CXUS52 KTBW 021850 CLMSRQ CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY FL 250 PM EDT TUE APR 02 2024 ................................... ...THE SARASOTA BRADENTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1911 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) ALL-TIME MARCH RECORD HIGH 91 03/19/1921 LOW 30 03/03/1980 03/04/1943 03/02/1941 MARCH 2024 HIGHEST 87 03/26 MM MM 88 03/08 03/30 03/31 LOWEST 52 03/20 MM MM 46 03/21 AVG. MAXIMUM 80.5 78.2 2.3 80.5 AVG. MINIMUM 63.4 58.1 5.3 62.7 MEAN 71.9 68.1 3.8 71.6 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) ALL-TIME MARCH RECORD MAXIMUM 11.10 1987 MINIMUM T 1939 MARCH 2024 TOTALS 1.04 2.85 -1.81 0.18 DAILY AVG. 0.03 0.09 -0.06 0.01 DAYS >= .01 8 6.4 1.6 4 DAYS >= .10 2 3.6 -1.6 0 DAYS >= .50 0 1.5 -1.5 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.7 -0.7 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.46 03/05 TO 03/06 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 0 40 -40 20 SINCE 7/1 267 391 -124 MM COOLING TOTAL 225 138 87 234 SINCE 1/1 326 274 52 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.0 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 35/130 DATE 03/22 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 43/130 DATE 03/22 SKY COVER (DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY CLOUDS ABOVE 12000 FEET) POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.22 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 24 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 7 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 0 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 72 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 3 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 2 LIGHT RAIN 8 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 9 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2 HAZE 1 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$