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KMCW March, 2012
Date	Observed Low (F)	Observed High (F)	Normal Low (F)	Normal High (F)	Record Low (F)	Year	Record High (F)	Year	Observed Precipitation (inches)	Record Precipitation (inches)	Observed Snow Fall (inches)	Record Snow Fall (inches)
1	30	35	18	35	-28	1962	63	1923	Trace	0.82 2007	Trace	8.2 2007
2	27	37	18	35	-18	1913	64	1983	Trace	0.78 1951	Trace	6.0 1965
3	19	29	19	36	-6	2002	69	1983	Trace	1.00 1989	Trace	4.7 1989
4	10	25	19	36	-8	1978	65	2000	0.04	1.00 1923	1.0	5.0 1962
5	12	36	20	37	-15	1960	71	2000	0	1.09 1992	0	6.0 1959
6	30	66	20	37	-12	1960	71	2005	0	0.72 1995	0	10.2 1995
7	28	57	20	38	-15	1899	79	2000	0.01	0.47 1990	0	4.8 1953
8	22	41	21	38	-9	1984	72	2000	0	0.81 1992	0	9.2 1999
9	18	37	21	39	-17	1984	59	1977	0	0.67 1909	0	9.0 1943
10	32	66	22	39	-12	1948	67	1967	0	1.29 1973	0	5.0 1956
11	33	62	22	40	-25	1948	64	1990	0.39	1.01 1990	0	4.9 1951
12	39	57	22	40	-10	1956	72	1990	0.06	1.58 1991	0	5.3 1991
13	30	69	23	41	-7	1993	69	2012	0	1.49 1990	0	7.1 1917
14	45	78	23	41	-11	1993	78	2012	0	0.88 1953	0	3.0 1918
15	35	74	24	42	-5	1979	74	2012	0	1.41 1945	0	11.0 1923
16	42	81	24	42	-12	1900	81	2012	0	0.66 1942	0	5.5 1917
17	53	81	24	43	-8	1909	81	2012	0	0.79 1965	0	4.2 1965
18	59	81	25	43	-6	1923	81	2012	0	1.17 1971	0	11.8 2005
19	58	79	25	44	-16	1923	79	2012	0.48	1.25 1933	0	15.0 1933
20	55	65	25	44	-13	1965	73	1934	0.10	0.94 2011	0	10.0 1933
21	56	66	26	45	-8	1965	81	1938	0.02	0.54 1949	0	4.0 1932
22	53	69	26	45	-4	1912	75	1994	0.13	1.37 1991	0	8.5 1952
23	46	70	26	46	-5	1899	82	1910	0	1.36 2009	0	7.0 1966
24	47	71	27	46	-6	1974	77	1963	0	1.29 1996	0	9.0 1932
25	45	65	27	47	1	1955	80	1907	0	1.17 1963	0	4.8 1996
26	42	53	27	48	0	1996	82	1907	0.19	2.02 1906	0	6.0 1983
27	43	74	28	48	0	1964	76	1989	0	1.03 1961	0	4.0 1931
28	41	61	28	49	2	1970	79	1986	0	0.76 1951	0	10.0 1911
29	39	66	28	49	1	1969	84	1986	0.96	1.08 1933	0	2.6 1939
30	42	55	29	50	0	1964	78	1967	0.03	2.57 2006	0	12.0 1934
31	43	53	29	50	2	1923	83	1978	0	1.20 1993	0	7.5 1929
Average	37.9	60.0	23.7	42.4					2.41 Normal = 2.23		1.0 Normal = 6.0

The special shading of colors in the Observed High/Low and Record High/Low/Year columns depict
observed monthly extremes and record monthly extremes and the years in which they occurred.

(The above data is unofficial and may contain errors.)
For official climate records, please contact...www.ncdc.noaa.gov.

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