March 2013 was much colder than last year
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[April 06, 2013]
CHAMPAIGN -- This March was 21.2
degrees colder than the average statewide temperature in March of
last year, according to Jim Angel, state climatologist at the
Illinois State Water Survey, part of the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign.
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The statewide temperature for March was 34.1 degrees, which is 7
degrees below the long-term average of 41.1 degrees and the
11th-coldest March on record. In contrast, March 2012 was the
warmest March on record, with an average temperature of 55.3
degrees.
The statewide precipitation was 2.85 inches, which is 0.15 inches
below the long-term average of 3 inches. Precipitation amounts were
the highest just east of St. Louis and lowest in east-central
Illinois. The largest monthly total came from Kaskaskia with 6.42
inches of precipitation. Several surrounding sites had more than 5
inches of precipitation.
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Snowfall was above average for the month, thanks mostly to a large
storm that passed through central Illinois on April 24-25 and some
earlier events that passed through northern and western Illinois.
Springfield received 17 inches of snow in 24 hours, a new record for
that site.
[Text from file received from
the Illinois
State Water Survey] |