WFO Denver/Boulder

              NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE - DENVER, COLORADO
          MONTHLY TEMPERATURE, RAINFALL, AND SNOWFALL EXTREMES
                               FOR MARCH


10 WARMEST MARS           10 WETTEST MARS           10 SNOWIEST MARS
  (1873-2009)               (1872-2009)               (1882-2009)

 50.4   1910               4.56   1983               35.2   2003
 47.2   1907               3.50   1992               32.5   1944
 47.1   1986               3.10   1891, 1990         31.3   1891
 47.0   1918               3.07   1905               30.5   1983
 46.5   1879               3.05   2003               29.2   1961
 46.4   1946, 2004         3.03   1909               26.8   1959
 46.1   2007               2.85   1959               25.7   1923
 46.0   1887               2.75   1944               25.2   1952
 45.7   1916               2.51   1961               24.8   1929
 45.3   1878               2.41   1949               24.0   1981
 45.2   1873, 1911

10 COLDEST MARS           10 DRIEST MARS            LEAST SNOWIEST MARS
  (1873-2009)               (1872-2009)                 (1882-2009)

 26.4   1912               0.11   1908                0.3   1883
 28.0   1924               0.14   2004                0.4   1911
 29.0   1965               0.17   2008                0.5   1885
 29.8   1906               0.18   1982                1.1   1887
 32.2   1891, 1969         0.19   1999                1.8   2004
 32.8   1958               0.20   1882                2.0   1882      
 33.0   1964               0.21   1880, 1883          2.1   1908, 1982
 33.2   1917, 1899         0.22   1883, 1945          2.5   1918      
 33.3   1932               0.23   1887, 1893, 1935    2.6   1898, 1986
 33.5   1970               0.26   1997                2.8   1910, 1966


- Temperatures in degrees Fahrenheit.

- Precipitation and Snowfall amounts in inches.

- Average March Temperature is 39.6 degrees (from 1971-2000 DIA data).

- Average March Precipitation is 1.28 inches (from 1971-2000 DIA data).

- Average March Snowfall is 11.7 inches (from 1971-2000 DEN data).

- Data collected at the Downtown City Office from 1872-December 1949, then
  at the Stapleton Airport Office from January 1950-February 1995, then at
  Denver International Airport from March 1995-Present.  






UPDATED: 5/09/2009 - FB 

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