MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for MAR. 2011 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 SNOW RAIN SPEED HIGH TIME DIR SOG ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 -19.5 -10.1 12:15a -24.9 11:45p 37.8 0.0 0.0 3.7 45.1 1:45p NW 38 2 -21.5 -17.2 11:45a -28.5 6:00a 39.8 0.0 0.0 0.3 12.9 5:00p S 37 3 -12.9 -9.6 1:15p -17.5 12:45a 31.2 1.0 0.0 0.5 12.9 2:15a S 37 4 -12.9 -10.4 2:00p -14.6 7:15p 31.2 0.4 0.0 1.4 22.5 10:30a NW 37 5 -14.2 -11.8 1:30p -16.8 4:30a 32.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.3 2:45p NW 36 6 -15.7 -12.8 2:00p -19.6 12:00m 34.0 TR 0.0 1.0 29.0 5:15p NW 36 7 -18.8 -12.9 2:45p -25.4 7:15a 37.1 0.4 0.0 0.2 16.1 2:00p NNE 36 8 -14.3 -6.7 3:15p -24.6 5:45a 32.6 0.4 0.0 0.0 9.7 2:15p NNE 36 9 -8.1 -3.7 1:15p -13.4 6:45a 26.3 0.6 0.0 0.0 9.7 3:15p NNE 37 10 -9.9 -4.4 4:45p -18.0 6:15a 28.2 0.0 0.0 3.5 38.6 1:45p S 37 11 -1.9 5.8 2:00p -13.3 12:00m 20.2 5.0 0.0 4.0 35.4 1:00a SSE 37 12 -15.9 -13.3 12:15a -17.9 9:00a 34.2 0.0 0.0 2.3 35.4 8:45a N 37 13 -12.7 -8.6 4:15p -16.1 1:45a 29.7 TR 0.0 3.4 40.2 8:45p SW 37 14 -5.3 0.3 12:00m -11.6 1:00a 23.6 0.0 0.0 6.4 43.5 3:15p SSW 37 15 1.6 5.9 4:00p -3.7 12:00m 16.7 0.0 0.0 3.9 40.2 1:00p WNW 37 16 -0.2 5.5 2:15p -6.2 5:15a 18.5 0.0 2.0 1.3 29.0 2:30p SSE 33 17 -3.4 1.2 1:00a -9.3 11:30p 21.7 0.6 0.0 3.9 40.2 3:45p NW 30 18 -9.8 -4.8 3:45p -14.9 7:45a 28.1 0.0 0.0 0.6 17.7 12:15a NW 29 19 -1.9 2.9 4:15p -8.1 12:15a 20.3 TR TR 1.6 20.9 12:15p SE 29 20 1.6 2.4 5:15a 0.3 9:15p 16.7 1.0 8.0 1.1 19.3 3:45a SE 27 21 1.5 4.0 5:30p -0.4 10:00a 15.8 0.0 0.0 1.8 20.9 5:00a ENE 26 22 0.3 2.7 4:00p -3.8 12:00m 18.0 0.0 0.0 5.8 40.2 10:30a ESE 25 23 -6.4 -2.0 5:15p -10.9 7:45a 24.7 0.0 0.0 4.0 30.6 12:15a NE 25 24 -6.9 0.4 1:15p -15.7 7:15a 25.2 0.0 0.0 0.3 16.1 6:30p NNW 24 25 -5.9 0.7 4:30p -14.7 7:15a 24.2 0.0 0.0 0.5 19.3 4:15p ENE 24 26 -5.3 -0.6 3:00p -12.2 7:45a 23.6 0.0 0.0 0.6 16.1 2:45p ENE 23 27 -4.7 2.2 1:45p -13.1 7:30a 23.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 17.7 3:30p S 23 28 -4.1 3.5 2:30p -11.4 7:15a 22.4 0.0 0.0 0.5 16.1 5:45p S 23 29 -3.1 4.1 2:15p -11.9 7:15a 21.4 0.0 0.0 0.2 17.7 3:30p S 22 30 0.1 4.0 2:15p -3.7 1:45a 18.3 0.0 0.0 3.1 33.8 4:45p SSW 21 31 0.9 2.8 3:15p 0.1 2:00a 17.3 TR 2.0 2.1 22.5 10:00a SSW 20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -7.4 5.9 15 -28.5 2 794.2 9.4 12.0 1.9 45.1 1 NW MARCH 2011 HIGHLIGHTS ..A slow start to spring.. - mean of -8.5C at YWG airport, 2.4C below normal (-6.1C) and 8C below March 2010 (-0.6C) - snowfall was below normal at only 9.4 cm (normal 16 cm) - rainfall was a little above normal (12 mm vs 9 mm) - max temperature of only +4.4c for the month at YWG airport (March 30th) - snowcover of 20 cm at my site on the 31st (3 cm snowdepth at YWG airport)