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Northeast Regional Climate Center |
March 2005 was the coolest since 1984 and the 19th coolest since records began in 1895. The Northeast average temperature of 30.6 degrees was 4.1 degrees below normal. Temperature departures ranged from 2.4 degrees below normal in Maine to 4.9 degrees below the 30-year average in Pennsylvania, where it was the 14th coldest March on record. Unlike the previous two months, the region averaged below normal temperatures for most of the month. In general, the warmest temperatures occurred on the 31st and the coldest around the 10th.
March 2005 saw precipitation totals that averaged slightly above normal. The Northeast's average of 3.76 inches was 106% of normal and 1.17 inches greater than March 2004. State totals ranged from 80% of normal in Vermont to 127% of normal in Massachusetts where it was the 15th wettest March since 1895.
Snowfall totals were near normal in the southern half of the region and above normal in most New York and New England. A winter storm on the 1st brought up to a foot of snow to the region. Snow totals from a coastal storm that affected the region from the 11th to the 13th were in the 3-12 inch range.
Monthly Summary of State Temperature and Precipitation Averages.
