Environment

John Wheeler: March was warmer and drier than average

Only three days during the month had high temperatures of 32 degrees or colder and there were no subzero temperatures in Fargo.

FARGO — The month of March was warm and dry. The average daily high temperature in Fargo was 44.7 degrees and the average low was 20.

9 degrees, for an average daily mean temperature of 32.8 degrees, which is 5.6 degrees warmer than average.

Only three days during the month had high temperatures of 32 degrees or colder and there were no subzero temperatures. The warmest temperature was 68 degrees March 14 and the coldest was 3 degrees March 1. Precipitation was 0.

3 inches and snowfall was 1.4 inches, which is the 17th least since 1885.The average daily high and low in Grand Forks were 40.

3 degrees and 19 degrees for an average daily mean temperature of 29.6 degrees, which is 4.2 degrees warmer than average.

The warmest temperature was 64 degrees March 14 and the coldest was minus 4 degrees March 1. Precipitation was 0.57 inches and snowfall was 6.

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