MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for MAR. 2002 NAME: Charleswood CITY: Winnipeg STATE: MB, CANADA ELEV: 235 m LAT: 49° 51' 00" N LONG: 97° 16' 00" W TEMPERATURE (°C), RAIN (mm), SNOW (cm), WIND SPEED (km/h) HEAT AVG MEAN DEG WIND DOM DAY TEMP HIGH TIME LOW TIME DAYS RAIN SNOW SPEED HIGH TIME DIR ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 -18.9 -10.3 3:30p -25.6 3:45a 36.2 0.0 0.0 1.6 29.0 12:15p SW 2 -20.1 -16.1 2:30p -24.3 12:00m 38.5 0.0 0.0 4.5 22.5 8:45p N 3 -18.3 -11.3 10:30p -28.7 5:30a 38.3 0.0 0.0 3.1 22.5 10:00p S 4 -10.7 -6.8 3:30p -16.1 7:30a 29.8 0.0 2.0 4.0 33.8 2:15p N 5 -16.2 -10.7 12:15a -20.2 11:45p 33.7 0.0 0.2 4.7 25.7 9:15a N 6 -19.2 -14.2 4:15p -24.0 6:15a 37.4 0.0 0.0 2.5 29.0 12:45p N 7 -16.3 -10.6 2:15p -22.7 12:15a 34.9 0.0 0.0 3.2 22.5 5:15p N 8 -14.0 -11.3 1:15p -17.9 6:30a 32.9 0.0 6.0 9.8 33.8 12:00m N 9 -13.8 -11.7 3:45p -15.9 11:15p 32.1 0.0 3.0 11.6 48.3 4:30p N 10 -13.5 -7.9 4:00p -20.4 7:15a 32.4 0.0 0.0 2.2 22.5 1:30a SSW 11 -9.8 -7.2 3:00p -12.1 4:15a 27.9 0.0 1.6 2.6 19.3 3:15p N 12 -5.6 1.1 3:15p -10.3 12:30a 22.9 0.0 5.0 5.3 35.4 7:15p N 13 -9.6 -4.3 4:00p -14.6 7:30a 27.7 0.0 0.0 3.1 22.5 9:45a N 14 -8.4 -3.1 11:30a -12.3 4:30a 26.0 0.0 0.0 4.6 27.4 3:45p N 15 -7.7 -1.4 8:45p -17.4 7:15a 27.7 0.0 0.0 3.4 22.5 10:45p S 16 -5.6 -1.8 1:45a -10.6 7:45a 24.5 0.0 0.0 6.6 27.4 4:15a N 17 -1.1 4.7 1:30p -6.2 6:00a 19.0 0.0 2.4 2.3 19.3 11:00a N 18 -11.2 0.3 12:15a -18.1 12:00m 27.2 0.0 2.6 3.4 22.5 3:45p N 19 -16.4 -10.9 3:30p -21.8 4:30a 34.6 0.0 0.0 2.2 19.3 11:00a N 20 -14.5 -10.2 2:45p -17.8 10:45p 32.3 0.0 0.0 3.6 33.8 4:45p N 21 -13.4 -7.9 3:00p -20.1 4:30a 32.3 0.0 0.0 4.8 33.8 12:45p N 22 -8.2 -2.2 4:15p -13.9 5:45a 26.3 0.0 0.0 3.8 32.2 4:00p N 23 -9.6 -5.3 3:45p -15.7 12:00m 28.8 0.0 0.0 7.4 33.8 8:45a N 24 -17.1 -13.8 1:45p -21.8 6:45a 36.1 0.0 0.0 5.8 27.4 2:00p N 25 -11.1 -2.4 3:45p -22.7 6:45a 30.9 0.0 0.0 2.0 25.7 1:15p SE 26 -3.7 2.9 3:45p -12.4 6:30a 23.0 0.0 0.0 8.8 43.5 1:15p S 27 2.0 7.6 5:00p -3.8 6:45a 16.4 0.0 0.0 12.6 46.7 12:30p S 28 3.7 8.2 2:15p 1.3 8:30a 13.5 0.6 0.0 3.9 27.4 12:30p N 29 1.7 6.4 2:30p -1.8 12:00m 16.0 0.0 0.0 3.9 35.4 4:30p N 30 -4.5 -1.5 1:00a -7.8 11:15p 22.9 0.0 0.0 4.8 29.0 1:15p N 31 -6.8 -2.4 3:45p -10.4 6:45a 24.7 0.0 0.0 4.8 32.2 3:45a N ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -10.3 8.2 28 -28.7 3 886.7 0.6 22.8 4.7 48.3 9 N Max >= 32.0: 0 Max <= 0.0: 24 Min <= 0.0: 30 Min <= -18.0: 12 Max Pcpn: 6.0 cm ON 03/08/02 Days of Pcpn: 8 (> .2 mm) 5 (> 2 mm) 0 (> 20 mm) MARCH 2002 HIGHLIGHTS: The winter that wouldn't start turned into the winter that wouldn't finish as cold weather finally settled over the Prairies during March. Daily temperatures were below normal on all but 5 days for the month, with the monthly mean of -10.3 at my site being over 3 degrees below normal, the first month below normal since last October. Precipitation for the month was normal at 23.4 mm, with all but 0.6 mm falling as snow. The greatest pcpn event was a 9.0 cm snowfall from the 8th-9th. Snow cover was persistent through the month, with 5 cm left on the ground by the 31st at my location.