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CLMROC

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
634 AM EDT SAT APR 01 2023

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...THE ROCHESTER NY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2023...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1871 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             86   03/29/1905
 LOW              -9   03/06/2014
HIGHEST           59   03/22                          73  03/06
LOWEST            18   03/12                          12  03/04
AVG. MAXIMUM    42.3               43.6    -1.3     46.9
AVG. MINIMUM    27.7               26.8     0.9     28.0
MEAN            35.0               35.2    -0.2     37.4
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     2                5.8    -3.8        6
DAYS MIN <= 32    28               23.2     4.8       20
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                0.2    -0.2        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        7.02   1873
 MINIMUM        0.47   1958
TOTALS          3.27               2.49    0.78     1.55
DAYS >= .01       16                                  18
DAYS >= .10        7                                   7
DAYS >= .50        3                                   0
DAYS >= 1.00       0                                   0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   0.95   03/03 TO 03/04               0.26  03/19 TO 03/19

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL          54.0   1900
TOTALS          20.5               17.9     2.6     12.3
SINCE 7/1       50.4               98.9   -48.5       MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     2                                   1
DAYS >= 1.0        6                4.1     1.9        6
DAYS >= 0.1       10                                  10
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        6R  03/11                           4  03/01
                       03/12
                                                          03/13
 24 HR TOTAL     6.8   03/10 TO 03/11                 MM

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    923                924      -1      848
 SINCE 7/1      5058               5446    -388       MM
COOLING TOTAL      0                  0       0        0
 SINCE 1/1         0                  0       0       MM
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              10.4
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    51/270
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    69/280    DATE  03/25

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.77
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            2
NUMBER OF DAYS PC              9
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         20

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     69

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              1     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                2     RAIN                       3
LIGHT RAIN               11     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                3     SNOW                       5
LIGHT SNOW               17     SLEET                      2
FOG                      18     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      3
HAZE                      2

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

&&

... BREEZY, CHANGEABLE MARCH ...

TYPICALLY MARCH IS AN ACTIVE MONTH WITH EARLY SPRING WARMTH AND LATE
WINTER CHILL BRINGING A VARIETY OF UNSETTLED WEATHER TO WESTERN NEW
YORK. THERE WERE NO EXTREME TEMPERATURES OR SNOWFALL EVENTS, THOUGH
MANY WEATHER PATTERNS OCCURRED, INCLUDING SEVERAL STRONG WIND EVENTS
TO CLOSE OUT THE MONTH OF MARCH. 

THE TEMPERATURE AVERAGED 35.0F FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH WHICH IS NEAR
NORMAL. IN A MONTH WHEN TEMPERATURE EXTREMES FROM NORMAL ARE MORE
COMMON, THERE WERE FEW SIGNIFICANT DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL, WITH JUST
MARCH 30TH (10F BELOW NORMAL) AVERAGING DOUBLE DIGITS FROM NORMAL.
THE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE 22ND REACHED 59F, THE WARMEST DAY THIS
MONTH, BUT STILL 9 DEGREES LOWER THAN THE TYPICAL AIRPORT WARMEST
MARCH DAY. THE MILDEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS 35F, THE LOWEST VALUE
FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH SINCE 1984 WHEN THE MILDEST MINIMUM
TEMPERATURE WAS JUST 34. THERE WERE NO DAILY RECORDS ESTABLISHED,
AND DAYS ABOVE NORMAL OUTWEIGHED DAYS BELOW NORMAL 15 TO 14 DAYS.

