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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
840 AM MDT SUN APR 1 2018

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...THE DENVER CO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2018...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2018

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE  DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH              84   03/26/1971
 LOW              -11   03/28/1886
HIGHEST            73   03/22        84     -11       81  03/18
LOWEST             13   03/07       -11      24       14  03/01
AVG. MAXIMUM     58.5              54.4     4.1     64.0
AVG. MINIMUM     26.8              26.4     0.4     31.9
MEAN             42.7              40.4     2.3     47.9
DAYS MAX >= 90      0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32      0               1.9    -1.9        0
DAYS MIN <= 32     27              23.6     3.4       16
DAYS MIN <= 0       0               0.1    -0.1        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM         4.56   1983
 MINIMUM         0.03   2012
TOTALS           1.02              0.92    0.10     0.90
DAILY AVG.       0.03              0.03    0.00     0.03
DAYS >= .01         6               5.9     0.1        6
DAYS >= .10         3               2.4     0.6        3
DAYS >= .50         0               0.3    -0.3        0
DAYS >= 1.00        0               0.1    -0.1        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    0.33   03/18 TO 03/18           03/24 TO 03/24


         OBSERVED                 NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
TOTALS            4.8              10.7

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     684               763     -79      523
 SINCE 7/1       4741              5202    -461     4325
COOLING TOTAL       0                 0       0        0
 SINCE 1/1          0                 0       0        0

FREEZE DATES
RECORD
 EARLIEST     09/08/1962
 LATEST       06/08/2007
EARLIEST                        10/07
LATEST                          05/05
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              11.5
RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION   2/218
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    46/280    DATE  03/05
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    64/290    DATE  03/23

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.50
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            8
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             22
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          1

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     46

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORMS             1   MIXED PRECIP           2
HEAVY RAIN                0   RAIN                   5
LIGHT RAIN                5   FREEZING RAIN          0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0   HAIL                   0
HEAVY SNOW                2   SNOW                   4
LIGHT SNOW                7   FOG W/VIS <=1/4 MILE   2
FOG                       7   HAZE                   1

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

...MARCH 2018...ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND PRECIPITATION

MUCH OF THE FIRST HALF OF MARCH WAS CHARACTERIZED BY DRY WEATHER
WITH ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES. WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS, THE FIRST 9
DAYS OF THE MONTH HAD TEMPERATURES WELL ABOVE AVERAGE WHILE NO
PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED AT DENVER. IN FACT, THESE DRY CONDITIONS
WOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE 17TH, ASIDE FROM 0.04 INCHES OF RAIN ON
THE 15TH. THE PATTERN BEGAN TO CHANGE ON FEBRUARY 18TH AS DENVER SAW
ITS BIGGEST SNOWFALL OF THE MONTH, COMING IN AT 2.9". MUCH OF THE
STATE SAW DECENT SNOWFALL FROM THIS EVENT AS WELL. AFTER A BRIEF
WARMUP ON THE 22ND AND 23RD, DENVER AGAIN SAW A PERIOD OF
PRECIPITATION WITH 4.1 INCHES OF SNOW FALLING FROM THE 26TH TO THE
28TH. DESPITE THE DRY START TO THE MONTH, DENVER FINISHED WITH ABOVE
AVERAGE PRECIPITATION AS 1.02 INCHES FEEL WHICH WAS 0.10 INCHES
ABOVE NORMAL. THE COLD PERIOD DURING THE END OF THE MONTH WASN`T
STRONG ENOUGH TO OVERTAKE THE WARMTH AT THE BEGINNING SO THE MONTH
ENDED 2.3 DEGREES WARMER THAN NORMAL.

