...MARCH 2013 MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY...
March 2013 yielded average temperatures well below normal across the entire Mid-South region. In fact, all official climate sites except Memphis ranked in the all-time top ten for coolest months of March. Jackson ranked fourth all-time, while Jonesboro and Tupelo ranked seventh all-time. As for Memphis, no top ten records were set. However, looking at climate records it seems that Memphis had the second coolest March in the last forty years. The year of 1996 was the coolest since 1973 in Memphis. Temperatures for the year remain at or just below normal. As for precipitation, all climate sites came in below normal with Jackson being the closest to normal with a departure of 0.90 inches below normal. The driest of the official stations was Jonesboro with a departure of 2.41 inches below normal. For the year, all climate sites remain above normal thanks in part to above normal rainfall in January. There was one significant snowfall event that produced four inches of snowfall at Jonesboro; all other sites received only a trace of snowfall. Below is the climate data that tells the story:
2013 March Climate summary
March 2013 yielded average temperatures well below normal across the entire Mid-South region. In fact, all official climate sites except Memphis ranked in the all-time top ten for coolest months of March. Jackson ranked fourth all-time, while Jonesboro and Tupelo ranked seventh all-time. As for Memphis, no top ten records were set. However, looking at climate records it seems that Memphis had the second coolest March in the last forty years. The year of 1996 was the coolest since 1973 in Memphis. Temperatures for the year remain at or just below normal. As for precipitation, all climate sites came in below normal with Jackson being the closest to normal with a departure of 0.90 inches below normal. The driest of the official stations was Jonesboro with a departure of 2.41 inches below normal. For the year, all climate sites remain above normal thanks in part to above normal rainfall in January. There was one significant snowfall event that produced four inches of snowfall at Jonesboro; all other sites received only a trace of snowfall. Below is the climate data that tells the story:
2013 March Climate summary