March 2011 Review

March Average Temperature Data:

**Sault Ste Marie (1888 - Present)**
Mean	Normal	Departure	Ranking*	Record Warm/Year	Record Cold/Year
25.5	24.9	+0.6	N/A	37.6 / 2010	13.8 / 1923

**Houghton Lake (1919 - Present)**
Mean	Normal	Departure	Ranking*	Record Warm/Year	Record Cold/Year
25.6	29.3	-3.7	N/A	42.0 / 1945	20.4 / 1923

**Alpena (1916 - Present)**
Mean	Normal	Departure	Ranking*	Record Warm/Year	Record Cold/Year
25.5	28.0	-2.5	N/A	39.7 / 1946	17.3 / 1960

**Traverse City**
Mean	Normal	Departure
28.9	30.7	-1.8

**Gaylord**
Mean	Normal	Departure
23.9	28.9	-5.0

March Precipitation Data:

**Sault Ste Marie (1888 - Present)**
Precipitation	Normal	Departure	Ranking*	Record Wettest/Year	Record Driest/Year
1.81	2.41	-0.60	N/A	4.97 / 1976	0.09 / 1915

**Houghton Lake (1919 - Present)**
Precipitation	Normal	Departure	Ranking*	Record Wettest/Year	Record Driest/Year
2.04	2.05	-0.01	N/A	5.67 / 1976	0.34 / 1937

**Alpena (1916 - Present)**
Precipitation	Normal	Departure	Ranking*	Record Wettest/Year	Record Driest/Year
2.07	2.13	-0.06	N/A	7.37 / 1998	0.32 / 1958

**Traverse City**
Precipitation	Normal	Departure
2.13	1.98	+0.15

**Gaylord**
Precipitation	Normal	Departure
2.41	2.53	-0.12

March Snowfall Data:

**Sault Ste Marie (1888 - Present)**
Snowfall	Normal	Departure	Ranking*	Record Snowiest/Year	Record Least Snow/Year
17.4	15.0	+2.4	N/A	34.7 / 1964	Trace / 2010

**Houghton Lake (1919 - Present)**
Snowfall	Normal	Departure	Ranking*	Record Snowiest/Year	Record Least Snow/Year
20.0	10.1	+9.9	*6th Snowiest*	43.5 / 1923	Trace / 2010

**Alpena (1916 - Present)**
Snowfall	Normal	Departure	Ranking*	Record Snowiest/Year	Record Least Snow/Year
21.1	12.9	+8.2	N/A	49.4 / 1926	Trace / 2010

**Traverse City**
Snowfall	Normal	Departure
13.5	10.3	+3.2

**Gaylord**
Snowfall	Normal	Departure
23.6	18.4	+5.2

- all averages are calculated using the 1971 - 2000 period

( ) = Consistent years of record

* = only rankings in the top 10 will be entered, and only for our Local Climate Data (LCD) sites

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