March 2003 Archive
County: Baker
City: Macclenny
State: Florida
Station Name: Baker County 2
Station # :BC02
Lat:30.248N Long:82.118W
Temperature:
Average monthly: 61.2 Departure from normal: +3.5
Average maximum: 75.1 Highest: 88.4 (31.3) on 3/20
Average minimum: 47.4 Lowest: 37.8 (3.2) on 3/31
Records:
3/31: 57.5 (65 in 1964) [Low Hi]
Number of days with:
Maximum of 105 or above: 0
Maximum of 90 or above: 0
Maximum of 65 or below: 27
Maximum of 32 or below: 0
Minimum of 50 or below: 3
Minimum of 32 or below: 0
Minimum of 0 or below: 0
Precipitation (liquid or melted):
Monthly total: 9.60" Monthly norm: 4.23"
Departure from normal: +5.37
Year to Date: 15.95" (138%) (Norm Year to date: (11.56") Departure from normal: +4.39
Hail: Trace [marble-size] (3/1)
Most in 24 hours: 2.88"
Days with 0.01" or more: 12
Days with 0.10" or more: 10
Days with 1.00" or more: 2
Wind:
Highest gust: 22 (19 kt) on 3/20
Highest 1-min Avg: 13 (11 kt) on 3/6
Avg Wind Spd: 1.8 (1.6 kt)
Dew Pt:
Highest: 74.7 (23.7) on 3/20
Lowest: 21.8 (-5.7) on 3/31
Relative Humidity:
Highest: 98% on 3/1 3/2 3/9-3/12 3/17 3/18 3/28 3/29
Lowest: 27% on 3/31
Days of Lowest Rh% <_35%: 6/31 (19%)
Barometric Pressure:
Highest: 30.402"/hg (1029.5 mb) on 3/31
Lowest: 29.532"/hg (1000.1 mb) on 3/17
El Nino continues to control the weather with above normal rainfall (138%) for the month.
This lead to flooding of the St. Mary's River which forms the Florida/Georgia & most of the
county boundary which is 10 mi NW-N-NE of my location. Several small rivers/streams which
flow out St Mary's where very high as well. The river remains above Flood Stage from 3/1-3/20
with a River Flood Warning in effect during this time. My pond eventually flooded over into the
yard by mid-month due to all of the rain. For the first time in a while, the monthly avg temp
was above normal as the high temps where in the 70s to low 80s most of the month.
**AVGS BASED ON 68 YEARS OF CLIMATE DATA FROM Glen St Mary 1W,FL [1931-1998] (5 mi NW of me)**
