{"id":10708,"date":"2013-04-04T07:35:47","date_gmt":"2013-04-04T13:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=10708"},"modified":"2013-04-04T07:35:47","modified_gmt":"2013-04-04T13:35:47","slug":"march-2013-thornton-weather-recap-cool-month-brings-much-needed-precipitation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/thornton-weather\/march-2013-thornton-weather-recap-cool-month-brings-much-needed-precipitation\/","title":{"rendered":"March 2013 Thornton weather recap: Cool month brings much-needed precipitation"},"content":{"rendered":"

With snowpack lagging and spring set to arrive, hopes were high that March could bring some relief to Colorado\u2019s parched landscape and Mother Nature did oblige.\u00a0 March 2013 brought above average snowfall and cooler than normal temperatures.<\/p>\n

The month started out with near normal temperatures but the first in a series of disturbances throughout the month arrived on the 4th.\u00a0 A couple of inches was delivered to the area on the date which was followed by a few days of mild weather.<\/p>\n

The warmth did not last as another storm system which began a repeating pattern across the month with mild temperatures followed by periods of cold and snow.<\/p>\n

Thornton\u2019s overall average temperature for the month came in at 38.3 degrees.\u00a0 At Denver\u2019s official weather station at Denver International Airport the month averaged 37.7 degrees.\u00a0 Both locations\u2019 average temperatures were below the March historical average (1981 to 2010) of 40.4 degrees.<\/p>\n

We recorded 25 days with low temperatures dropping below the freezing mark.\u00a0 Three days saw high temperatures fail to climb above 32 degrees.<\/p>\n

Our warmest temperature during March 2013 was a reading of 78.6 degrees on the 15th.\u00a0 The coldest reading was on the 24th when the mercury dropped to a bone-chilling 2 degrees.\u00a0 Out at DIA, the warmest reading was 76 degrees on the 15th and the coldest was 2 degrees on the 25th.<\/p>\n

In terms of precipitation, Thornton saw 1.45 inches in the rain bucket, almost all from snow.\u00a0 Denver\u2019s numbers were near identical at 1.47 inches.\u00a0 Both were well above the March average of 0.92 inch.<\/p>\n

Snowfall was the big story for the month as Thornton recorded 20.2 inches of the white stuff.\u00a0 Out at DIA the Mile High City saw even more as it measured 23.5 inches.\u00a0 March historically averages 10.7 inches so we were well above normal while the month\u2019s reputation as our snowiest month of the year held true.<\/p>\n

The month did come very close to making the list of \u2018top 10 snowiest Marches<\/a>.\u2019\u00a0 The number 10 spot on that list came in 1981 when 24.0 inches was recorded.<\/p>\n

Despite the cold and snow, only one weather record was set during the month.\u00a0 The 11.6 inches of snow recorded at DIA from the 22nd to the 23rd set a two-day snowfall total record for the date, besting the previous mark of 8.0 inches set in 2010.<\/p>\n

Click here to view the ThorntonWeather.com March 2013 Climate Summary<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Thornton, Colorado March 2013 Temperatures<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Thornton, Colorado March 2013 Precipitation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
...THE DENVER CO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2013...\r\n\r\nCLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010\r\nCLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2013\r\n\r\nWEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S\r\n                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE  DATE(S)\r\n                                          NORMAL\r\n................................................................\r\nTEMPERATURE (F)\r\nRECORD\r\n HIGH              84   03\/26\/1971\r\n LOW              -11   03\/28\/1886\r\nHIGHEST            76   03\/15        84      -8       81  03\/31\r\nLOWEST              2   03\/25       -11      13       16  03\/02\r\nAVG. MAXIMUM     50.7              54.4    -3.7     65.5\r\nAVG. MINIMUM     24.6              26.4    -1.8     32.9\r\nMEAN             37.7              40.4    -2.7     49.2\r\nDAYS MAX >= 90      0               0.0     0.0        0\r\nDAYS MAX = .01         6               5.9     0.1        2\r\nDAYS >= .10         4               2.4     1.6        0\r\nDAYS >= .50         0               0.3    -0.3        0\r\nDAYS >= 1.00        0               0.1    -0.1        0\r\nGREATEST\r\n 24 HR. TOTAL    0.47   03\/22 TO 03\/22           03\/01 TO 03\/02\r\n                                                          03\/01 TO 03\/01\r\n                                                          03\/01 TO 03\/01\r\n STORM TOTAL       MM                                 MM\r\n (MM\/DD(HH))            MM                    03\/02(00) TO 03\/02(00)\r\n                                                 03\/01(00) TO 03\/01(00)1\r\n                                                 03\/01(00) TO 03\/01(00)1\r\n\r\nSNOWFALL (INCHES)\r\nRECORDS\r\n TOTAL             MM   5\r\nTOTALS           23.5              10.7\r\n\r\nDEGREE_DAYS\r\nHEATING TOTAL     840               763      77      483\r\n SINCE 7\/1       5112              5202     -90     4863\r\nCOOLING TOTAL       0                 0       0        0\r\n SINCE 1\/1          0                 0       0        0\r\n\r\nFREEZE DATES\r\nRECORD\r\n EARLIEST     09\/08\/1962\r\n LATEST       06\/08\/2007\r\nEARLIEST      03\/01             10\/07\r\nLATEST                          05\/05\r\n..................................................\r\n\r\nWIND (MPH)\r\nAVERAGE WIND SPEED              10.1\r\nRESULTANT WIND SPEED\/DIRECTION   1\/223\r\nHIGHEST WIND SPEED\/DIRECTION    38\/010    DATE  03\/09\r\nHIGHEST GUST SPEED\/DIRECTION    47\/280    DATE  03\/17\r\n\r\nSKY COVER\r\nPOSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM\r\nAVERAGE SKY COVER           0.60\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            2\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS PC             20\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          9\r\n\r\nAVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     53\r\n\r\nWEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH\r\nTHUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0\r\nHEAVY RAIN                0     RAIN                       0\r\nLIGHT RAIN                1     FREEZING RAIN              0\r\nLT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0\r\nHEAVY SNOW                3     SNOW                       5\r\nLIGHT SNOW                8     SLEET                      0\r\nFOG                       9     FOG W\/VIS<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
With snowpack lagging and spring set to arrive, hopes were high that March could bring some relief to Colorado\u2019s parched landscape and Mother Nature did oblige.\u00a0 March 2013 brought above average snowfall and cooler than normal temperatures. The month started out with near normal temperatures but the first in a series of disturbances throughout the … Continue reading March 2013 Thornton weather recap: Cool month brings much-needed precipitation<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[235],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10708"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10708"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10709,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10708\/revisions\/10709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}