{"id":13655,"date":"2014-04-02T15:29:34","date_gmt":"2014-04-02T21:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=13655"},"modified":"2014-04-02T15:32:02","modified_gmt":"2014-04-02T21:32:02","slug":"march-2014-weather-recap-month-saw-near-normal-temperatures-and-precip-below-normal-snowfall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/thornton-weather\/march-2014-weather-recap-month-saw-near-normal-temperatures-and-precip-below-normal-snowfall\/","title":{"rendered":"March 2014 weather recap: Month saw near normal temperatures and precip, below normal snowfall."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Looking back at the month of March we see a period of relatively uneventful weather in the Denver area.\u00a0 Temperatures were near normal as was the amount of liquid precipitation, this despite the fact we saw well below normal snowfall.<\/p>\n<p>The month started very cold with the first two days failing to record readings above freezing and some light snowfall.\u00a0 That did not last long however and four mild days followed.\u00a0 A weak system then moved in with a couple more shots of snow over a three day period.<\/p>\n<p>Entering the second week of the month temperatures moderated and we saw some of our warmest readings of the month.\u00a0 Light snow on the 12th fell but did not cool things down too much.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/thornton-weather\/march-2014-top-shots-monthly-photo-slideshow\/\">March 2014 top shots: Monthly photo slideshow<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Two more very light snowfalls occurred in the last 10 days of the month while temperatures overall remained at or above normal.<\/p>\n<p>Thornton\u2019s average temperature for the month came in at 41.1 degrees, 0.7 degrees above the Denver average for March of 40.4 degrees.\u00a0 Out at Denver International Airport, the Mile High City saw an average monthly temperature of 40.9 degrees.<\/p>\n<p>Our warmest temperature for the month occurred on the 9th when the mercury climbed to 75.0 degrees.\u00a0 The coldest reading of 3.8 degrees happened on March 2.\u00a0 Denver\u2019s warmest and coldest temperatures were on the same days with readings of 73 degrees and 4 degrees.<\/p>\n<p>Two days, the first and the second, saw high temperatures below freezing.\u00a0 Low temperatures below freezing occurred on 22 of the 31 days.\u00a0 Denver saw similar readings.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of liquid precipitation, Thornton recorded 1.06 inches.\u00a0 This was a bit above Denver\u2019s March average of 0.92 inches.\u00a0 Denver was drier than normal recording 0.83 inches.<\/p>\n<p>The near normal precipitation came despite the fact we saw much less snow than normal.\u00a0 March is typically our snowiest with an average of 10.7 inches of the white stuff.\u00a0 Thornton saw a mere 6.5 inches and Denver 6.0 inches.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/climatedataout32014.html\">Click here to view Thornton\u2019s March 2014 climate report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-_jvmL7m4nfU\/UzyAQ7ZDOvI\/AAAAAAAAB2Q\/-ILGQ2X_nuA\/s800\/march-temps.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  \" alt=\"March 2014 temperature summary for Thornton, Colorado. (ThorntonWeather.com)\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-_jvmL7m4nfU\/UzyAQ7ZDOvI\/AAAAAAAAB2Q\/-ILGQ2X_nuA\/s580\/march-temps.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"359\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">March 2014 temperature summary for Thornton, Colorado. (ThorntonWeather.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-Y9dt8j8Ergc\/UzyAQ01U6sI\/AAAAAAAAB2M\/POwZ7BsmnWc\/s800\/march-precip.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  \" alt=\"March 2014 precipitation summary for Thornton, Colorado. (ThorntonWeather.com)\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-Y9dt8j8Ergc\/UzyAQ01U6sI\/AAAAAAAAB2M\/POwZ7BsmnWc\/s580\/march-precip.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"340\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">March 2014 precipitation summary for Thornton, Colorado. (ThorntonWeather.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<pre>CLIMATE REPORT...CORRECTED\r\nNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOULDER, CO\r\n725 PM MDT TUE APR 1 2014\r\n\r\n..............CORRECTED FOR TYPOS FOR THE FOLLOWING.................\r\n.....TEMPERATURES...SNOWFALL DEPARTURES AND PEAK WIND DIRECTION.....\r\n\r\n...................................