March 2005 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: -0.7
Average maximum: 75.1 Highest: 85.0 (29.4) on 3/31
Average minimum: 47.4 Lowest: 30.9 (-0.6) on 3/2
Records:
3/9: 49.5 Tied [Low Hi]
3/17: 59.0 Tied [Low Hi]
3/18: 48.8 (59 in 1969) [Low Hi]
Number of days with:
Maximum of 105 or above: 0
Maximum of 90 or above: 0
Maximum of 65 or below: 10
Maximum of 32 or below: 0
Minimum of 50 or below: 15
Minimum of 32 or below: 1
Minimum of 0 or below: 0
Precipitation (liquid or melted):
Monthly total: 7.13" Monthly norm: 4.23"
Departure from normal: +2.90
Year to Date: 11.79" (102%) (Norm Year to date: (11.56") Departure from normal: -0.23
Snow/Sleet: 0.00 Monthly norm: Trace
Most in 24 hours: 2.90"
Days with 0.01" or more: 13
Days with 0.10" or more: 8
Days with 1.00" or more: 3
Wind:
Highest gust: 37 (32 kt) on 3/8
Highest 1-min Avg: 22 (19 kt) on 3/8
Avg Wind Spd: 2.9 (2.5 kt)
Dew Pt:
Highest: 74.2 (23.4) on 3/27
Lowest: 19.4 (-7.0) on 3/2
Relative Humidity:
Highest: 99% on 3/16 3/27
Lowest: 25% on 3/6
Days of Lowest Rh% <_35%: 11/31 (36%)
Barometric Pressure:
Highest: 30.208"/hg (1023.0 mb) on 3/6
Lowest: 29.531"/hg (1000.0 mb) on 3/8
The above normal rainfall continues as the El Nino enhanced Subtropical Jet keep the month an
active one. The Pressure for over half of the month has pressure below 29.92" (normal sea level)
with frequent frontal passages. For the 3rd straight month, the peak wind gust was 30 mph or
greater on 4 days (30,37,33,33) with a peak wind of 37 mph on 3/8.
**AVGS BASED ON 73 YEARS OF CLIMATE DATA FROM Glen St Mary 1W,FL [1931-2004] (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)***
