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March 2008 Weather in Review
Cold fronts and their associated weather systems
brought several rounds of rain with showers
and thunderstorms in March 2008. After a very
dry late fall to winter period, March 2008
rainfall was the most monthly rainfall since the late summer and
early fall of 2007.
Fluctuations between cold and warm days was slightly greater
in March 2008, than in most March periods from the past, due
in part to the dryness over the area since the Fall, and the
rapid movement of cold fronts through the area, that was
preceded by unseasonably warm days. The pattern of windy
days, that started in Mid December of 2007, continued also,
not only in wake of fast moving cold fronts, also associated
with strong south and southwest winds.
March 2008 Summary
Location
|
Average
Temperature
|
Average High
|
Average Low
|
Warmest/Coolest
|
Rainfall
|
Austin Mabry
|
63.3 +1.6
|
75.4
|
51.2
|
96 on 14th
33 on 8th
|
2.86 +0.72
|
Austin Bergstrom
|
60.4 -2.2
|
74.2
|
46.5
|
93 on 14th
26 on 8th
|
3.45 +1.09
|
Burnet
|
60.2 +2.2
|
72.7
|
42.6
|
92 on 14th
30 on 8th
|
2.49/+0.16
|
Del Rio
|
65.2 +1.4
|
79.4
|
51.0
|
97 on 14th
30 on 4th
|
0.57 -0.39
|
Hondo
|
63.5 +1.3
|
78.4
|
48.7
|
96 on 14th
26 on 8th
|
1.60/+0.05
|
New Braunfels
|
62.9 +2.7
|
76.8
|
49.1
|
95 on 14th
28 on 8th
|
2.20/+0.16
|
San Antonio International Airport
|
64.5 +2.4
|
77.4
|
51.5
|
96 on 14th
32 on 4th
|
1.82 -0.07
|
San Antonio Stinson
|
64.3 |
78.1
|
50.5
|
96 on 14th
31 on 5th and 8th |
1.17
|
In early March of 2008, there was a series of strong cold fronts
that came. The cold front came early in the day on the 3rd, and
the 2nd cold front came on the 6th. This brought several cold nights,
including a few freezes for the Hill Country and adjacent
parts of South Central Texas. The coolest overall days of
the month came in wake of the 2nd cold front on the 6th,
7th and 8th.
Clouds increased rapidly across the area on Sunday, March 9th, ahead
of a fast moving rain making system, that brought rain, showers
and thunderstorms across the Hill Country and South Central Texas
the night of the 9th to the morning of the 10th. Locally heavy rains
developed along and east of U.S. Highway 281 and over parts of
Frio and Zavala Counties. The Monday, March 10th rains were the most
widespread daily rains in the month. With this rain
event a record daily rainfall for March 10th of 1.01 inches
was observed at San Antonio and 1.80 inches at Austin Bergstrom.
Rainfall amounts between 3 and 3.5 inches was observed around and
just east of San Marcos.
A warming trend from the 11th through the 14th ended with the
warmest temperatures of the month on Friday the 14th,
when afternoon highs rose to the 90s before
slowly moderating slightly the 15th through the 16th.
Like Sunday the 9th, clouds increased rapidly again
on Sunday the 16th, ahead of another rain making weather system,
that brought scattered rains from Sunday Night the 16th to the
17th and 18th. Showers and thunderstorms began over the west part
of the area the night of the 16th to early morning of the 17th.
A second wave of showers and thunderstorms moved across the area during
the day of March 18th, with a strong Pacific Cold Front.
As the line of storms, with showers and thunderstorms,
moved across from the west in the
morning to early afternoon on March 18th, strong west winds
and cooler conditions quickly followed from the west,
with wind gusts of 30 to 40 mph.
The final wave of rain and showers arrived in the
late afternoon and early evening.
Dry conditions prevailed the 19th to the 26th. A series of cool
fronts moderated temperatures through the 25th, then warmer days
came the 26th and 27th; however, it was not as warm as on the 14th.
A few locations to the west and southwest of San Antonio rose to
the 90 degree mark on the 26th. More clouds and showers
came the weekend of the 29th and 30th. These rains were not
as widespread area wide, as what had come on the 10th and 18th.
An area of showers and thunderstorms developed the night
of the 28th to the early morning
of the 29th, and moved over the Hill Country to parts of
Central Texas. Showers and thunderstorms formed again in
the early evening of the 29th and moved across Frio, Atascosa,
Medina, Bexar, and Wilson Counties, and weakened in the
early morning of Sunday the 30th. On the last day of the
month, scattered showers and thunderstorms moved over the
northern Hill Country to parts of Central Texas in the late
afternoon and early evening.
The outlook for April 2008 from the Climate Prediction Center
calls for the average monthly temperature to be warmer than normal
and the monthly rainfall to be drier than normal.
Click Here to See the Latest One Month Outlook from the Climate Prediction
Center.
The table below lists information on Climate Normals for the
month of April for Austin, Del Rio and San Antonio.
April Climate Information
Location
|
Normal Monthly Temp.
|
Normal High
|
Normal Low
| All time High
| All time Low
|
Normal Rainfall
| All Time
Driest
| All Time
Wettest
|
Austin/Mabry |
68.3 |
78.9 |
57.6 |
99 |
30 |
2.51 |
Trace |
19.82 |
Austin/Bergstrom |
68.9 |
79.6 |
58.1 |
99 |
31 |
2.77 |
0.03 |
12.18 |
Del Rio |
70.6 |
82.7 |
58.5 |
106 |
33 |
1.71 |
Trace |
7.51 |
San Antonio |
68.6 |
80.4 |
56.9 |
101 |
31 |
2.60 |
Trace |
11.64 |
Daily Climate Information for the Month
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