Monthly Summary: March 2013

A very cold March with multiple instances of glaze ice and blizzard conditions. There remained about one foot of snow on the ground at the end of the month. The mean temperature and the maximum temperature were more than 10 degrees colder than 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-13

10-year average

50-year average

90-year average

Temperature

Monthly Mean:

19.8

oF

29.9

oF

27.0

oF

27.2

oF

-6.8

oC

-1.2

oC

-2.8

oC

-2.7

oC

Monthly max:

42.9

oF

60.8

oF

58.7

oF

58.9

oF

6.1

oC

16.0

oC

14.9

oC

15.0

oC

Monthly min:

-3.6

oF

-3.1

oF

-5.3

oF

-5.6

oF

-19.8

oC

-19.5

oC

-20.7

oC

-20.9

oC

Liquid precipitation

Total:

0.90

in

0.99

in

1.29

in

1.20

in

22.9

mm

25.1

mm

32.8

mm

30.6

mm

Wind gust

max:

42

mph

19

m/s

Solar Radiation:

total month

142.0

kWh/m2

average daily

4.7

kWh/m2

SB, 4/2/13