National Weather Service - Des Moines, IA

KOTM 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)
1	29	49	23	42	-20	1962	75	1992	0	0.92 1991
2	30	40	23	43	-11	1913	74	1983	0.09	1.02 1970
3	22	38	24	43	-4	2002	79	1983	Trace	1.04 1985
4	18	29	24	43	-8	1960	78	1921	0.09	2.79 1976
5	10	44	24	44	-15	1960	75	1921	0	1.30 2006
6	37	72	25	44	-11	1960	73	2000	0	1.10 1959
7	35	67	25	45	-5	1943	77	2000	0.24	0.79 2009
8	30	48	26	45	-7	1943	75	1977	0	1.57 1998
9	23	46	26	46	-1	1912	71	1990	0	0.80 1946
10	33	66	26	46	-12	1934	73	1917	0	1.30 1990
11	37	62	27	47	-7	1948	78	1972	0.14	2.53 1977
12	44	62	27	47	-6	1948	79	1990	0.02	2.20 1939
13	35	75	27	48	4	1993	77	2007	0	1.20 1917
14	57	81	28	48	0	1897	81	2012	0	0.78 1904
15	60	80	28	49	10	1979	80	2012	0	2.28 1919
16	58	82	29	49	1	1951	88	1927	0	1.98 1946
17	59	82	29	50	2	1906	82	2012	0	1.07 1998
18	59	81	29	50	2	1923	81	2012	0	1.06 1963
19	59	81	30	51	-6	1923	81	2012	0.37	1.91 1982
20	57	76	30	51	8	1951	78	1938	0.09	1.00 1912
21	58	72	30	52	4	1951	88	1907	0.26	1.22 1932
22	47	65	31	52	4	1913	85	1910	0.32	0.65 1953
23	47	64	31	53	9	1974	90	1910	0	1.08 1946
24	51	68	31	53	4	1974	84	1910	0.11	2.05 1920
25	44	75	32	54	3	1965	85	1910	0	1.18 1920
26	47	61	32	54	3	1955	86	1907	0	2.00 1916
27	48	76	32	55	12	1913	84	1910	0	1.20 1898
28	41	72	33	55	8	1970	85	1910	0	1.68 1931
29	49	58	33	55	9	1969	88	1986	0.17	0.94 1979
30	45	58	33	56	12	1969	83	1967	0.39	1.80 1993
31	49	70	34	56	12	1923	83	1986	0.01	1.67 1929
Average	42.5	64.5	28.5	49.2					2.30 Normal = 2.24

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.)
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