TEMPERATURES:

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FOR THE
MONTH OF WAS 42.7 DEGREES F, WHICH IS 2.3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE
WARMEST MARCH ON RECORD OCCURRED IN 1910 WITH AN AVERAGE MONTHLY
TEMPERATURE OF 50.4 DEGREES F. THE COLDEST MARCH ON RECORD WAS
OCCURRED IN 1912 WITH A MONTHLY AVERAGE OF 26.4 DEGREES. THE YEAR OF
1912 HAPPENS TO BE DENVER`S COLDEST YEAR ON RECORD AND MARCH OF THAT
YEAR WAS CERTAINLY PART OF IT.

TEN WARMEST MARCH`S IN DENVER WEATHER HISTORY SINCE 1872:

50.4 1910
49.2 2012
47.9 2017
47.2 1907
47.1 1986
47.0 1918
46.5 1879
46.4 2004 1946
46.0 2007 1887

TEN COLDEST MARCH`S IN DENVER WEATHER HISTORY SINCE 1872:

26.4 1912
28.0 1924
29.0 1965
29.7 1906
32.1 1969
32.2 1891
32.8 1958
33.0 1964
33.1 1899
33.2 1917

PRECIPITATION:

MARCH 2018 LANDED 0.10 INCHES ABOVE THE MONTHLY AVERAGE COMING IN AT
1.02 INCHES. THE MAJORITY OF THAT FELL WITH 3 SEPARATE STORMS
OCCURRING ON THE 18TH ALONG WITH AN UNSETTLED PERIOD IN THE FINAL
WEEK OF THE MONTH WHICH BROUGHT PRECIPITATION ON THE 26TH THROUGH
THE 29TH.

TEN WETTEST MARCH`S IN DENVER WEATHER HISTORY SINCE 1872:

4.56 INCHES 1983
3.50 INCHES 1992
3.10 INCHES 1990 1891
3.07 INCHES 1905
3.05 INCHES 2003
3.03 INCHES 1909
2.85 INCHES 1959
2.75 INCHES 1944
2.51 INCHES 1961

TEN DRIEST MARCH`S IN DENVER WEATHER HISTORY SINCE 1872:

0.03 INCHES 2012
0.11 INCHES 1908
0.14 INCHES 2008 2004
0.18 INCHES 1982
0.19 INCHES 1999
0.20 INCHES 1882
0.21 INCHES 1883 1880
0.22 INCHES 1945

SNOWFALL

DENVER RECEIVED 4.8 INCHES OF SNOW IN MARCH, WHICH IS 5.9 INCHES
BELOW THE 1981-2010 AVERAGE OF 10.7 INCHES. THE MAJORITY OF THAT
TOTAL CAME FROM TWO SEPARATE STORM SYSTEMS IN THE FINAL WEEK. THE
REST OF THE MONTH`S SNOW CAME ON THE 18TH WHERE A WARM MOIST STORM
SYSTEM BROUGHT A RAIN AND SNOW MIX TO THE REGION WHERE MOST OF THE
SNOW FELL ALONG THE PALMER RIDGE AREA TO THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH OF
DENVER.

TEN HIGHEST SNOW TOTALS FOR MARCH IN DENVER WEATHER HISTORY

35.2 INCHES 2003
32.5 INCHES 1944
31.3 INCHES 1891
30.5 INCHES 1983
29.2 INCHES 1961
26.8 INCHES 1959
25.7 INCHES 1923
25.2 INCHES 1952
24.8 INCHES 1929
24.0 INCHES 1981

TEN LOWEST SNOW TOTALS FOR MARCH IN DENVER WEATHER HISTORY

TRACE      2017 2012 1995
0.3 INCHES 1883
0.4 INCHES 1911
0.5 INCHES 1885
1.1 INCHES 1887
1.8 INCHES 2004
2.0 INCHES 1882
2.1 INCHES 1982

THUNDER WAS OBSERVED AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON THE 18TH WITH
2 DAYS OF DENSE FOG WITH A VISIBILITY AT OR BELOW 1/4 MILE DURING
THE MONTH. A PEAK WIND GUST OF 64 MPH WAS RECORDED FROM THE WEST NORTHWEST
ON THE 23TH.

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