Issued by NWS Grand Rapids, MI
000 CXUS53 KGRR 011828 CLMGRR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS, MI 226 PM EDT TUE APR 1 2008 ................................... ...THE GRAND RAPIDS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2008... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1892 TO 2008 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 82 03/22/1938 03/29/1910 LOW -13 03/08/1943 HIGHEST 59 03/31 MM MM 77 03/27 LOWEST 9 03/08 MM MM 1 03/06 AVG. MAXIMUM 40.5 43.3 -2.8 49.1 AVG. MINIMUM 25.0 25.9 -0.9 30.0 MEAN 32.8 34.6 -1.8 39.6 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 MM MM 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 6 MM MM 5 DAYS MIN <= 32 28 MM MM 18 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 MM MM 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) TOTALS 2.47 2.59 -0.12 3.50 DAILY AVG. 0.08 0.08 0.00 0.11 DAYS >= .01 12 MM MM 20 DAYS >= .10 5 MM MM 8 DAYS >= .50 2 MM MM 2 DAYS >= 1.00 1 MM MM 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.04 03/31 TO 03/31 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS 9.2 9.0 0.2 13.6 SINCE 7/1 107.0 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 1 MM MM 4 DAYS >= 1.0 2 2.1 -0.1 3 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 12 03/02 15 03/03 03/01 24 HR TOTAL 6.6 MM DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 990 956 34 787 SINCE 7/1 5637 6012 -375 5571 COOLING TOTAL 0 2 -2 5 SINCE 1/1 0 2 -2 5 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.3 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 30/280 DATE 03/13 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 39/270 DATE 03/13 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) 49 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 4 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 15 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 12 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 66 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 2 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 3 LIGHT RAIN 7 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 2 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 1 LIGHT SNOW 8 SLEET 0 FOG 16 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2 HAZE 12 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$