March, 1997 Preliminary Local Climatological Data St. Cloud, 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 35 17 26 6 39 7047 272 0 0 0 0.24 0.24 0.03 0.3 51.0 M M M 2 26 6 16 -5 49 7096 277 0 0 0 0 0.24 0.06 0 51.0 M M M 3 33 22 28 7 37 7133 270 0 0 0 0.09 0.33 0.09 1.0 52.0 M M M 4 33 6 20 -2 45 7178 272 0 0 0 0.14 0.47 0.12 1.8 53.8 M M M 5 20 -4 8 -14 57 7235 286 0 0 0 0 0.47 0.15 0 53.8 M M M 6 15 2 9 -14 56 7291 300 0 0 0 0 0.47 0.18 0 53.8 M M M 7 23 -1 11 -12 54 7345 312 0 0 0 0 0.47 0.22 0 53.8 M M M 8 36 -2 0 9 38 25 32 8 33 7426 310 0 0 0 0 0.47 0.30 0 53.8 M M M 10 41 25 33 9 32 7458 301 0 0 0 0 0.47 0.34 0 53.8 M M M 11 33 19 26 1 39 7497 300 0 0 0 0 0.47 0.38 0.0 53.8 M M M 12 28 22 25 0 40 7537 300 0 0 0 0 0.47 0.42 0.0 53.8 M M M 13 25 17 21 -5 44 7581 305 0 0 0 0.25 0.72 0.46 4.2 58.0 M M M 14 17 -1 8 -18 57 7638 323 0 0 0 0.05 0.77 0.50 0.5 58.5 M M M 15 10 -10 0 -27 65 7703 350 0 0 0 0 1.02 0.54 0.0 58.5 M M M 16 37 -10 14 -13 51 7754 363 0 0 0 T 0.77 0.59 T 58.5 M M M 17 34 20 27 -1 38 7792 364 0 0 0 0 0.77 0.64 0.0 58.5 M M M 18 35 18 27 -2 38 7830 366 0 0 0 0 0.77 0.69 0.0 58.5 M M M 19 39 14 27 -2 38 7868 368 0 0 0 0 0.77 0.74 0.0 58.5 M M M 20 40 23 32 2 33 7901 366 0 0 0 0 0.77 0.79 0.0 58.5 M M M 21 41 33 37 7 28 7929 359 0 0 0 T 0.77 0.84 0 58.5 M M M 22 39 24 32 1 33 7962 358 0 0 0 0 0.77 0.89 0 58.5 M M M 23 33 21 27 -4 38 8000 362 0 0 0 0 0.77 0.94 0.0 58.5 M M M 24 31 26 29 -3 36 8036 365 0 0 0 0.37 1.14 0.99 4.1 62.6 M M M 25 34 22 28 -4 37 8073 369 0 0 0 0 1.14 1.05 0.0 62.6 M M M 26 46 16 31 -2 34 8107 371 0 0 0 0 1.14 1.11 0.0 62.6 M M M 27 59 28 44 11 21 8128 360 0 0 0 0 1.14 1.17 0.0 62.6 M M M 28 48 35 42 8 23 8151 352 0 0 0 0 1.14 1.23 0.0 62.6 M M M 29 47 34 41 7 24 8175 345 0 0 0 0 1.14 1.29 0.0 62.6 M M M 30 36 22 29 -6 36 8211 351 0 0 0 0 1.14 1.35 0.0 62.6 M M M 31 50 21 36 0 29 8240 351 0 0 0 0 1.14 1.41 0.0 62.6 M M M SUBJECT: St. Cloud March 1997 Weather Summary The month of March was a cool one with near normal precipitation. The average temperature of 25.1 degrees was more than 2.5 degrees below normal. Precipitation was near normal, although snowfall was about 2.5 inches above normal. The nearly 12 inches for the month brings the 1996-97 seasonal snowfall to 62.6 inches, well above the normal full-season total of 44.8 inches. In fact, another 2.4 inches of snow in April will make 1996-97 one of the 10 snowiest years in St. Cloud history. MONTHLY STATISTICS MAR 1997 NORMAL TEMPERATURE Average high temp 34.3 37.6 Average low temp 15.8 17.6 Overall average 25.1 27.6 Warmest high temperature 59 on the 27th Coolest high temperature 20 on the 5th Mildest low temperature 35 on the 28th Coldest low temperature -10 on the 15th and 16th Records set: PRECIPITATION Total melted precip (in) 1.14 1.29 Most in 24 hours .37 on the 24th SNOWFALL (in) 11.9 9.5 Most in 24 hours 4.2 on the 13th ============================================================================= Bob Weisman, Associate Professor PHONE: (320) 255-3247 (work) Earth Sciences Department (320) 253-8820 (home) MS 48 FAX: (320) 255-4262 Saint Cloud State University EMAIL: scsweisman@tigger.stcloud. 720 4th Avenue South msus.edu Saint Cloud, Minnesota 56301-4498 =============================================================================