March, 1998 Preliminary Local Climatological Data Rochester, 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 30 23 27 4 38 5517 -743 0 0 0 0.02 0.02 0.04 T M 7.4 15 70 2 35 27 31 8 34 5551 -751 0 0 0 0.06 0.08 0.08 0.6 33.1 13.1 29 340 3 30 25 28 M 37 5588 M 0 0 0 0.04 0.12 M 0.3 33.4 M M M 4 30 17 24 0 41 5629 -755 0 0 0 T 0.12 0.16 T 33.4 8.8 17 30 5 30 25 28 4 37 5666 -759 0 0 0 0.06 0.18 0.20 0.9 34.3 3.9 10 110 6 26 19 23 -2 42 5708 -757 0 0 0 T 0.18 0.24 T 34.3 9.3 20 260 7 35 14 25 0 40 5748 -757 0 0 0 T 0.18 0.29 T 34.3 9.5 23 40 8 32 26 29 3 36 5784 -760 0 0 0 0.28 0.46 0.34 3.1 37.4 23.3 44 10 9 26 9 18 -8 47 5831 -752 0 0 0 T 0.46 0.39 T 37.4 24.2 40 360 10 14 3 9 -18 56 5887 -734 0 0 0 0 0.46 0.44 0 37.4 13.7 26 350 11 14 0 7 -20 58 5945 -714 0 0 0 0 0.46 0.49 0 37.4 13.9 23 350 12 15 -3 6 -22 59 6004 -692 0 0 0 T 0.46 0.54 T 37.4 14.4 28 190 13 36 11 24 -4 41 6045 -688 0 0 0 T 0.46 0.59 T 37.4 21.2 47 330 14 25 8 17 M 48 6093 M 0 0 0 0 0.46 M 0 37.4 M M M 15 23 20 22 -7 43 6136 -669 0 0 0 0.14 0.60 0.71 2.1 39.5 9.5 17 130 16 30 20 25 -5 40 6176 -664 0 0 0 0 0.60 0.77 0.0 39.5 11.9 M M 17 33 24 29 -1 36 6212 -663 0 0 0 0.27 0.87 0.83 1.7 41.2 15.6 26 70 18 31 29 30 -1 35 6247 -662 0 0 0 0.11 0.98 0.89 1.0 42.2 14.7 24 60 19 35 26 31 0 34 6281 -662 0 0 0 T 0.98 0.95 T 42.2 13.7 25 10 20 36 19 28 -4 37 6318 -658 0 0 0 0 0.98 1.01 0.0 42.2 11.0 20 20 21 36 21 29 -3 36 6354 -655 0 0 0 0 0.98 1.07 0 42.2 5.9 10 150 22 38 26 32 -1 33 6387 -654 0 0 0 T 0.98 1.14 T 42.2 7.4 16 290 23 38 26 32 -1 33 6420 -653 0 0 0 T 0.98 1.21 T 42.2 10.5 20 340 24 37 22 30 -4 35 6455 -649 0 0 0 T 0.98 1.28 T 42.2 11.1 26 180 25 53 35 44 10 21 6476 -659 0 0 0 0.01 0.99 1.35 0 42.2 17.2 34 170 26 69 43 56 21 9 6485 -680 0 0 0 0 0.99 1.42 0 42.2 15.2 33 210 27 63 52 58 23 7 6492 -703 0 0 0 0.35 1.34 1.49 0 42.2 15.6 39 210 28 58 43 51 15 14 6506 -718 0 0 0 0.60 1.94 1.56 0 42.2 13.5 36 220 29 69 44 57 21 8 6514 -739 0 0 0 0.51 2.45 1.63 0 42.2 16.7 43 210 30 61 38 50 13 15 6529 -752 0 0 0 0.11 2.56 1.70 0 42.2 12.5 29 30 31 42 37 40 3 25 6554 -755 0 0 0 0.71 3.27 1.78 0 42.2 17.3 44 60 Monthly Summary for March TEMPERATURE DATA...... (DEGREES F) AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE.... 30.0 OR 0.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 36.5 AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 23.5 HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 69 ON DAY 29 LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS -3 ON DAY 12 HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65) COOLING DEGREE DAYS MONTHLY TOTAL ........... 1075 MONTHLY TOTAL .......... 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -16 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 0 SEASONAL TOTAL (JUL-JUN). 6554 SEASONAL TOTAL (JAN-DEC) 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -755 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 0 PRECIPITATION DATA.... ..RAIN.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 3.27 OR 1.49 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL TOTAL SINCE JANUARY 1ST..... 6.06 OR 2.76 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL GREATEST 24 HOUR RAINFALL WAS 0.94 INCHES ON DAY(S) 27-28 ..SNOW.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 10.1 TOTAL FOR THE SEASON........ 42.2 GREATEST 24 HOUR SNOWFALL WAS INCHES ON DAY(S) __ __ ..NUMBER OF DAYS.. WITH .01 INCHES OR MORE 13 HIGHS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 14 WITH .10 INCHES OR MORE 6 HIGHS 90 DEGREES OR WARMER 0 WITH .50 INCHES OR MORE 3 LOWS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 24 WITH 1.00 INCHES OR MORE 0 LOWS 0 DEGREES OR COLDER 2 WIND DATA............. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY WIND SPEED WAS 13.0 MPH THE FASTEST TWO-MINUTE WIND WAS... 40 MPH FROM 310 DEGREES THE HIGHEST PEAK WIND GUST WAS.... 47 FROM 330 DEGREES REMARKS...