March, 2000 Preliminary Local Climatological Data Minneapolis/St. Paul, 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 46 30 38 14 27 5159 -966 M M M 0 0 .05 0.0 33.9 15.3 31 310 2 45 23 34 10 31 5190 -976 M M M 0 0 .10 0.0 33.9 3.6 18 60 3 55 27 41 M 26 5216 M M M M 0 0 .15 0.0 33.9 M M M 4 61 34 48 22 23 5231-1015 M M M 0 0 .20 0.0 33.9 3.0 18 230 5 72 39 56 30 9 5240-1045 M M M 0 0 .25 0.0 33.9 8.9 20 200 6 69 43 56 30 9 5249-1075 M M M T T .30 0.0 33.9 14.1 35 160 7 73 45 59 33 6 5255-1108 M M M 0 0 .35 0.0 33.9 6.7 21 210 8 69 39 54 27 11 5266-1135 M M M .34 .34 .41 0.0 33.9 11.8 38 20 9 39 22 31 4 34 5300-1139 M M M .26 .60 .47 0.5 34.4 16.1 37 20 10 32 20 26 -2 39 5339-1137 M M M 0 .60 .53 0.0 34.4 5.0 16 70 11 41 21 31 3 34 5373-1182 M M M 0 .60 .59 0.0 34.4 6.3 17 20 12 30 25 28 -1 37 5410-1139 M M M .02 .62 .65 T 34.4 6.4 23 40 13 39 21 30 1 35 5445-1140 M M M 0 .62 .71 0.0 34.4 6.9 21 270 14 51 27 39 9 26 5471-1149 M M M 0 .62 .77 0.0 34.4 5.0 24 20 15 40 21 31 1 34 5505-1150 M M M T .62 .83 0.0 34.4 12.1 31 280 16 33 15 24 -7 41 5546-1143 M M M 0 .62 .89 0.0 34.4 7.0 29 40 17 40 18 29 M 36 M M M M M 0 .62 M 0.0 34.4 M M M 18 36 33 35 M 30 M M M M M .10 .72 M 0.5 34.9 M M M 19 38 31 35 3 30 5642-1189 M M M T .72 1.10 0.0 34.9 7.4 18 60 20 45 36 41 8 24 5666-1197 M M M 0 .72 1.17 0.0 34.9 7.4 20 70 21 49 40 45 12 20 5686-1209 M M M 0 .72 1.24 0.0 34.9 3.6 13 230 22 53 43 48 14 17 5703-1181 M M M T .72 1.31 0.0 34.9 6.9 20 190 23 64 47 56 21 9 5695-1219 M M M .19 .91 1.38 0.0 34.9 10.4 23 150 24 57 46 52 17 13 5725-1261 M M M .17 1.08 1.45 0.0 34.9 10.3 28 280 25 56 37 47 11 18 5743-1272 M M M 0 1.08 1.52 0.0 34.9 16.7 41 280 26 60 34 47 11 18 5761-1283 M M M .02 1.10 1.59 0.0 34.9 13.8 49 320 27 49 31 40 3 25 5786-1286 M M M .02 1.12 1.66 T 34.9 16.0 40 340 28 51 30 41 4 24 5810-1290 M M M 0 1.12 1.73 0.0 34.9 12.2 25 30 29 54 28 41 3 24 5834-1293 M M M 0 1.12 1.80 0.0 34.9 2.6 21 10 30 62 33 48 10 17 5851-1303 M M M 0 1.12 1.87 0.0 34.9 5.4 15 250 31 58 41 50 11 15 5866-1314 M M M 0 1.12 1.94 0.0 34.9 8.9 25 270 ...TWIN CITIES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT DATA... MONTHLY SUMMARY FOR...MARCH 2000 ...TEMPERATURE DATA... AVERAGE MONTHLY......... 41.1 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 10.1 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AVERAGE DAILY MAX....... 50.5 AVERAGE DAILY MIN....... 31.6 HIGHEST DAILY... 73 ON MARCH 7TH LOWEST DAILY.... 15 ON MARCH 16TH ...NUMBER OF DAYS... MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW... 1 MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE... 0 MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW... 16 MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW... 0 ...DEGREE DAYS... HEATING / COOLING MONTHLY TOTAL........... 734 / 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -320 / 0 SEASONAL TOTAL.......... 5866 / 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -1272 / 0 ...PRECIPITATON DATA... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH..... 1.12 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 0.82 INCHES BELOW NORMAL TOTAL FOR THE YEAR...... 3.08 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 0.69 INCHES BELOW NORMAL GREATEST DAILY.... 0.44 INCHES ON THE 9TH ...NUMBER OF DAYS... MEASURABLE PRECIP... 8 0.10 INCH OR MORE... 5 0.50 INCH OR MORE... 0 1.00 INCH OR MORE... 0 ...SNOWFALL... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH..... 1.0 TOTAL FOR THE SEASON.... 34.9 GREATEST DAILY.... 0.5 INCHES ON THE 18TH AND PREVIOUS DAYS ...WIND DATA............ AVERAGE MONTHLY......... 9.3 MPH PEAK GUST .............. 49 MPH FROM THE NORTHWEST ...SEA LEVEL PRESSURE... HIGHEST... 30.53 INCHES ON THE 6TH LOWEST.... 29.37 INCHES ON THE 8TH MARCH 2000 WAS THE 3RD WARMEST MARCH ON TWIN CITIES RECORDS SINCE 1891. A MONTHLY SNOWFALL RECORD WAS TIED. THE 7TH LEAST SNOWIEST MARCH.