IT WAS A WET MONTH WITH PRECIPITATION TOTALING 3.27 INCHES, WHICH IS
THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH ABOVE NORMAL. THERE WERE 16 DAYS WITH
MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION WHICH IS EXACTLY NORMAL FOR MARCH. OF THESE
16 DAYS, 3 DAYS HAD AT LEAST A HALF AN INCH OF PRECIPITATION, WHICH
IS 2 DAYS MORE THAN NORMAL AND IS ALSO THE 8TH GREATEST NUMBER OF
DAYS FOR THE MONTH. SNOWFALL TOTALED 17.9 INCHES, THE FIRST OF THE
WINTER MONTHS TO HAVE ABOVE NORMAL SNOWFALL, AND THIS WAS BY TWO AND
A HALF INCHES. THE GREATEST CALENDAR DAY SNOW EVENT OCCURRED FOR THE
WINTER SEASON TO DATE ON THE 10TH, WITH 6.2 INCHES OF SNOW.  

MARCH BEGAN MILD ACROSS THE METRO ROCHESTER AREA WITH A SOUTHERLY
FLOW SENDING TEMPERATURES TO THE MID TO UPPER 40S ACROSS THE METRO
AREA. HOWEVER TO THE SOUTH ACROSS THE HILLS OF WYOMING COUNTY A
LIGHT MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FELL MID-MORNING BEFORE
BECOMING PLAIN RAIN SHOWERS. A STORM SYSTEM TRACKED JUST SOUTH OF
WESTERN NEW YORK MARCH 3RD-4TH, WITH A MIX OF LONG DURATION RAIN AND
WET SNOW. THIS SYSTEM PULLED AWAY TO THE EAST LATER ON THE 4TH, WITH
BRILLIANT BLUE SKIES FILLING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. MOSTLY SUNNY
CONDITIONS ALSO OCCURRED FROM THE 7TH THROUGH THE 9TH. A STORM
SYSTEM MOVED OUT OF THE OHIO VALLEY AND ACROSS OUR REGION ON THE
10TH, BRINGING AN ALL SNOW SYNOPTIC EVENT TO WESTERN NEW YORK. A
SOLID HALF FOOT TO ONE FOOT OF SNOW FELL OVER THE AREA ON THE 10TH
AND 11TH. THE 10TH THROUGH THE 15TH TEMPERATURES AVERAGED AT OR
BELOW NORMAL. A WEAK WAVE BROUGHT A LITTLE SNOW, FOLLOWED BY WEAK
LAKE EFFECT SNOW DURING THIS COLD STRETCH OF THE 10TH THROUGH 15TH.
MODERATING TEMPERATURES FOR THE 17TH THROUGH THE 21ST, THOUGH EACH
DAY WAS BREEZY WITH WINDS GUSTING IN THE MID 30 TO 40 MPH RANGE EACH
DAY. A WARM FRONT LIFTED ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK ON THE 23RD WITH A
QUARTER TO HALF INCH OF AN INCH OF RAIN. AFTER A BRIEF DRY SPELL ON
THE 25TH ANOTHER COLD FRONT WHIPPED STRONG WINDS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS THE ROCHESTER METRO AREA. WINDS INCREASED DURING THE EARLY
EVENING HOURS, PEAKING AT 69 MPH AT 10:55 PM. SCATTERED POWER
OUTAGES RESULTED FROM THESE WINDS, THOUGH THE WORST DAMAGE WAS
UPSTREAM ACROSS NIAGARA COUNTY WITH NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. ANOTHER
STRONG COLD FRONT PASSED THROUGH ROCHESTER DURING RUSH HOUR ON
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29TH. AHEAD OF THE FRONT WINDS GUSTED TO 55 MPH,
AND AS THE FRONT PASSED A SNOW SQUALL, WITH BRIEF BUT BLINDING SNOW
FELL. THE MONTH ENDED WITH LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS ON THE 31ST. 

THERE WERE SEVERAL WIND EVENTS THIS MONTH, WITH 3 DAYS RECORDING A
55 MPH OR GREATER WIND GUST. DESPITE A NUMBER OF BREEZY TO WINDY
DAYS THE WINDS FOR MARCH AVERAGED JUST TWO TICKS ABOVE THE NORMAL OF
10.2 MPH.  

IN ALL A WINDY, TRANSITIONAL MONTH.  

&&

THOMAS

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