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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1019 AM EDT MON APR 03 2023

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...THE SOUTH BEND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2023...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2023

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             85   03/21/2012
                       03/31/1981
                       07/14/1936
 LOW             -13   03/08/1943
HIGHEST           64   03/31         MM      MM       73  03/21
LOWEST            16   03/18         MM      MM       15  03/12
AVG. MAXIMUM    46.2               46.2     0.0     50.1
AVG. MINIMUM    29.5               27.2     2.3     30.4
MEAN            37.9               36.7     1.2
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     1                3.5    -2.5        3
DAYS MIN <= 32    22               21.1     0.9       17
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                0.1    -0.1        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        7.96   1976
 MINIMUM        0.54   1958
TOTALS          5.90               2.35    3.55     3.22
DAILY AVG.      0.19               0.08    0.11     0.10
DAYS >= .01       19               12.4     6.6       17
DAYS >= .10       13                6.0     7.0        8
DAYS >= .50        3                1.3     1.7        2
DAYS >= 1.00       2                0.2     1.8        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   1.48   03/31 TO 03/31

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL          33.9   1960
TOTALS          10.5                6.8     3.7      6.1
SINCE 7/1       58.4               63.5    -5.1       MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     0                                   0
DAYS >= 1.0        4                2.0     2.0        3
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        2   03/10
                       03/12
 24 HR TOTAL      MM

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    835                879     -44      760
 SINCE 7/1      4841               5612    -771       MM
COOLING TOTAL      0                  2      -2        0
 SINCE 1/1         0                  2      -2       MM
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              10.6
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    35/270    DATE  03/31
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    47/280    DATE  03/31

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.55
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           10
NUMBER OF DAYS PC              9
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         12

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     68

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              3     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                5     RAIN                       6
LIGHT RAIN               14     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                2     SNOW                       6
LIGHT SNOW               11     SLEET                      0
FOG                      20     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      3
HAZE                     14

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

&&

THIRD WETTEST MARCH. SECOND WETTEST START TO THE YEAR.

SPRING CAN BE A WILD MONTH AROUND HERE, ESPECIALLY WITH RESPECT TO
TEMPERATURES. MARCH 2023 WAS NO DIFFERENT. THE FIRST NINE DAYS OF
MARCH WERE MILD, WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE DEPARTURE FOR THAT
STRETCH 7.1 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE MIDDLE OF THE MONTH TURNED
NOTABLY COLDER, ESPECIALLY ON THE 18TH WHEN THE DAILY AVERAGE
TEMPERATURES WAS ONLY 22 DEGREES; 15 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE END
OF THE MONTH WAS GENERALLY COLD AS WELL, BUT THE 31ST NEARLY OFFSET
THOSE LATE COOLER-THAN-NORMAL DAYS WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR
THE DAY OF 57 WHICH IS 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH, 64, AND THE MINIMUM OF 16 SHOWCASE THE
MONTH`S TYPICAL VOLATILITY.

OVERALL, THE MONTH`S AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 37.9 DEGREES WAS 1.2
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS WAS THE COOLEST MARCH SINCE 2019 (33
DEGREES) BUT RANKS AS THE 51ST WARMEST ON RECORD OVERALL.

ON MARCH 3RD, SOUTH BEND WAS ON THE COLD SIDE OF A LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE REGION. THIS RESULTED IN 3.4 INCHES OF
SNOW. AN ADDITIONAL SNOWY STRETCH OF WEATHER OCCURRED FROM THE 10TH
THROUGH 13TH. TOTAL SNOW FOR THE MONTH WAS 10.5 INCHES WHICH IS
NEARLY 4 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 41ST GREATEST SNOW
TOTAL ON RECORD. THIS IS THE GREATEST MARCH SNOW TOTAL INCHES 11.8
INCHES IN 2014.

WET CONDITIONS FROM FEBRUARY CARRIED OVER INTO MARCH AS TOTAL
PRECIPITATION WAS 3.55 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RESULTED IN MANY
RIVERS REACHING ACTION STAGE OR MINOR FLOOD STAGE. SEVERE WEATHER
LATE IN THE MONTH NOT ONLY BROUGHT SOAKING RAIN, BUT ALSO HAIL,
DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WIND, AND TORNADOES TO THE REGION. THIS RANKS
AS THE THIRD WETTEST MARCH ON RECORD. THIS IS THE WETTEST MARCH
INCHES 1977 AND 1976.

TWO RECORDS WERE SET THIS MONTH: DAILY PRECIPITATION ON THE 31
TOTALED 1.48 INCHES, BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 1.07 INCHES IN
1926. DAILY PRECIPITATION ON THE 3RD WAS ALSO A NEW RECORD, TOTALING
1.28 INCHES. THIS BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 1.15 INCHES IN 1906.

BROWN

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