March 2002 Saint Cloud 天气 Summary
本月每日统计
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日期:2002年4月1日
SUBJECT: Even when we’re cold, we’re not that cold
2002年3月1日. 云天气摘要
March in Saint Cloud was the first real winter month. 平均气温18.6 degrees at the Saint Cloud Municipal Airport was nearly 10 degrees colder than normal. This made March 2002 the 8th coldest March in the 121 years of Saint Cloud records and the coldest March since 1965. 平均最高28.0度,平均最低9度.2度 would be more typical of February 20 or 21 than of March. The high temperature on March 3 only reached 3 degrees, breaking the daily record by 7 degrees and making March 3, 2002, the 4th coldest March daily high temperature ever. There were also 6 days with a below zero low during March 2002. The normal number of below zero days in March is 3.5.
What made this March different from the earlier months? We had cold spells at the end of every month since November that persisted into the early portion of the following month. The key difference was having a snow cover and adding to it. When the early March arctic air finally receded, we got another 3.5 inches in new snow cover on the 8th and 9th. Then, when that snow finally melted, we got walloped by the March 14 storm. 这场风暴产生了10个.4英寸 at Selke Field and 15-20 inches elsewhere in central Minnesota.
The March snowfall, thanks to these storms, totaled 19.8 inches, more than 10 inches above normal. This made March 2002 the 5th snowiest March in the 102 years of Saint Cloud snowfall records. 这是自1985年以来最大雪的三月. 然而, those 4 Marches that rank ahead of March 2002 had incredible snowfalls, 到1965年3月为止, the snowiest month in Saint Cloud history with 51.7英寸. March 2002 was also the snowiest month in Saint Cloud since January 1996 (21.9英寸).
The heavy March snowfall brings the seasonal snowfall total to 48.7寸,大于5寸.在三月份比正常高出5英寸. We are now above the average cold season snowfall of 45.5英寸,尽管是温和的冬天.
While the Twin Cities didn’t make it, March 2002 was also the coldest month of this winter. It was colder than January (which had temperatures typical of March) by more than 2度. This is the first time in the 120 winters in Saint Cloud records that March has been the coldest month of the cold season. January has been the coldest month 78 times (65.0%), February was the coldest month 26 times (21.7%), and December was the coldest month 16 times (13.3%).
The melted precipitation was officially 1.51英寸. 然而, there was a problem with that total. The sleet and freezing rain during the storms of March 5-6 and March 8-9 were not included in the total melted precipitation. The SCSU accumulated precipitation during those two storms were .85 inch while the official reading recorded only .36英寸. So, perhaps half an inch of melted precipitation was lost during these storms.
然而, even when Saint Cloud records are cold this year, they are not that cold. The 6 below zero days in March brings the seasonal total to only 12 days. That is still 4 fewer days with below zero temperatures than any previous cold season. So, we have an excellent chance to break the 1997-1998 record for the fewest cold season below zero days. While March 2002 has been the coldest month of the winter, this would be only the second cold season in which our coldest temperature had an average temperature above 18 degrees. The mildest minimum reading was the winter of 1930-31 when December 1930, 那年冬天最冷的一个月, 平均气温19度.4度.
也, the coldest low temperature for this season so far has been –9 degrees, set on January 18 and tied on March 1st and 3rd. 在这个冬天之前, the mildest winter season daily low temperature was also during the winter of 1930-31 when the lowest temperature was –13, 定于11月30日和12月1日举行. So, we have never had a winter without at least one low of –10 or colder. The odds are good that we will do it this winter.
Finally, the five-month average temperature (November 1 through March 31) for this cold season is 26.1度. That is the second warmest November through March average temperature. 最温暖的? Just two years ago during the non-winter of 1999-2000 when the average temperature was 26.2度. Note also that all four of the mild winters we’ve had during the past five years are in the top 10. So, even when we are cold, we are not that cold.
