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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
401 AM EDT MON APR 1 2013

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...THE SOUTH BEND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2013...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2013

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE  DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH              85   03/21/2012
                        03/31/1981
                        07/14/1936
 LOW              -13   03/08/1943
HIGHEST            59   03/31        MM      MM       85  03/21
                        03/10
LOWEST             13   03/08        MM      MM       20  03/05
AVG. MAXIMUM     39.8              46.5    -6.7     62.7
AVG. MINIMUM     24.2              28.4    -4.2     42.8
MEAN             32.0              37.5    -5.5
DAYS MAX >= 90      0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32      5               3.4     1.6        0
DAYS MIN <= 32     28              20.3     7.7        7
DAYS MIN <= 0       0               0.1    -0.1        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM         7.96   1976
 MINIMUM         0.54   1958
TOTALS           1.26              2.42   -1.16     1.67
DAILY AVG.       0.04              0.08   -0.04     0.05
DAYS >= .01        12              12.7    -0.7       12
DAYS >= .10         2               6.3    -4.3        5
DAYS >= .50         1               1.3    -0.3        0
DAYS >= 1.00        0               0.2    -0.2        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    0.72   03/05 TO 03/05

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL           33.9   1960
                        0
                        -26215
TOTALS           12.2               7.1     5.1      1.5
SINCE 7/1        59.9              65.2    -5.3     51.2
SNOWDEPTH AVG.      1                MM      MM        0
DAYS >= 1.0         2               2.2    -0.2        0
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH         7   03/06                         -1
 24 HR TOTAL      7.7   MM

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    1014               855     159      417
 SINCE 7/1       5411              5544    -133     4500
COOLING TOTAL       0                 1      -1       44
 SINCE 1/1          0                 1      -1       44
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              9.5
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    32/280    DATE  03/19
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    40/270    DATE  03/19

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.60
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            8
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             11
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         12

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     68

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                0     RAIN                       1
LIGHT RAIN                8     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          2     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                1     SNOW                       4
LIGHT SNOW               12     SLEET                      0
FOG                      14     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      1
HAZE                      7

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

&&

...WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES...

MARCH 2013 WAS A COLD MONTH WITH ABOVE NORMAL SNOWFALL AND BELOW
NORMAL PRECIPITATION. THIS WAS A DRASTIC DIFFERENCE FROM MARCH 2012
WHICH SAW NUMEROUS RECORDS FOR WARMTH BROKEN...INCLUDING RECORD HIGH
TEMPERATURES ON NINE CONSECUTIVE DAYS AND NINE CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH
HIGH TEMPERATURES AT OR ABOVE 70. MARCH 2013 DID NOT SEE A SINGLE
DAY WITH A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 60 DEGREES. THERE WERE ONLY 5 DAYS
WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE ABOVE NORMAL AND 15 STRAIGHT DAYS WITH
AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE BELOW NORMAL.

THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE THIS MARCH WAS 32.0...5.5 DEGREES
BELOW NORMAL. THIS RANKED AS THE 16TH COLDEST MARCH ON RECORD. IN
CONTRAST...MARCH 2012 WAS THE WARMEST MARCH ON RECORD WITH A MONTHLY
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 52.8 DEGREES. THIS DIFFERENCE OF 20.8 DEGREES
BETWEEN MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURES IN MARCH 2012 VS 2013 IS THE
GREATEST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ANY MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE
SAME MONTH IN CONSECUTIVE YEARS.

THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE THIS MONTH WAS 59 ON THE 10TH AND 31ST AND
THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 13 ON THE 8TH. IN MARCH 2012...THE
HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS A RECORD 85 DEGREES.

PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS JUST 1.26 INCHES...1.16 INCHES BELOW
NORMAL. THIS RANKED AS THE 13TH DRIEST MARCH ON RECORD.
IRONICALLY...MORE PRECIPITATION FELL IN MARCH 2012...1.67 INCHES...
WHEN IT WAS WARMER AND CONSIDERED BY MANY TO BE MORE PLEASANT
COMPARED TO THIS MARCH. MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION THIS MONTH WAS
RECORDED ON 12 DAYS WHILE A TRACE OR MORE WAS RECORDED ON 22 DAYS.
DESPITE 70 PERCENT OF THE DAYS HAVING SOME FORM OF
PRECIPITATION...ONLY 2 DAYS HAD A TENTH OR MORE. THE HIGHEST DAILY
PRECIPITATION TOTAL WAS 0.72 INCHES ON THE 5TH.

EVEN THOUGH PRECIPITATION WAS BELOW NORMAL...SNOWFALL WAS ABOVE NORMAL
THIS MONTH. A TOTAL OF 12.2 INCHES WAS RECORDED...5.1 INCHES ABOVE
NORMAL. THIS RANKED AS THE 29TH SNOWIEST MARCH.

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LASHLEY/NG