Monthly Climatological Summary Norman 3SE, Cleveland Co., OK (Lat 35^10'57"N, Lon 97^25'27"W, elev 1130) March 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Temperature Precipitation Snow AM PM Max Min Water Snow Depth Wx Wx ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Means and Totals for March 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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.