March 2008 Archive
County: Baker
City: Macclenny
State: Florida
Station Name: Baker County 2
Station # :BC02
Lat:30.247N Long:82.120W
Temperature:
Average monthly: 61.3 Departure from normal: -0.9
Average maximum: 74.9 Highest: 85.0 (29.4) on 3/19
Average minimum: 47.2 Lowest: 32.6 (0.3) on 3/9
Records:
None
Number of days with:
Maximum of 105 or above: 0
Maximum of 90 or above: 0
Maximum of 65 or below: 6
Maximum of 32 or below: 0
Minimum of 50 or below: 21
Minimum of 32 or below: 0
Minimum of 0 or below: 0
Precipitation (liquid or melted):
Monthly total: 4.88" Monthly norm: 4.31"
Departure from normal: +0.57
Year to Date: 14.37" (125%) (Norm Year to date: (11.48") Departure from normal: +2.89
Snow/Sleet: 0.00 Monthly norm: Trace
Most in 24 hours: 2.64"
Days with 0.01" or more: 8
Days with 0.10" or more: 5
Days with 1.00" or more: 2
Wind:
Highest gust: 36 (31 kt) on 3/8
Highest 1-min Avg: 17 (15 kt) on 3/8
Avg Wind Spd: 2.0 (1.7 kt)
Dew Pt:
Highest: 72.9 (22.7) on 3/15
Lowest: 25.9 (-3.4) on 3/24
Relative Humidity:
Highest: 100% on 3/2 3/3 3/6-3/8 3/10-3/13 3/15 3/17 3/18 3/22 3/23 3/26-29 3/31
Lowest: 27% on 3/5
Days of Lowest Rh% <=35%: 6/31 (19%)
Barometric Pressure:
Highest: 30.458"/hg (1031.4 mb) on 3/25
Lowest: 29.771"/hg (1008.2 mb) on 3/7
March was -0.9º below normal for the avg. temp and +0.57" surplus of rain for the month
and +2.89" surplus of rain for the year. Cold frontal passages occurred on 5th, 12th, & 20th
with warm frontal passage on 7th and produced significant rainfall total of 4.77". Coastal
showers occurred on the 31st with 0.11". High pressure along the Eastern Seaboard dominated the
first week and last week of March. Dry frontal passage occurred on the 16th & 23rd.
The US Drought Monitor remained Nil through the entire month of March
The long term drought indicator from the CPC analyzed NE Florida as Nil at the end of the Month on
3/29.
The highest temp. occurred on the 19th @ 85.0°F. The lowest temp was 32.6°F on the 9th.
The highest peak wind of 36 mph on the 8th in the gradient behind a cold front.
**AVGS BASED ON 74 YEARS OF CLIMATE DATA FROM Glen St Mary 1W,FL [1931-2005] (5 mi NW of me)**
***SNOW AVGS BASED ON 48 YEARS OF CLIMATE DATE FROM Cecil Field {NAS} [1947-1995] (18 mi E of me)***
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