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二零零二年三月统计数字 2002年3月 正常的
温度(°F)
平均高 28.0 37.6
平均水平低 9.2 19.1
平均温度 18.6* 28.4
最高温 27日47分
最冷高温 3 on the 3rd (broke record—see below)
最温和低温 28日33分
最冷低温 1号和3号是-9
每日纪录温度
日冷高: 3 on the 3rd (old record: 10 in 1916)
每日平均感冒数: 3日以3胜3负(旧纪录:1916年1胜)
*8th coldest March; coldest March since 1965 (see table below)
熔点(中) 1.51 1.50
大多数在24小时内 0.14日79
降雪(中) 19.8** 9.8
大多数在24小时内 10.4 on the 14th (broke record—see below)
日记录降雪量: 10.14日4场(旧纪录:7场).4英寸
in 1957)
季节性降雪(10 - 3月) 48.7 43.1
**5th snowiest March on record; snowiest March since 1985
ST. 云降雪(中)
10月 11月 12月 1月 2月 3月 4月 可以 总计
1999-2000 0.0 1.1 4.5 10.8 8.4 T 3.3 0.0 28.1
2000-2001 0.0 10.6 16.2 5.4 17.8 6.6 56.6
2001-2002 0.5 11.8 2.8 3.5 10.3 19.8 48.7
正常的 0.5 6.8 8.9 10.1 7.0 9.8 2.3 0.1 45.5
ST. 云临时工——3月 (122 YEARS; AVG = 27.1 F; SDEV = 5.5 F) 最热的 最冷的 43.0 F 1910 14.9 F 1899 37.8 F 1918 15.0 F 1888 37.5 F 2000 15.7 F 1965 37.3 F 1973 17.6 F 1960 36.7 F 1946 18.1 F 1951 36.3 F 1902 18.4 F 1943 36.0 F 1911 18.5 F 1923 36.0 F 1968 18.6 F 2002 8日冷 35.7 F 1987 18.8 F 1975 35.5 F 1981 19.0 F 1940 ST. 云降雪——3月 (103 YEARS; AVG = 8.3 IN; SDEV = 7.5 IN) 雪 干旱 51.7 IN 1964-1965 0.0 IN 1924-1925 36.0 IN 1916-1917 跟踪 1901-1902 28.1 IN 1950-1951 跟踪 1902-1903 22.8 IN 1984-1985 跟踪 1909-1910 19.8 IN 2001-2002 5日雪 跟踪 1980-1981 19.4 IN 1974-1975 跟踪 1999-2000 17.7 IN 1907-1908 0.1 IN 1967-1968 16.1 IN 1994-1995 0.2 IN 1920-1921 15.7 IN 1951-1952 0.3 IN 1972-1973 15.5 IN 1919-1920 0.4 IN 1908-1909
HIGHEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR 最冷的 MONTH OF THE WINTER (121 YEARS)
19.4度 1930年12月(1930-1931)
18.6度 2002年3月(2001-2002) 2日最热
17.8度 1987年1月(1986-1987)
17.0度 1989年12月(1989-1990)
16.8度 1942年2月(1941-1942)
ST. CLOUD TEMPS--FEWEST LOW TEMPERATURES OF 0 DEG OR LOWER
寒冷季节(正常= 43天)
12 2001-2002 到3月31日
16 1997-1998
17 1986-1987
22 1918-1919
22 1941-1942
29 1908-1909
29 1990-1991
29 1998-1999
30 1931-1932
30 1982-1983
31 1937-1938
31 1943-1944
31 1957-1958
最热的 11月EMBER THROUGH 3月CH AVERAGE TEMPERATURES (121 YEARS ON RECORD)
26.2度 1999-2000
26.1度 2001-2002 有记录以来第二热
25.9度 1930-1931
25.6度 1881-1882
25.6度 1986-1987
25.0度 1997-1998
24.6度 1918-1919
24.6度 1919-1920
24.6度 1941-1942
24.4度 1980-1981
24.3度 1913-1914
24.0度 1998-1999
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