Monthly Summary: March 2014

March started with a sincere arctic front, but worked its way out of the doldrums. It was warmer than last year’s march, on average.

 

All data refer to the time since June 7, 2007, as measured by the UMM weather station. Averages refer to data taken by the Morris Co-op and the USDA Soils Lab.

Mar-14

10-year average

50-year average

90-year average

Temperature

Monthly Mean:

24.8

oF

29.1

oF

27.1

oF

27.3

oF

-4.0

oC

-1.6

oC

-2.7

oC

-2.6

oC

Monthly max:

59.1

oF

60.8

oF

58.7

oF

58.9

oF

15.1

oC

16.0

oC

14.9

oC

15.0

oC

Monthly min:

-14.7

oF

-4.8

oF

-5.4

oF

-5.8

oF

-25.9

oC

-20.4

oC

-20.8

oC

-21.0

oC

Liquid precipitation

Total:

0.50

in

0.99

in

1.29

in

1.20

in

12.7

mm

25.1

mm

32.8

mm

30.6

mm

Wind gust

max:

47

mph

21

m/s

Solar Radiation:

total month

116.0

kWh/m2

average daily

3.9

kWh/m2

 

 

SB, 4/21/14