MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for MAR. 2006 NAME: Charleswood CITY: Winnipeg STATE: MB ELEV: 235 m LAT: 49° 54' 00" N LONG: 97° 18' 00" W TEMPERATURE (°C), SNOW/SOG (cm), RAIN (mm), WIND SPEED (km/h) HEAT AVG MEAN DEG WIND DOM DAY TEMP HIGH TIME LOW TIME DAYS RAIN SNOW SPEED HIGH TIME DIR SOG ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 -6.8 -4.7 1:00p -8.1 5:30a 25.1 0.0 13.0 5.8 27.4 11:15p ENE 26 2 -7.4 -5.4 1:15p -9.2 7:30a 25.8 0.0 T 7.9 32.2 3:15a N 37 3 -8.0 -4.8 1:45p -14.4 12:00m 26.3 0.0 0.0 1.4 16.1 12:15a N 36 4 -6.1 0.3 3:00p -15.9 3:45a 24.3 0.0 0.0 2.1 20.9 4:30p ENE 36 5 -1.9 -0.6 3:00a -2.6 7:45a 20.0 0.0 8.0 2.9 19.3 4:00a ENE 35 6 -1.9 -0.2 11:30a -3.5 7:45a 20.3 0.0 0.0 4.2 30.6 10:15p N 43 7 -0.3 1.3 1:00p -2.2 1:45a 18.6 0.0 0.0 10.0 46.7 1:45p SSW 40 8 -0.7 2.4 1:15p -4.2 6:45a 18.4 T T 1.3 16.1 1:30a NNW 38 9 -0.7 1.4 1:30p -3.3 12:00m 14.1 0.0 0.0 2.1 20.9 10:45a SSW 35 10 -0.3 3.4 1:45p -3.5 2:45a 18.6 0.0 0.0 2.3 22.5 1:45p S 34 11 -2.6 1.3 12:00p -5.3 4:45a 20.8 0.0 3.6 1.1 19.3 12:00m SW 33 12 -8.6 -3.1 12:15a -13.0 10:45p 26.9 0.0 T 5.3 32.2 6:00a N 36 13 -11.8 -7.2 2:45p -15.9 7:30a 30.1 0.0 0.0 3.7 30.6 3:30p N 36 14 -12.7 -7.4 2:45p -17.5 7:00a 30.7 0.0 0.0 2.4 22.5 1:15p N 36 15 -11.7 -4.2 1:15p -19.5 5:45a 30.0 0.0 0.0 2.9 25.7 4:00p N 35 16 -10.1 -5.7 3:15p -15.4 7:00a 28.4 0.0 0.0 4.3 22.5 3:15p N 35 17 -8.1 -0.6 3:15p -16.8 6:45a 26.4 0.0 0.0 1.6 17.7 5:45p N 35 18 -6.3 -0.3 4:30p -11.6 7:00a 24.6 0.0 0.0 3.7 22.5 2:00p ENE 35 19 -5.7 -2.3 2:15p -13.5 7:15a 24.0 0.0 0.0 4.8 25.7 4:15p N 34 20 -4.4 1.8 1:15p -8.9 7:00a 22.7 0.0 0.0 4.5 27.4 3:00p ENE 33 21 -5.0 0.3 11:45a -10.2 3:15a 23.3 0.0 0.0 3.9 22.5 1:45p N 32 22 -5.3 1.3 3:30p -11.7 5:15a 23.6 0.0 0.0 6.4 29.0 2:30p N 31 23 -4.3 1.6 5:45p -11.3 5:15a 22.7 0.0 0.0 6.9 33.8 5:45p N 31 24 -0.2 2.5 3:30p -2.7 6:30a 18.5 0.0 0.0 6.4 27.4 2:45p N 31 25 0.0 3.3 12:00p -4.4 3:30a 18.3 0.0 0.0 2.9 32.2 11:45p SSW 30 26 1.7 5.1 3:45p -0.9 6:45a 16.6 0.0 0.0 7.2 35.4 2:45a SSE 28 27 1.2 3.1 10:45a -1.8 12:00m 17.1 1.0 0.0 2.7 25.7 12:00p SSW 25 28 -0.3 4.4 2:30p -5.1 6:30a 18.7 0.0 0.0 4.8 33.8 8:00p SSW 23 29 2.8 5.2 3:15p 0.6 6:45a 15.5 0.3 0.0 3.9 20.9 2:30a S 20 30 2.8 4.4 6:30a 1.5 11:30p 15.4 9.7 0.0 7.7 38.6 10:15p N 12 31 1.6 5.3 2:30p -2.7 12:00m 16.7 4.1 0.0 12.7 43.5 2:15a N 7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -3.9 5.3 31 -19.5 15 682.4 15.1 24.6 4.5 46.7 7 N MARCH HIGHLIGHTS MEAN TEMP: -3.9C (+2.2C ABOVE NORMAL) RAIN: 15.1 mm SNOW: 24.6 cm TOTAL: 39.7 mm (Normal: 21.5 mm) Temperatures were generally normal for the month with no real mild or cold spells. There were three snowfalls in the first 11 days of the month, totalling 24 cm then a spell of sunny dry weather through midmonth with cooler than normal temperatures. The month ended with some cloudy milder weather and some rainfall, which quickly reduced the snowpack to 7 cm by month's end. Overall, a quiet end to an easy winter.