0 8.5 M M 28 64 41 53 16 12 6211 -847 0 0 0 0.09 2.54 1.73 0.0 45.0 9.6 M M 29 56 45 51 13 14 6225 -860 0 0 0 0.79 3.33 1.80 HAIL 45.0 9.2 M M 30 45 37 41 3 24 6249 -863 0 0 0 T 3.33 1.87 0 45.0 13.7 M M 31 41 35 38 -1 27 6276 -862 0 0 0 1.23 4.56 1.94 T 45.0 16.2 M M Monthly Summary for March ...TEMPERATURE DATA... ...NUMBER OF DAYS... AVERAGE MONTHLY......... 31.9 MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW... 9 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 0.9 ABOVE MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE... 0 AVERAGE DAILY MAX....... 39.7 MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW... 24 AVERAGE DAILY MIN....... 24.1 MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW... 0 HIGHEST DAILY... 72 ON MAR 26 LOWEST DAILY.... 1 ON MAR 12 ...DEGREE DAYS... HEATING COOLING MONTHLY TOTAL........... 1019 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -35 0 SEASONAL TOTAL.......... 6276 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -862 0 ...PRECIPITATON DATA... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH..... 4.56 MEASURABLE PRECIP... 15 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 2.62 ABOVE 0.10 INCH OR MORE... 7 TOTAL FOR THE YEAR...... 7.00 0.50 INCH OR MORE... 3 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 3.23 ABOVE 1.00 INCH OR MORE... 2 GREATEST IN 24 HOURS.... 1.59 INCHES MAR 27-28 ...SNOW... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH..... 11.6 TOTAL FOR THE SEASON.... 45.0 GREATEST IN 24 HOURS.... 3.4 INCH ON MAR 18 ...SEA LEVEL PRESSURE... HIGHEST...30.87 INCHES ON MAR 11 LOWEST....29.29 INCHES ON MAR 31 ...REMARKS...