CXUS53 KIWX 011255 CLMSBN CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 855 AM EDT MON APR 01 2024 ................................... ...THE SOUTH BEND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 85 03/21/2012 03/31/1981 07/14/1936 LOW -13 03/08/1943 HIGHEST 74 03/04 MM MM 64 03/31 LOWEST 21 03/20 MM MM 16 03/18 AVG. MAXIMUM 54.1 46.2 7.9 46.2 AVG. MINIMUM 34.1 27.2 6.9 29.5 MEAN 44.1 36.7 7.4 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 3.5 -3.5 1 DAYS MIN <= 32 15 21.1 -6.1 22 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.1 -0.1 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 7.96 1976 MINIMUM 0.54 1958 TOTALS 4.34 2.35 1.99 5.90 DAILY AVG. 0.14 0.08 0.06 0.19 DAYS >= .01 12 12.4 -0.4 19 DAYS >= .10 6 6.0 0.0 13 DAYS >= .50 3 1.3 1.7 3 DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.2 0.8 2 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.44 03/14 TO 03/14 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 33.9 1960 TOTALS 0.4 6.8 -6.4 10.5 SINCE 7/1 30.3 63.5 -33.2 58.4 SNOWDEPTH AVG. T 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 2.0 -2.0 4 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH T 2 24 HR TOTAL 0.3 03/18 TO 03/18 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 640 879 -239 835 SINCE 7/1 4479 5612 -1133 4841 COOLING TOTAL 0 2 -2 0 SINCE 1/1 0 2 -2 0 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.2 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 33/150 DATE 03/26 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 49/230 DATE 03/26 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.54 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 10 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 11 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 10 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 65 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 3 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 4 RAIN 6 LIGHT RAIN 9 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 1 LIGHT SNOW 5 SLEET 0 FOG 13 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 7 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ...A WET AND TOP 10 WARMEST MARCH... MUCH LIKE FEBRUARY, ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES CONTINUED THROUGH MARCH, ESPECIALLY DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH. 14 OF THE FIRST 15 DAYS OF MARCH HAD AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE ABOVE NORMAL. TYPICALLY, THERE ARE 5 DAYS WITH A HIGH TEMPERATURE AT OR ABOVE 60 DEGREES IN MARCH; THIS YEAR, THERE WERE 11 60+ DEGREE DAYS IN SOUTH BEND (THIS INCLUDES TWO DAYS WITH HIGHS IN THE 70S). OVERALL, THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR MARCH WAS 44.1 DEGREES, WHICH IS 7.4 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS WAS THE WARMEST MARCH SINCE 2012. MARCH 2024 TIES FOR THE 8TH WARMEST MARCH ON RECORD. RECORDS DATE BACK TO 1897. ALTHOUGH MANY DAYS THIS MONTH DID NOT HAVE MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION, THE MONTH OVERALL WAS STILL ABOVE AVERAGE. THIS IS BECAUSE MUCH OF THE MONTH'S RAINFALL FELL IN THREE DAYS! MARCH 8TH AND MARCH 30TH HAD RAIN TOTALS JUSY SHY OF AN INCH (0.98 AND 0.90 INCHES RESPECTIVELY). MARCH 14TH HAD THE HIGHEST DAILY RAINFALL TOTAL WITH 1.44"! THIS IS THE HIGHEST SINGLE DAY RAINFALL TOTAL IN MARCH SINCE 1.48" FELL ON MARCH 31, 2023. OVERALL, THE MONTH TOTALED 4.34 INCHES OF RAIN, WHICH IS 1.99 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS WAS THE 13TH WETTEST MARCH ON RECORD. DUE TO THE WARM TEMPERATURES, SNOWFALL WAS NOTABLY LACKING IN MARCH. ONLY 0.4" OF SNOW WAS MEASURED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE MONTH, WHICH IS 6.4" BELOW AVERAGE. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHERE ONLY A TRACE OF SNOW HAS BEEN RECORDED IN MARCH, SO THIS IS NOT A RECORD. MARCH 2024 RANKS AS THE 11TH LEAST SNOWIEST ON RECORD AND IS THE LEAST SNOWIEST MARCH SINCE 2021. NO RECORDS WERE SET THIS MONTH. JOHNSON $$