Monthly Climatological Summary
Norman 3SE, Cleveland Co., OK (Lat 35^10'57"N, Lon 97^25'27"W, elev 1130)
March 2004
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     Temperature  Precipitation  Snow      AM         PM
      Max   Min    Water Snow    Depth     Wx         Wx      
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01   63.5  40.6     .00   0.0      0       SKC        BKN
02   57.7  35.8     .15   0.0      0       BKN        TSRA
03   52.2  45.3    1.86   0.0      0      -RA        +TSRA
04   68.4  49.8     .56   0.0      0      -RA FG     +TSRA
05   55.9  44.1     .04   0.0      0       BKN       -SHRA
06   63.9  36.1     .00   0.0      0       SKC        SKC
07   60.8  38.7     .00   0.0      0       SKC        SKC
08   72.3  35.6     .00   0.0      0       SCT        FEW
09   62.8  38.1     .00   0.0      0       SKC        SKC
10   70.3  36.1     .00   0.0      0       SKC        BKN
11   61.2  40.6     .02   0.0      0      -RA         BKN
12   64.0  45.5     .00   0.0      0       BKN        OVC
13   52.5  45.5     .10   0.0      0      -RA        -DZ FG
14   63.9  44.4     .02   0.0      0      -DZ FG      BKN
15   64.6  43.5     .00   0.0      0       OVC        BKN
16   63.3  38.1     .00   0.0      0       SCT        BKN
17   82.0  38.5     .00   0.0      0       SKC        SCT
18   80.1  50.2     .00   0.0      0       SKC        SCT
19   83.1  57.9     .00   0.0      0       OVC        FEW
20   79.5  56.5       T   0.0      0      -DZ         SKC
21   59.9  46.0     .00   0.0      0       SKC        BKN
22   64.6  41.0     .00   0.0      0       SKC        OVC
23   74.7  47.5     .00   0.0      0       SCT        SCT
24   68.0  60.4       T   0.0      0       OVC       -DZ
25   75.9  62.2       T   0.0      0      -DZ         OVC
26   79.7  65.8       T   0.0      0       OVC       -DZ
27   71.6  61.9       T   0.0      0       BKN       -SHRA
28   67.3  46.8     .54   0.0      0      +RA         SKC
29   70.7  41.7     .00   0.0      0       SKC        SCT
30   64.8  40.5     .00   0.0      0       SKC        BKN
31   66.4  38.7     .00   0.0      0       SKC        SKC

KEY TO AM/PM WX: SKC - sky clear, FEW - few clouds, SCT -
partly cloudy, BKN - mostly cloudy, OVC - overcast, RA -
rain, SHRA - rain shower, DZ - drizzle, FG - fog, TSRA -
thunderstorm with rain.


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Means and Totals for March 2004
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Average Maximum Temperature:      67.3
Average Minimum Temperature:      45.6

Mean Temperature:                 56.4

Maximum Temperature:              83.1  (3-19-04)
Minimum Temperature:              35.6  (3-08-04)

Days with max temperature 90.0F+:    0             Year:       0
Days with max temperature <32.0F:    0             Year:       2
Days with min temperature <32.0F:    0             Year:      35
Days with min temperature <0.0F:     0             Year:       0

Precipitation:                    3.29             Year:    6.90
Greatest one-day precipitation:   1.86  (3-03-04)

Snowfall:                          0.0             Year:       T
Greatest one-day snowfall:         0.0 
Maximum snow depth at midnight:      0

Days with measureable pcpn:          8             Year:      24
Days with pcpn 1.00"+:               1             Year:       2
Days with measureable snowfall:      0             Year:       0
Days with snowfall 1"+:              0             Year:       0
Days with glaze ice:                 0             Year:       2
Days with damaging wind:             0             Year:       0
Days with hail:                      0             Year:       0
Days with thunderstorms:             3             Year:       4
Days with fog:                       3             Year:       8

NOTICE: All temperatures are in degrees Fahrenheit and all precipitation values in inches. Snowfall totals denoted by an asterisk indicate hail.


Summary....March 2004 was a mild month in central Oklahoma, with none of the major Arctic outbreaks we saw the previous two Marches. In fact the temperature did not even get below freezing all month. Not much in the way of moist air made it in Oklahoma all month, even despite a period of persistent southerly winds late in the month. Much of the month's rain came around the beginning of the month, with heavy rain on the 3rd causing quite a bit of street flooding throughout Norman. Several tornadoes occurred in western Oklahoma on the 27th, otherwise not much in the way of severe weather occurred across the state all month.

Turlock CA - like much of the state - saw a summerlike weather pattern for much of the month. All of the month's rain came on the 1st and 25th, totaling just .65 inch for the entire month. The season total through month's end was 9.74 inches.