BOF 000 CXUS51 KGYX 030300 CLMPWM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 1100 PM EDT TUE APR 2 2013 ................................... ...THE PORTLAND ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2013... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1941 TO 2013 /FOR TEMPERATURES/ CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1871 TO 2013 /FOR PRECIPITATION/ CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1882 TO 2013 /FOR SNOWFALL/ WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 88 03/31/1998 LOW -21 03/04/1950 HIGHEST 56 03/30 62 -6 82 03/22 LOWEST 13 03/18 6 7 14 03/06 03/02 AVG. MAXIMUM 42.2 42.1 0.1 50.5 AVG. MINIMUM 27.4 24.9 2.5 31.8 MEAN 34.8 33.5 1.3 41.2 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 3.7 -3.7 3 DAYS MIN <= 32 27 23.7 3.3 17 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.3 -0.3 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 11.24 2010 MINIMUM 0.09 1915 TOTALS 1.69 4.24 -2.55 2.05 DAILY AVG. 0.05 0.14 -0.09 0.07 DAYS >= .01 8 11.7 -3.7 5 DAYS >= .10 3 7.5 -4.5 4 DAYS >= .50 2 2.9 -0.9 2 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.9 -0.9 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.69 03/19 TO 03/19 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 49.0 1993 TOTALS 13.2 12.7 0.5 14.2 SINCE 7/1 97.8 59.1 38.7 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 4 DAYS >= TRACE 10 5.1 4.9 DAYS >= 1.0 3 3.1 -0.1 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 8 03/20 03/03 24 HR TOTAL 8.7 03/19 TO 03/19 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 928 976 -48 732 SINCE 7/1 5527 6018 -491 4994 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 0 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.2 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 31/300 DATE 03/23 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 40/310 DATE 03/23 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.60 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 65 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 2 LIGHT RAIN 7 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 2 LIGHT SNOW 9 FOG 11 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2 HAZE 3 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && MARCH 2013 IN PORTLAND MAINE WAS WARMER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL WITH SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL SNOWFALL. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 34.8 DEGREES WAS 1.3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND TIED WITH THREE OTHER YEARS AS THE 17TH WARMEST IN THE PAST 73 YEARS. THE WARMEST MARCH WAS JUST LAST YEAR WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 41.2 DEGREES. THE COLDEST MARCH WAS IN 1956 WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 25.6 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH THIS MARCH WAS 42.2 DEGREES AND TIED 2004 AS THE 28TH WARMEST ON RECORD. THE WARMEST AVERAGE HIGH WAS 51.4 DEGREES IN 1946 AND THE COLDEST WAS 35.8 DEGREES IN 1956 AND 1984. THE AVERAGE LOW THIS MARCH WAS 27.4 DEGREES WHICH TIED 1998 AS THE 16TH WARMEST. THE WARMEST AVERAGE LOW WAS 31.8 DEGREES IN 2012 AND THE COLDEST AVERAGE LOW WAS 15.3 DEGREES IN 1956. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 56 DEGREES ON THE 30TH. PORTLAND HAD FOUR DAYS IN MARCH WITH HIGHS OF 50 OR WARMER AND THEY ALL OCCURRED ON THE 26TH OR LATER. THE LOW FOR THE MONTH WAS 13 DEGREES ON THE 18TH. THERE WERE ONLY FOUR DAYS DURING THE MONTH WITH LOWS IN THE TEENS. PORTLAND RECORDED 1.69 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION (RAINFALL PLUS MELTED SNOWFALL) IN MARCH. THIS WAS LESS THAN HALF THE NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH. THE MONTHLY TOTAL WAS 2.55 INCHES BELOW NORMAL MAKING THIS TIED WITH 1871 AS THE 16TH DRIEST MARCH IN THE PAST 143 YEARS. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION FELL ON TWO DAYS...THE 12TH WITH 0.64 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION AND THE 19TH WITH 0.69 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION. THE REST HAD JUST 0.34 INCHES. FOR A VERY DRY MONTH PORTLAND HAD A TRACE OR MORE OF PRECIPITATION ON 16 OF THE 31 DAYS IN MARCH. HOWEVER, THERE WERE TWO DRY PERIODS DURING THE MONTH. THERE WAS NO PRECIPITATION FROM THE 15TH THROUGH THE 18TH AND AGAIN FROM THE 20TH THROUGH THE 26TH. THESE TWO DRY SPELLS SURROUNDED THE ONLY SNOWSTORM OF THE MONTH. PORTLAND MEASURED 9.6 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE 19TH AND 20TH WITH THE BULK OF THE SNOW FALLING ON THE 19TH. THE 8.7 INCHES OF SNOW THAT FELL ON THE 19TH SET A RECORD FOR THE DATE...TOPPING THE OLD MARK OF 4.7 INCHES SET IN 1971. THE REST OF THE MONTH RECORDED JUST 3.6 INCHES OF SNOW FOR A MONTHLY TOTAL OF 13.2 INCHES. THIS WAS STILL 0.5 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL AND TIED 1943 AS THE 47TH SNOWIEST MARCH IN THE PAST 132 YEARS. THE SNOWIEST MARCH ON RECORD WAS IN 1993 WITH 49.0 INCHES OF SNOW AND THE LEAST SNOWIEST MARCH WAS IN 1946 WITH ZERO SNOWFALL. HERE IS A LIST OF DAILY RECORDS SET OR TIED DURING MARCH OF 2013... DATE RECORD PREVIOUS RECORD 12 40 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 37 DEGREES IN 1973 & 1985 19 8.7 - GREATEST DAILY SNOWFALL 4.7 INCHES IN 1971 $$ SJC EOF