Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
676 CXUS51 KLWX 011444 CLMDCA CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 1044 AM EDT MON APR 01 2024 ................................... ...THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL DC CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1871 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 93 03/23/1907 LOW 4 03/04/1873 HIGHEST 77 03/14 78 -1 84 LOWEST 32 03/21 23 9 29 AVG. MAXIMUM 61.2 56.5 4.7 58.3 AVG. MINIMUM 42.6 38.6 4.0 39.9 MEAN 51.9 47.6 4.3 49.1 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.3 -0.3 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 1 7.5 -6.5 2 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 8.84 1891 MINIMUM 0.05 2006 TOTALS 4.89 3.50 1.39 1.60 DAILY AVG. 0.16 0.11 0.05 0.05 DAYS >= .01 14 11.0 3.0 9 DAYS >= .10 6 6.5 -0.5 4 DAYS >= .50 5 2.2 2.8 1 DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.9 0.1 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.63 03/22 TO 03/23 0.73 STORM TOTAL 1.61 0.72 (MM/DD(HH)) SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 19.3 1914 TOTALS T 2.0 -2.0 T SINCE 7/1 8.0 13.7 -5.7 MM DAYS >= TRACE 1 1.1 -0.1 2 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.6 -0.6 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 399 544 -145 487 SINCE 7/1 2951 3468 -517 MM COOLING TOTAL 2 3 -1 2 SINCE 1/1 3 3 0 MM .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.3 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 36/280 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 49/290 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.64 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 58 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 3 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 5 RAIN 6 LIGHT RAIN 16 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 1 SLEET 0 FOG 10 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 0 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$