March 2006 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: -1.2
Average maximum: 74.9 Highest: 84.5 (29.2) on 3/13
Average minimum: 47.2 Lowest: 31.8 (-0.1) on 3/27
Records:
None
Number of days with:
Maximum of 105 or above: 0
Maximum of 90 or above: 0
Maximum of 65 or below: 5
Maximum of 32 or below: 0
Minimum of 50 or below: 19
Minimum of 32 or below: 1
Minimum of 0 or below: 0
Precipitation (liquid or melted):
Monthly total: 0.63" Monthly norm: 4.31"
Departure from normal: -3.68
Year to Date: 8.75" (76%) (Norm Year to date: (11.48") Departure from normal: -2.73
Snow/Sleet: 0.00 Monthly norm: Trace
Most in 24 hours: 0.35"
Days with 0.01" or more: 3
Days with 0.10" or more: 2
Days with 1.00" or more: 0
Wind:
Highest gust: 27 (23 kt) on 3/2
Highest 1-min Avg: 16 (14 kt) on 3/21
Avg Wind Spd: 2.2 (1.9 kt)
Dew Pt:
Highest: 72.6 (22.6) on 3/21
Lowest: 24.8 (-4.0) on 3/15
Relative Humidity:
Highest: 100% on 3/12
Lowest: 20% on 3/15
Days of Lowest Rh% <_35%: 11/31 (36%)
Barometric Pressure:
Highest: 30.227"/hg (1027.0 mb) on 3/27
Lowest: 29.744"/hg (1007.2 mb) on 3/21
March was a month in transistion towards spring with warm daytime highs than one would expect
this time of year. However, the avg. temp was 1.2º below normal and drought conditions are
beginning to set in after a unusally wet winter with 15% of normal rainfall.
**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)***
