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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
301 PM CST Thu Feb 29 2024

...A LOOK AHEAD AT MARCH CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA...

Normals are for the period 1991-2020.

...TEMPERATURES...        SPRINGFIELD           PEORIA
Normal high/low           54/33                 51/32
  Mar  1 normals          47/28                 44/26
  Mar 31 normals          60/38                 58/37

Month record high          91 on 3/21/1907       87 on 3/21/1907
Month record low          -12 on 3/05/1960      -11 on 3/08/1943

Normal occurrences of...
  Highs 90 or above       0                     0
  Highs 32 or below       1                     2
  Lows  32 or below       16                    17
  Lows   0 or below       0                     0

...PRECIPITATION...
Normal liquid equivalent  2.76                  2.69
  Greatest month total    9.65 in 1898          7.49 in 2009
  Least month total       0.17 in 1885          0.25 in 1856
  Greatest 24-hour        4.60 on 3/27/1898     2.88 on 3/14/1944

Normal snowfall           3.1                   3.3
  Greatest month total   23.4 in 1906          18.2 in 1926
  Least month total      Zero in 2010#         Zero in many years
  Greatest 24-hour       17.4 on 3/24-25/2013   8.1 on 3/25/1957

...DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65)...
Normal heating            681                   734
Normal cooling            3                     2

CLIMATOLOGICAL OUTLOOK FOR THE NEW MONTH:

   Temperatures --- Above Normal favored
   Precipitation -- No favored trend -- Use Climatology

# - Last of several occurrences

$$

Erwin


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