CXUS53 KOAX 011613 CCA CLMOMA CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 1111 AM CDT MON APR 01 2024 CORRECTED SIMPLY FOR FORMATTING ISSUES ................................... ...THE OMAHA NE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1871 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM NORMAL ................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) HIGHEST 75 03/11 LOWEST 16 03/18 AVG. MAXIMUM 55.7 52.1 3.6 AVG. MINIMUM 29.6 30.0 -0.4 MEAN 42.7 41.0 1.7 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 1 DAYS MIN <= 32 18 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 5.96 1973 MINIMUM T 1910 TOTALS 2.14 1.79 0.35 DAYS >= .01 6 DAYS >= .10 5 DAYS >= .50 2 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.79 03/24 TO 03/25 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 29.2 1912 TOTALS 1.6 3.0 -1.4 SINCE 7/1 19.7 DAYS >= 1.0 1 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 1 03/08 24 HR TOTAL 1.4 03/08 TO 03/08 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 685 745 -60 SINCE 7/1 4740 5303 -563 COOLING TOTAL 0 2 -2 SINCE 1/1 0 2 -2 ................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.9 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 31/320 DATE 03/17 31/320 03/26 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 42/320 DATE 03/17 42/320 03/26 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.55 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 3 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 2 LIGHT RAIN 10 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 2 HAIL 1 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 3 SLEET 1 FOG 7 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. && OMAHA WAS WARMER AND WETTER THAN NORMAL IN MARCH 2024. THE MONTH ENDED UP 1.7 DEGREES WARMER THAN NORMAL WITH 0.35 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL FOR PRECIPITATION. ONLY ABOUT HALF OF THE NORMAL AMOUNT OF SNOW WAS RECORDED FOR THE MONTH. IT WAS THE 33RD WARMEST MARCH ON RECORD AND THE 42ND WETTEST. $$ NICOLAISEN