\r\n\r\n...THE DENVER CO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2014...\r\n\r\nCLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010\r\nCLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2014\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            73   03\/09        84     -11       76  03\/15\r\nLOWEST              4   03\/02       -11      15        2  03\/25\r\nAVG. MAXIMUM     55.8              54.4     1.4     50.7\r\nAVG. MINIMUM     25.9              26.4    -0.5     24.6\r\nMEAN             40.9              40.4     0.5     37.7\r\nDAYS MAX &gt;= 90      0               0.0     0.0        0\r\nDAYS MAX &lt;= 32      2               1.9     0.1        3\r\nDAYS MIN &lt;= 32     23              23.6    -0.6       24\r\nDAYS MIN &lt;= 0       0               0.1    -0.1        0 \r\nPRECIPITATION (INCHES) \r\nRECORD\r\n  MAXIMUM         4.56   1983\r\n  MINIMUM         0.03   2012 \r\nTOTALS           0.83              0.92   -0.09     1.47 \r\nDAILY AVG.       0.03              0.03    0.00     0.05 \r\nDAYS &gt;= .01         9               5.9     3.1        6\r\nDAYS &gt;= .10         2               2.4    -0.4        4\r\nDAYS &gt;= .50         0               0.3    -0.3        0\r\nDAYS &gt;= 1.00        0               0.1    -0.1        0\r\nGREATEST\r\n 24 HR. TOTAL    0.32   03\/07 TO 03\/07           03\/22 TO 03\/22\r\n                                                          03\/22 TO 03\/22\r\n                                                          03\/22 TO 03\/22\r\n STORM TOTAL       MM                                 MM\r\n (MM\/DD(HH))            MM                    03\/22(00) TO 03\/22(00)\r\n                                                 03\/22(00) TO 03\/22(00)2\r\n                                                 03\/22(00) TO 03\/22(00)2\r\n\r\nSNOWFALL (INCHES)\r\nRECORDS\r\n TOTAL             MM   5\r\nTOTALS            6.0              10.7\r\n\r\nDEGREE_DAYS\r\nHEATING TOTAL     739               763     -24      840\r\n SINCE 7\/1       5258              5202      56     5112\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                        10\/07\r\nLATEST                          05\/05\r\n...................................................\r\n\r\nWIND (MPH)\r\nAVERAGE WIND SPEED              11.5\r\nRESULTANT WIND SPEED\/DIRECTION   3\/247\r\nHIGHEST WIND SPEED\/DIRECTION    45\/350    DATE  03\/18\r\nHIGHEST GUST SPEED\/DIRECTION    55\/350    DATE  03\/18\r\n\r\nSKY COVER\r\nPOSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM\r\nAVERAGE SKY COVER           0.60\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            6\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS PC             18\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          7\r\n\r\nAVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     50\r\n\r\nWEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH\r\nTHUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0\r\nHEAVY RAIN                0     RAIN                       2\r\nLIGHT RAIN                3     FREEZING RAIN              0\r\nLT FREEZING RAIN          1     HAIL                       0\r\nHEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       6\r\nLIGHT SNOW               10     SLEET                      0\r\nFOG                      12     FOG W\/VIS &lt;= 1\/4 MILE      5\r\nHAZE                      5\r\n\r\n-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.\r\nR  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.\r\nMM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.\r\nT  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking back at the month of March we see a period of relatively uneventful weather in the Denver area.\u00a0 Temperatures were near normal as was the amount of liquid precipitation, this despite the fact we saw well below normal snowfall. The month started very cold with the first two days failing to record readings above &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/thornton-weather\/march-2014-weather-recap-month-saw-near-normal-temperatures-and-precip-below-normal-snowfall\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">March 2014 weather recap: Month saw near normal temperatures and precip, below normal snowfall.<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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\/13655"}],"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=13655"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13659,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13655\/revisions\/13659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}