MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for MAR. 2013 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 -11.6 -4.4 2:00p -17.5 6:45a 29.9 0.0 0.0 2.4 20.9 12:00p WSW 38 2 -8.4 -4.6 3:15p -15.2 12:15a 26.7 0.0 0.0 8.7 35.4 1:00p SSW 38 3 -3.6 -0.2 3:15p -6.1 3:00a 21.9 0.0 0.0 6.0 30.6 11:45a S 38 4 -4.4 -1.6 12:15a -6.1 10:00p 22.7 0.0 15.0 8.4 33.8 9:30a ENE 41 5 -6.4 -3.5 2:15p -9.4 7:15p 24.7 0.0 4.0 6.0 25.7 11:15a NNE 55 6 -8.4 -2.8 2:30p -15.4 10:15p 26.7 0.0 TR 1.9 20.9 12:45p SW 54 7 -7.3 -0.9 2:30p -16.6 1:45a 25.6 0.0 TR 5.8 35.4 1:30p SE 52 8 -5.2 -1.8 1:45p -8.9 8:45p 23.5 0.0 0.0 5.1 29.0 9:30a WSW 50 9 -5.2 -0.3 1:00p -8.2 12:30a 23.4 0.0 0.0 3.7 27.4 12:00m NW 49 10 -8.6 -4.4 4:30p -14.7 12:00m 25.7 0.0 0.0 4.5 32.2 12:15a NW 48 11 -9.1 -1.7 3:45p -15.7 5:15a 27.4 0.0 0.0 1.4 16.1 12:00p NNE 48 12 -8.3 -3.3 1:45p -14.4 12:00m 26.6 0.0 TR 6.6 38.6 12:30p NW 47 13 -13.3 -7.2 11:45p -22.1 7:45a 31.6 0.0 0.0 5.8 32.2 4:15p SSW 47 14 -5.3 -0.2 3:15p -11.1 12:00m 23.6 0.0 0.0 7.7 30.6 8:30p SSW 46 15 -15.1 -11.1 12:15a -18.3 11:45p 33.3 0.0 0.4 7.4 29.0 9:15a NNE 46 16 -17.1 -11.4 2:30p -24.9 12:00m 35.4 0.0 0.0 4.8 33.8 3:15p NW 45 17 -16.9 -9.8 12:00m -26.9 3:15a 35.2 0.0 2.0 6.8 40.2 12:45p S 45 18 -10.3 -8.2 1:15p -16.8 12:00m 28.6 0.0 14.0 8.5 40.2 1:30p NW 58 19 -15.1 -8.7 4:30p -22.2 7:45a 33.4 0.0 0.0 6.4 40.2 4:15p NW 58 20 -14.4 -7.2 4:30p -21.3 7:30a 32.7 0.0 0.0 5.6 27.4 3:00p NW 56 21 -12.5 -3.3 3:30p -21.2 7:45a 30.8 0.0 0.0 2.1 16.1 4:30p N 55 22 -10.3 -0.2 1:45p -21.2 7:45a 28.6 0.0 0.0 2.6 17.7 11:30a NNE 54 23 -7.8 -0.4 4:15p -16.6 6:45a 26.1 0.0 0.0 3.2 20.9 6:00p NNE 53 24 -4.1 0.8 3:45p -7.7 7:45a 22.4 0.0 TR 5.5 25.7 5:45p N 52 25 -4.7 -0.1 4:00p -10.0 12:00m 23.0 0.0 TR 4.3 19.3 2:15p NW 51 26 -7.7 0.1 2:00p -16.6 7:30a 26.0 0.0 0.0 2.1 16.1 2:00p SW 50 27 -8.2 0.8 5:15p -17.9 7:00a 26.5 0.0 0.0 1.6 12.9 3:30p SW 49 28 -4.2 3.6 3:15p -12.8 6:45a 22.5 0.0 0.0 2.6 19.3 1:00p SSW 48 29 -4.8 0.9 5:00p -9.1 2:00a 23.2 0.0 0.0 5.0 22.5 3:45p SSW 46 30 -0.7 6.4 3:45p -6.3 5:30a 19.0 0.0 1.0 4.2 29.0 11:30p NW 44 31 -5.9 -2.0 12:45a -10.1 12:00m 24.2 0.0 0.0 9.0 33.8 1:15a NW 40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -8.5 6.4 30 -26.9 17 831.1 0.0 36.4 5.0 40.2 17 NW ..MARCH 2013 HIGHLIGHTS.. NO SIGNS OF SPRING AS COLD MARCH EXTENDS WINTER OF 2012-13.. - abnormally cold March with above normal snowfall - mean of -10.9C at YWG airport was 5C below normal, coldest since 2002 (-11.7C) - only 2 days with max temps above 0.0C at YWG airport, max of only +2.3C (28th) - every day from March 10th through the end of the month was below normal - dramatic difference (13C colder) from March 2012 which was warmest on record (+2.2C) - 36 cm of snow above normal for March (16 cm average), 160 cm now for the winter - deep snowpack of 40-60 cm deepest this late since April 1997 - little in the way of mild weather as persistent Arctic airmass stays locked over Pariries