March lived up to its reputation of being a transition month from winter to spring in Southern New England. Relative to normal, the coldest part of the month was in the middle, with some mild weather at the start and end. On average, the temperature was not far from normal, coming in at 0.4° below normal at TF Green Airport in Providence, RI. It was also about 0.5° below normal in Boston, MA. 1.0° below normal in Worcester, MA, and near normal in Hartford, CT.
Providence did not receive as much snow as most of Southern New England, with 4.9″ falling. That’s actually slightly below normal for the month. Boston (20.6″) and Worcester (30.9″) both received well above normal snowfall. It was a relatively dry month, with only 55% of the normal amount of precipitation in Providence. March is typically the wettest month of the year, with a normal total of 5″ in Providence. This year, there was 2.75″ of liquid precipitation. It’s not enough, however, to raise drought concerns because of the snowpack in New England. Here are a few other notes on the weather in Southern New England in March 2013.
- The high temperature in Providence for the month was 59° – reached each of the last three days of the month
- In Providence in 2012, there were 11 days when the temperature reached at least 60° in March
- The average monthly temperature in Providence was 38.5° – nearly 8° colder than 2012 (46.3°) which was the third warmest on record
- Both Worcester (8) and Boston (7) experienced a top-10 snowiest March.
- It was the snowiest combined February and March on record in Worcester, MA – 75.3″
The following is data from the National Weather Service
CXUS51 KBOX 011200
CF6PVD
PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6)
STATION: PROVIDENCE RI
MONTH: MARCH
YEAR: 2013
LATITUDE: 41 43 N
LONGITUDE: 71 26 W
TEMPERATURE IN F: :PCPN: SNOW: WIND :SUNSHINE: SKY :PK WND
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1 2 3 4 5 6A 6B 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
12Z AVG MX 2MIN
DY MAX MIN AVG DEP HDD CDD WTR SNW DPTH SPD SPD DIR MIN PSBL S-S WX SPD DR
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1 49 36 43 8 22 0 0.00 0.0 0 9.6 20 350 M M 8 25 350
2 41 34 38 3 27 0 0.00 0.0 0 6.9 11 340 M M 10 14 310
3 44 32 38 3 27 0 T T 0 7.7 15 310 M M 9 25 290
4 43 28 36 1 29 0 T T 0 13.6 23 300 M M 7 32 310
5 47 31 39 3 26 0 0.00 0.0 0 9.4 14 350 M M 7 23 340
6 43 32 38 2 27 0 0.01 T 0 17.8 32 20 M M 10 1 40 20
7 36 31 34 -2 31 0 0.16 1.0 0 23.2 35 10 M M 9 1 45 20
8 40 30 35 -1 30 0 0.21 1.3 1 19.2 28 10 M M 9 1 36 10
9 48 31 40 3 25 0 0.00 0.0 1 13.8 24 10 M M 1 32 10
10 47 30 39 2 26 0 0.00 0.0 0 6.2 13 180 M M 6 17 10
11 49 36 43 6 22 0 0.00 0.0 0 8.7 21 160 M M 10 1 24 150
12 54 40 47 9 18 0 0.95 0.0 0 11.3 28 190 M M 8 1 37 170
13 53 35 44 6 21 0 T 0.0 0 10.2 20 290 M M 5 25 290
14 36 24 30 -8 35 0 0.00 0.0 0 12.6 29 310 M M 6 39 300
15 43 24 34 -4 31 0 T T 0 12.6 23 240 M M 6 32 250
16 40 29 35 -4 30 0 0.00 0.0 0 6.1 15 280 M M 7 18 280
17 40 26 33 -6 32 0 0.00 0.0 0 9.2 22 300 M M 5 31 360
18 36 20 28 -11 37 0 0.15 0.3 0 8.6 17 90 M M 7 12 21 90
19 38 30 34 -6 31 0 1.10 2.3 0 11.2 22 10 M M 10 1246 31 240
20 41 28 35 -5 30 0 0.00 0.0 0 10.4 24 280 M M 3 31 290
21 39 28 34 -6 31 0 T T 0 7.2 15 340 M M 9 18 20 360
22 42 27 35 -6 30 0 0.00 0.0 0 11.9 21 280 M M 7 30 280
23 45 28 37 -4 28 0 0.00 0.0 0 13.6 29 290 M M 3 40 280
24 50 31 41 0 24 0 0.00 0.0 0 8.2 17 310 M M 4 22 290
25 48 31 40 -2 25 0 0.02 T 0 12.8 29 50 M M 7 1 37 60
26 49 34 42 0 23 0 0.03 T 0 9.3 21 360 M M 6 1 25 350
27 56 30 43 1 22 0 0.00 0.0 0 9.8 20 300 M M 4 26 280
28 50 37 44 1 21 0 T 0.0 0 7.6 20 10 M M 8 24 20
29 59 38 49 6 16 0 T 0.0 0 6.9 17 310 M M 6 24 350
30 59 39 49 6 16 0 0.00 0.0 0 8.0 16 310 M M 4 24 360
31 59 32 46 2 19 0 0.31 0.0 0 9.4 25 200 M M 6 1 37 190
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SM 1424 962 812 0 2.94 4.9 333.0 M 207
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AV 45.9 31.0 10.7 FASTST M M 7 MAX(MPH)
MISC ----> # 35 10 # 45 20
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NOTES:
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COLUMN 17 PEAK WIND IN M.P.H.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6) , PAGE 2
STATION: PROVIDENCE RI
MONTH: MARCH
YEAR: 2013
LATITUDE: 41 43 N
LONGITUDE: 71 26 W
[TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16
AVERAGE MONTHLY: 38.5 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 2.94 1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL: -0.4 DPTR FM NORMAL: -2.07 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST: 59 ON 31,30 GRTST 24HR 1.10 ON 19-19 TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST: 20 ON 18 3 = THUNDER
SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL 4 = ICE PELLETS
TOTAL MONTH: 4.9 INCHES 5 = HAIL
GRTST 24HR 2.3 ON M 6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE
GRTST DEPTH: 1 ON 9, 8 7 = DUSTSTORM OR SANDSTORM:
VSBY 1/2 MILE OR LESS
8 = SMOKE OR HAZE
[NO. OF DAYS WITH] [WEATHER - DAYS WITH] 9 = BLOWING SNOW
X = TORNADO
MAX 32 OR BELOW: 0 0.01 INCH OR MORE: 9
MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 0 0.10 INCH OR MORE: 6
MIN 32 OR BELOW: 22 0.50 INCH OR MORE: 2
MIN 0 OR BELOW: 0 1.00 INCH OR MORE: 1
[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO. 812 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 3
DPTR FM NORMAL 3 PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 19
TOTAL FM JUL 1 4633 CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 9
DPTR FM NORMAL -238
[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO. 0
DPTR FM NORMAL 0 [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1 0 HIGHEST SLP 30.47 ON 18
DPTR FM NORMAL 0 LOWEST SLP 29.47 ON 25
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