March Weather Comments

Comments on March weather from 47 years:

March is definitely the transition month from winter to spring. The percent for zero or below temp. readings for March drops off to 10% from a high of 44% in January and 37% for February. One of the main reasons for some months of March being cool to others being mild is snowpack. This definitely shows up in my records.

2018: Cool March – Average high temp. 34° and low 20° – 28 days in the 20s and low 30s as the high temp. – Snowpack on the ground the entire month which averaged 15 inches starting with a carry over from February and a major snow event on the 5th and 6th of 17 inches which hardly melted.

2021: Mild March – Average high temp. of 51° and low 24° – No temps. below 10° which is rare – No carry over snowpack from Feb. – Two snow events, 3 inches on the 11th and 3 inches on the 15th which melted down quickly leaving .49 of moisture and no snowpack.

Most precip for a March

3.67 during 1977 First

2.46 during 1981 Second

2.42 during 1975 Third

Least precip. for a March .04 during 2020

Most snowfall for a March

26.5 inches during 1975

17.0 inches during 1984 and 1995

14.5 inches during 2018

Least snowfall for a March None during 2012

Average high temp. for March 41 degrees

Average low temp. for March 20 degrees

Average precip. for March 1.12

Average snowfall for March 6 inches

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