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Temperature / Dewpoint |
Location | Record Type | New Record Date | New Record | Old Record | Old Record Date |
None Reported. |
Rainfall |
Location | Record Type | New Record Date | New Record | Old Record | Old Record Date |
St. Louis Int'l AP, MO | Monthly rainfall record | March, 2008 | 8.40 inches | 8.25 inches | March, 1897 |
Albany Int'l AP, NY | Third wettest March on record | March, 2008 | 6.21 inches | N/A | N/A;the wettest occured in 1843 with 7.37 inches |
West Plains, MO | Monthly rainfall record | March, 2008 | 14.83 inches | 9.87 inches | March, 2002 |
Rolla/Vichy Nat'l AP, MO | Monthly rainfall record | March, 2008 | 9.91 inches | 7.41 inches | March, 1945 |
Springfield, MO | Monthly rainfall record | March, 2008 | 9.40 inches | 9.09 inches | March, 1935 |
Joplin, MO | Third wettest March on record | March, 2008 | 7.63 inches | N/A | N/A:the wettest occurred in 1973 with 9.04 inches |
Mount Pocono, NJ | Ninth wettest March on record | March, 2008 | 6.51 inches | 6.21 inches | March 1950:the wettest occurred in 1940 with 10.55 inches |
Bakersfield/Meadows Field, CA | Tied second driest March on record | March, 2008 | A Trace | A Trace | March, 1956;the driest occured in 1934 with 0 inches |
Bakersfield/Meadows Field, CA | Fifth driest March on record | March, 2008 | 0.02 inches | 0.06 inches | March, 1923;the driest occured in 1972 with 0 inches |
Caribou, ME | Monthly precip record | March, 2008 | 5.27 inches | 5.13 inches | March, 1953 |
Lihue AP, HI | Driest March on record | March, 2008 | 0.19 inches | 0.30 inches | March, 1957 |
Kahului AP, HI | Driest March on record | March, 2008 | 0.01 inches | 0.09 inches | March, 1957 |
Snowfall
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Location | Record Type | New Record Date | New Record | Old Record | Old Record Date |
Columbus, OH | All-time daily max snowfall record | March 8, 2008 | 15.5 inches | 12.3 inches | April 4, 1987 |
Dubuque, IA | Seasonal snowfall record | July 1, 2007-June 30, 2008 (through March 31, 2008) | 76.2 inches | 75.7 inches | 1961-1962 |
Erie Int'l AP, PA | Monthly snowfall record | March, 2008 | 33.9 inches | 31.8 inches | March, 1996 |
Concord, NH | Second highest winter seasonal snowfall record | 2007 - 2008 | 115.2 inches | 115.0 inches | 1872-1873;the highest occured in 1873-1874 with 122.0 inches |
Portland, ME | Fourteenth snowiest winter on record | 2007 - 2008 | 102.7 inches | 102.1 inches | 2004-2005;the highest occured in 1970-1971 with 141.5 inches |
Wind |
Location | Record Type | New Record Date | New Record | Old Record | Old Record Date |
Glasgow, MT | March wind gust record | March 24, 2008 | 62 mph | 54 mph | March, 1994 and 2004 |
Pressure |
Location | Record Type | New Record Date | New Record | Old Record | Old Record Date |
None Reported. |
Miscellaneous |
Location | Record Type | New Record Date | New Record | Old Record | Old Record Date |
None Reported. |
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