MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for MAR. 2009 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 -20.2 -14.3 3:45p -27.5 7:15a 38.5 0.0 0.0 1.3 27.4 4:00p S 30 2 -13.2 -7.6 11:30p -19.6 5:15a 31.4 0.0 0.0 4.7 32.2 11:45a S 30 3 -4.6 -0.9 3:45p -7.7 3:45a 22.8 0.0 0.0 10.5 38.6 2:15a S 29 4 -3.8 -1.5 2:00p -6.3 8:45a 22.1 0.0 0.0 7.6 32.2 12:15a S 28 5 -1.8 1.0 1:30p -5.3 4:15a 20.1 1.0 1.6 0.6 11.3 2:45a S 28 6 -7.4 -1.5 12:45a -16.0 12:00m 25.7 0.0 T 1.8 27.4 12:30p N 28 7 -15.6 -11.6 3:30p -21.7 7:15a 33.9 0.0 0.0 0.6 12.9 1:45p SSW 28 8 -10.4 -5.6 5:00p -15.9 4:15a 27.6 0.0 0.0 3.2 25.7 10:45a SSW 28 9 -11.4 -5.9 2:30a -20.3 12:00m 29.8 0.0 1.0 4.2 32.2 10:30a N 29 10 -22.0 -20.2 5:30p -23.9 6:00a 40.3 0.0 T 14.2 41.8 2:00p N 28 11 -21.2 -16.8 4:15p -24.4 7:45a 39.5 0.0 0.0 2.9 30.6 1:15a N 28 12 -17.4 -8.4 5:00p -25.2 4:45a 35.7 0.0 0.0 4.2 27.4 1:15p SSW 28 13 -8.9 0.4 4:30p -18.3 6:00a 27.3 0.0 0.0 4.5 20.9 1:15p SSW 28 14 -2.8 2.9 4:15p -8.2 8:15a 21.1 0.0 0.0 2.6 25.7 3:30a SSW 28 15 -0.1 8.7 4:15p -7.3 5:45a 18.4 0.0 0.3 1.4 20.9 5:15p SSW 27 16 0.8 6.8 4:30p -5.6 6:15a 17.4 0.0 0.0 2.9 27.4 12:00p SSW 25 17 -1.1 2.8 12:30a -5.5 12:00m 19.4 0.0 0.0 1.1 20.9 11:30a WNW 21 18 -10.6 -5.5 12:15a -13.8 12:00m 28.9 0.0 0.0 3.2 30.6 2:00p N 20 19 -10.1 -4.0 5:30p -17.7 7:45a 28.4 0.0 0.0 2.4 27.4 4:45p SSW 20 20 0.1 3.7 4:45p -5.9 12:15a 18.2 T T 2.6 25.7 10:45a SSW 20 21 2.0 5.7 5:00p -2.0 7:30a 16.3 T 0.0 1.1 17.7 1:15a N 18 22 3.8 7.1 5:30p 1.6 6:30a 14.5 3.6 0.0 1.6 32.2 9:45p SSE 16 23 2.8 4.0 5:00p 1.7 12:00m 15.5 3.0 0.0 0.5 25.7 1:00a S 13 24 -2.2 2.0 1:45a -5.5 12:00m 20.4 6.0 2.4 9.3 45.1 2:15p N 7 25 -8.4 -5.5 12:15a -10.9 11:30p 26.7 0.0 18.0 10.0 48.3 6:45a N 9 26 -9.6 -7.6 2:45p -12.2 12:00m 27.9 0.0 4.0 9.3 46.7 10:00a N 25 27 -13.1 -7.3 4:00p -17.3 8:00a 31.4 0.0 0.0 0.8 14.5 12:45a N 27 28 -10.7 -4.2 5:00p -17.6 2:45a 29.0 0.0 0.0 1.3 20.9 11:30a SSW 26 29 -6.5 0.1 5:00p -12.9 4:15a 24.8 0.0 0.0 0.2 12.9 12:45p SSW 25 30 -2.8 1.8 3:15p -8.4 4:15a 21.1 0.0 0.0 1.8 19.3 6:15p N 23 31 -1.3 3.2 2:45p -5.1 7:00a 19.6 0.0 8.0 4.0 29.0 3:00p N 20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -7.3 8.7 15 -27.5 1 793.9 13.6 35.0 3.8 48.3 25 N MARCH 2009 HIGHLIGHTS DRY AND COOL WITH A WET WINTERY FINISH - monthly mean of -7.8C at YWG ariport, almost 2C below normal (normal -6.1C) - variable temperatures with mild and cold spells - generally dry first 3 weeks, then active last week - major storm on the 22-25th brought significant rain, then heavy snow to southern MB - another snowstorm ended month with 13 cm of snow Mar 31-April 1st - snowfall of 35 cm for month brings total winter snowfall to 121 cm (normal 110 cm to end of April) - lots of flooding problems due to saturated frozen ground, heavy snowpack