March 2018 Climate Summary for Duluth, Minnesota
Average Temperature: 26.1 degrees
Average: 25.9 degrees
Departure: +0.2 degrees above average
Highest temperature: 48 degrees on the 17th
Lowest temperature: 4 degrees on the 10th and 9th
8 days with a high temperature of at least 40 degrees (Average is 9 days)
9 days with a high temperature of 32 degrees or lower (Average is 13 days)
Total Precipitation: 0.44 inches
Average: 1.49 inches
Departure: -1.05 inches below average
Heaviest daily precipitation total: 0.18 inches on the 26th
Number of days with at least 0.01″ of precipitation: 6 (Average is 10 days)
Number of days with at least 0.10″ of precipitation: 2 (Average is 4 days)
Total Snowfall: 5.1 inches
Normal: 13.2 inches
Departure: -8.1 inches below average
Number of days with snowfall of 0.1″ or greater accumulation: 5 (Average is 9 days)
Number of days with snowfall 1.0″ or greater accumulation: 2 (Average is 4 days)
Notes:
March 2018 tied with March 1993 and March 1910 for 10th driest on record
March 2018 was the first March since 2011 without at least one day with a high temperature of 50 degrees or warmer.
Source: http://mrcc.isws.illinois.edu
March 2018 Temperature Departure map — Slightly below to slightly above average temperatures were observed in northeast Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin, in other words very close to the monthly average.
Source: http://mrcc.isws.illinois.edu
March 2018 Precipitation Departure map
March 2017 Climate Summary for Duluth, Minnesota
Average Temperature: 26.3 degrees
Departure: +0.4 degrees above average
Total Precipitation: 1.05 inches
Departure: -0.44 inches below average
Total Snowfall: 5.3 inches
Departure: -7.9 inches below average
5 days with a high temperature of at least 50 degrees
9 days with a high temperature of at least 40 degrees
10 days with a high temperature of 32 degrees or lower
4 days with a low temperature of 0 degrees or colder
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