MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for MAR. 2008 NAME: Charleswood CITY: Winnipeg STATE: MB ELEV: 235 m LAT: 49° 54' 00" N LONG: 97° 18' 00" W TEMPERATURE (°C), RAIN (mm), SNOW/SOG (cm), 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 -8.0 -1.6 10:00p -15.0 12:15a 22.7 0.0 0.0 6.0 33.8 6:45p S 23 2 -6.3 0.4 12:30p -16.8 12:00m 24.6 0.0 0.0 8.2 54.7 4:30p N 23 3 -18.6 -15.7 2:00p -21.1 8:30p 36.9 0.0 0.0 1.9 32.2 1:15a N 22 4 -14.3 -8.2 2:15p -18.6 12:15a 32.6 0.0 3.0 1.8 22.5 4:45p N 23 5 -17.9 -11.4 3:45p -23.5 7:00a 36.2 0.0 0.0 0.8 16.1 2:30p NW 24 6 -22.8 -17.8 4:00p -27.2 12:00m 41.1 0.0 0.0 1.8 32.2 1:30p N 24 7 -21.5 -13.4 11:45p -30.5 6:15a 39.8 0.0 1.0 8.0 43.5 6:30p SSW 23 8 -10.9 -8.7 3:30p -13.4 12:15a 29.2 0.0 4.0 6.1 48.3 1:45a SSW 24 9 -14.5 -10.4 5:00p -20.1 8:00a 30.8 0.0 0.0 3.1 19.3 3:15p SSW 25 10 -8.8 0.5 12:00m -15.5 5:45a 26.0 0.0 0.0 6.4 32.2 4:00p SSW 24 11 -0.1 5.4 4:45p -3.4 8:15a 13.6 0.0 0.0 1.6 22.5 3:30a N 23 12 -0.3 2.9 2:30p -4.4 1:00a 18.6 TR TR 4.0 33.8 1:00p SSW 18 13 0.2 2.7 2:45p -6.5 12:00m 18.1 0.0 TR 5.0 45.1 8:15p N 15 14 -7.9 -5.3 4:30p -11.3 12:00m 26.2 0.0 1.0 6.8 32.2 12:30a N 13 15 -10.9 -5.6 3:00p -16.8 8:00a 29.2 0.0 0.0 1.4 17.7 4:00p N 13 16 -7.3 -1.2 5:45p -15.6 7:30a 25.7 0.0 0.0 7.2 43.5 10:45p SSW 13 17 -0.2 1.9 3:00p -2.3 2:15a 18.3 0.0 TR 11.7 46.7 4:15a SSW 13 18 1.1 5.6 4:30p -3.6 11:00p 16.2 0.0 0.0 5.0 30.6 11:30a N 12 19 -5.2 -2.5 4:15p -10.4 7:45a 16.9 0.0 0.0 3.9 29.0 2:45p N 11 20 -4.7 2.2 4:00p -11.1 4:45a 23.0 0.0 0.0 1.9 22.5 1:15p SW 11 21 -1.1 4.9 4:30p -7.9 7:45a 19.4 0.0 0.0 0.6 16.1 2:45p SW 10 22 -3.6 0.1 12:15a -10.6 12:00m 21.8 0.0 0.4 8.2 40.2 9:15p N 9 23 -8.8 -2.8 5:00p -15.6 7:30a 27.1 0.0 0.0 2.9 25.7 6:15p N 9 24 -4.5 0.1 8:30p -8.8 7:00a 22.8 0.0 3.0 7.4 41.8 2:45p S 8 25 -4.5 -1.5 12:15a -8.2 9:15a 22.3 0.0 0.4 6.6 40.2 2:30a N 9 26 -9.5 -4.8 2:45p -14.7 7:30a 20.3 0.0 0.0 1.8 27.4 3:45p N 8 27 -8.7 -1.1 4:45p -17.1 7:00a 27.0 0.0 0.0 1.3 17.7 11:15a SSW 8 28 -1.1 3.3 2:30p -5.9 12:15a 18.6 0.0 TR 2.9 22.5 5:00a SSW 8 29 0.8 2.2 5:15p 0.2 1:00a 17.5 4.0 3.4 5.5 33.8 12:00m SSW 6 30 0.6 3.8 3:15p -5.0 12:00m 17.7 0.0 1.0 9.0 56.3 11:45a N 7 31 -2.7 1.5 3:15p -6.4 2:15a 21.0 0.0 0.0 5.0 32.2 4:45p N 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -7.2 5.6 18 -30.5 7 761.2 4.0 17.2 4.6 56.3 30 N MARCH 2008 HIGHLIGHTS.. ..A SLOW START TO SPRING.. March 2008 was an exceptionally quiet month with very little in terms of significant weather and generally below normal temperatures. The monthly mean temperature of -8.5C at Winnipeg airport was about 2.5 degrees below average, and was the coolest March since 2002 (-11.7C) At my site, the monthly mean was -7.2C, a degree below the 30 year average for March (-6.1C) Temperatures were well below normal over the first 10 days of the month, and then were seasonably cool through the rest of the month. Springlike weather was reluctant to arrive this year, with temperatures only managing to climb to a monthly high of +3.7C on the 18th (+5.6C at my site) As a result, snowcover was slow to leave this year with 4 cm of snow still on the ground by month's end. Snowfall for the month was near normal with about 17 cm recorded at my site, compared to 16 cm in an average March. Snowfall was distributed with minor events through the month, except for a more significant storm on the 29th that brought 15-30 cm of snow through western MB and the Interlake, but only about 5 cm in Winnipeg along with some rain. Snowfall since Nov 1st at my site is now 101 cm for the season, which averages about 109 cm to the end of April. All in all, a slow to start to spring with below normal temperatures but little weather.