March, 1999 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 45 25 35 11 30 5271 -854 0 0 0 T T 0.05 T 40.5 4.6 M M 2 37 22 30 6 35 5306 -860 0 0 0 0 T 0.10 0.0 40.5 17.6 M M 3 32 16 24 -1 41 5347 -859 0 0 0 0 T 0.15 0.0 40.5 8.8 M M 4 30 20 25 0 40 5387 -859 0 0 0 T T 0.20 T 40.5 10.7 M M 5 30 24 27 1 38 5422 -863 0 0 0 T T 0.25 T 40.5 14.3 M M 6 30 17 24 -2 41 5463 -861 0 0 0 T T 0.30 T 40.5 8.8 M M 7 35 15 25 -1 40 5503 -860 0 0 0 0 T 0.35 0.0 40.5 11.1 M M 8 28 22 25 -2 40 5543 -858 0 0 0 0.94 0.94 0.41 12.5 53.0 M M M 9 32 24 28 1 37 5580 M 0 0 0 0.26 1.20 M 3.5 56.5 M M M 10 34 13 24 -4 41 5621 -855 0 0 0 0 1.20 0.53 0.0 56.5 6.9 M M 11 37 12 25 -3 40 5661 -852 0 0 0 0 1.20 0.59 0.0 56.5 3.9 M M 12 36 5 21 -8 44 5705 -844 0 0 0 0 1.20 0.65 0.0 56.5 2.5 M M 13 39 13 26 M 39 5744 M 0 0 0 0 1.20 M 0.0 56.5 M M M 14 40 13 27 -3 38 5782 -838 0 0 0 0 1.20 0.77 0.0 56.5 3.0 M M 15 44 25 35 5 30 5812 -843 0 0 0 0 1.20 0.83 0.0 56.5 9.6 M M 16 51 26 39 8 26 5838 -851 0 0 0 0 1.20 0.89 0.0 56.5 5.5 M M 17 44 30 37 6 28 5866 -857 0 0 0 T 1.20 0.96 T 56.5 19.8 M M 18 43 26 35 3 30 5896 -860 0 0 0 0 1.20 1.03 0.0 56.5 11.4 M M 19 49 22 36 4 29 5925 -864 0 0 0 0 1.20 1.10 0.0 56.5 4.8 M M 20 50 33 42 9 23 M M 0 M M 0 1.20 M 0.0 56.5 13.6 M M 21 46 29 38 5 27 5980 -873 0 0 0 0 1.20 1.24 0.0 56.5 11.4 M M 22 47 20 34 0 31 6011 -873 0 0 0 0 1.20 1.31 0.0 56.5 5.0 M M 23 53 24 39 4 26 6037 -877 0 0 0 0 1.20 1.38 0.0 56.5 11.3 M M 24 42 26 34 -1 31 6068 -876 0 0 0 0 1.20 1.45 0.0 56.5 10.7 M M 25 47 25 36 0 29 6097 -876 0 0 0 0 1.20 1.52 0.0 56.5 4.6 M M 26 53 23 38 2 27 6124 -878 0 0 0 0 1.20 1.59 0.0 56.5 10.5 M M 27 60 32 46 9 19 6143 -887 0 0 0 0.28 1.48 1.66 0.0 56.5 16.1 M M 28 52 34 43 6 22 6165 -893 0 0 0 0.38 1.86 1.73 0.0 56.5 16.4 M M 29 58 31 45 7 20 6185 -900 0 0 0 0 1.86 1.80 0.0 56.5 9.8 M M 30 73 34 54 16 11 6196 -916 0 0 0 0 1.86 1.87 0.0 56.5 15.4 M M 31 67 52 60 21 5 M M M M M 0 1.86 M 0.0 56.5 12.9 M M Monthly Summary for March ...TEMPERATURE DATA... AVERAGE MONTHLY......... 33.8 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 3 AVERAGE DAILY MAX....... 43.9 AVERAGE DAILY MIN....... 23.6 HIGHEST DAILY... 73 ON 30TH LOWEST DAILY.... 5 ON 12TH ...NUMBER OF DAYS... MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW... 6 MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE... 0 MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW... 27 MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW... 0 ...DEGREE DAYS... HEATING / COOLING MONTHLY TOTAL........... 960 / 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -94 / 0 SEASONAL TOTAL.......... 6201 / 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -937 / 0 ...PRECIPITATON DATA... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH..... 1.86 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... .08 INCHES BELOW NORMAL TOTAL FOR THE YEAR...... 4.93 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 1.16 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL GREATEST DAILY.... 0.94 INCHES ON THE 8TH ...NUMBER OF DAYS... MEASURABLE PRECIP... 4 0.10 INCH OR MORE... 4 0.50 INCH OR MORE... 1 1.00 INCH OR MORE... 0 ...SNOWFALL... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH..... 16.0 TOTAL FOR THE SEASON.... 56.5 GREATEST DAILY.... 12.5 INCHES ON 8TH ...WIND DATA............ IN MPH ... AVERAGE MONTHLY......... 10.0 MPH PEAK GUST .............. 46 MPH WEST ...SEA LEVEL PRESSURE... HIGHEST... 30.62 INCHES INCHES ON 30TH LOWEST.... 29.36 INCHES INCHES ON 18TH NO TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE SET IN MARCH. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS NEAR NORMAL...ONLY 0.08 BELOW NORMAL. PRECIPITATION RECORDS SET FOR THE MONTH INCLUDED 12.5 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE 8TH BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 5.7 INCHES SET IN 1928. THE 0.94 INCHES OF MELTED PRECIPITATION ON THE 8TH WAS ALSO A NEW RECORD. THE OLD RECORD WAS 0.80 IN 1990.