The latter half of the month did turn largely cooler although there was a period from the 21st to the 25th with unseasonably warm mercury readings.\u00a0 Beyond that, things remained cool and we received a few, minor shots of snow and rain.<\/p>\n
In the end, the average temperatures for the month were above normal and while snowfall was less than normal, we recorded above average levels of precipitation.<\/p>\n
The overall average temperature in Thornton for the month was 42.6 degrees.\u00a0 This was a good bit above Denver\u2019s long term average for the month of 40.4 degrees. In the Mile High City at Denver International Airport where official measurements are kept, a similar average of 42.7 degrees was seen.<\/p>\n
Temperatures in Thornton ranged from a maximum of 74.2 degrees on the 22nd down to a low of 16.6 degrees on the 7th.\u00a0 At DIA, the warmest reading was 73 degrees and the coldest 13 degrees, both on the same days as our warmest \/ coldest readings.<\/p>\n
In terms of precipitation, Thornton saw 1.25 inches of liquid precipitation. Denver lagged us with 1.02 inches.\u00a0 Both measurements, however, were above the March long term average of 0.92 inches.<\/p>\n
March is usually one of our snowier months with an average of 10.7 inches recorded during the month. We fell a long ways short of that however with Thornton seeing 6.2 inches of the white stuff and Denver only 4.8 inches.<\/p>\n
Click here to view Thornton\u2019s March 2018 climate report<\/a>.<\/p>\n The month was one largely bereft of any true weather drama.\u00a0 It started out quite warm and dry and while we chilled out and got wetter for the second half, there were no significant events of note. The first couple of weeks of March were notable for their largely warmer than normal temperatures and their … Continue reading March 2018 weather recap: A warmer, wetter than normal month<\/span> ![\"Thornton,](\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018-03-temps-590x289.jpg\")
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<\/a>CLIMATE REPORT\r\nNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER\/BOULDER CO\r\n840 AM MDT SUN APR 1 2018\r\n\r\n...................................\r\n\r\n...THE DENVER CO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2018...\r\n\r\nCLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010\r\nCLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2018\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\/22 84 -11 81 03\/18\r\nLOWEST 13 03\/07 -11 24 14 03\/01\r\nAVG. MAXIMUM 58.5 54.4 4.1 64.0\r\nAVG. MINIMUM 26.8 26.4 0.4 31.9\r\nMEAN 42.7 40.4 2.3 47.9\r\nDAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0\r\nDAYS MAX <= 32 0 1.9 -1.9 0\r\nDAYS MIN <= 32 27 23.6 3.4 16\r\nDAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.1 -0.1 0\r\n\r\nPRECIPITATION (INCHES)\r\nRECORD\r\n MAXIMUM 4.56 1983\r\n MINIMUM 0.03 2012\r\nTOTALS 1.02 0.92 0.10 0.90\r\nDAILY AVG. 0.03 0.03 0.00 0.03\r\nDAYS >= .01 6 5.9 0.1 6\r\nDAYS >= .10 3 2.4 0.6 3\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 0.33 03\/18 TO 03\/18 03\/24 TO 03\/24\r\n\r\n\r\n OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S\r\n\r\nSNOWFALL (INCHES)\r\nTOTALS 4.8 10.7\r\n\r\nDEGREE_DAYS\r\nHEATING TOTAL 684 763 -79 523\r\n SINCE 7\/1 4741 5202 -461 4325\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 2\/218\r\nHIGHEST WIND SPEED\/DIRECTION 46\/280 DATE 03\/05\r\nHIGHEST GUST SPEED\/DIRECTION 64\/290 DATE 03\/23\r\n\r\nSKY COVER\r\nPOSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM\r\nAVERAGE SKY COVER 0.50\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 8\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS PC 22\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 1\r\n\r\nAVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 46\r\n\r\nWEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH\r\nTHUNDERSTORMS 1 MIXED PRECIP 2\r\nHEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 5\r\nLIGHT RAIN 5 FREEZING RAIN 0\r\nLT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0\r\nHEAVY SNOW 2 SNOW 4\r\nLIGHT SNOW 7 FOG W\/VIS <=1\/4 MILE 2\r\nFOG 7 HAZE 1\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":"