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The hottest day of March occurred on March 13, when the
temperature reached 102 degrees at Falcon Lake, Texas. There was only one
other triple-digit reading in March and that was on March 9, when the
temperature reached an even 100 degrees at Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge
in Texas. There was a total of 23 days when the high temperature in the contiguous
U.S. was 90 degrees or more.
The lowest high temperature in March was 84 degrees at
Rio Grande Village, Texas on March 21.
The average high temperature for March was 91.61 degrees,
a 4 degree increase over the average high temperature in February.
The coldest day of March occurred on March 4, when the
temperature was a frosty -46 degrees in Elk Park, Montana.
There were 5 days between March 22 and March 31 when
the low temperature did not fall below zero. The highest low temperature in
March was 10 degrees at Chepeta, Utah on March 29.
The average low temperature for March was -17.19
degrees, a significant increase from the average low temperature of -32.10
degrees in February.
Not surprisingly, the greatest temperature differential
between the low temperature and the high temperature occurred on the coldest
day of the month. The -46 degrees at Elk Park, Montana combined with a 91-degree
temperature at Kendall-Tamiami Airport in Miami, Florida to produce a temperature
differential of 137 degrees on March 4.
The smallest temperature differential was 86 degrees on
March 22. The low temperature on that day was 4 degrees and the high temperature
was 90 degrees.
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YEAR TO DATE
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January
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February
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March
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Hottest
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88
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99
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102
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Average High
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83
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88
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92
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Lowest High
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72
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80
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84
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Coldest
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-56
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-50
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-46
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Average Low
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-29
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-32
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-17
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Highest Low
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3
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-21
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10
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Greatest Differential
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136
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137
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137
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Smallest Differential
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81
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104
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90
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