March 2014 Weather Summary

We had our wettest March ever, and I'm not complaining. It wasn't perfect. Some of the rain was heavier than ideal. Even so, it was never uncomfortable. Overall, it was clearly above average in a generally nice month.

March Summary
Date	High	Low	Rain	Score
3/1	45˚	40˚	0.02"	67.66%
3/2	52˚	37˚	0.75"	85.87%
3/3	58˚	48˚	0.42"	92.99%
3/4	57˚	46˚	0.65"	93.68%
3/5	60˚	51˚	1.84"	83.40%
3/6	56˚	50˚	0.12"	90.30%
3/7	60˚	48˚	0"	61.66%
3/8	55˚	44˚	1.27"	91.08%
3/9	59˚	49˚	0.17"	93.63%
3/10	54˚	43˚	0.74"	91.96%
3/11	58˚	40˚	0"	62.31%
3/12	61˚	38˚	0"	60.64%
3/13	57˚	41˚	0"	62.30%
3/14	58˚	47˚	0.27"	94.92%
3/15	62˚	40˚	0.32"	93.74%
3/16	51˚	40˚	1.09"	85.82%
3/17	50˚	37˚	0.01"	67.14%
3/18	50˚	38˚	Trace	65.78%
3/19	52˚	38˚	0.02"	71.54%
3/20	52˚	35˚	0"	53.95%
3/21	51˚	37˚	0"	54.68%
3/22	52˚	34˚	0"	53.20%
3/23	55˚	40˚	0"	60.01%
3/24	66˚	37˚	0"	56.06%
3/25	57˚	44˚	0.16"	97.64%
3/26	52˚	42˚	0.14"	92.38%
3/27	54˚	44˚	0.01"	75.47%
3/28	53˚	45˚	0.87"	90.87%
3/29	53˚	45˚	0.55"	92.31%
3/30	52˚	41˚	0"	58.45%
3/31	60˚	36˚	0"	59.90%
Average/Final Score				76.17%

For more information on how scores have been generated, visit my blog post at:

http://maritimeorca0.blogspot.com/2012/03/follow-up-weather-index-in-excel.html

The Month of March Over the Years
Rank	Year	Score		Rank	Year	Score		Rank	Year	Score		Rank	Year	Score
1	2011	80.28%		18	1977	75.29%		35	2013	71.96%		51	1952	69.75%
2	1989	79.73%		19	1950	73.53%		36	1970	71.92%		52	1963	69.71%
3	1983	79.23%		20	1972	73.37%		37	2008	71.89%		53	1953	69.36%
4	2003	79.15%		21	1999	73.22%		38	1971	71.88%		54	1969	69.34%
5	1984	78.68%		22	2010	73.13%		39	1988	71.87%		55	1956	69.17%
6	2007	78.38%		23	1995	72.82%		40	1996	71.54%		56	1992	68.85%
7	1968	77.60%		24	1958	72.78%		41	1949	71.24%		57	1985	68.69%
8	1961	77.55%		25	2001	72.74%		42	2005	71.13%		58	1962	68.62%
9	1974	77.29%		26	1994	72.62%		43	2009	70.87%		59	1979	68.24%
10	1957	77.12%		27	1966	72.48%		44	2000	70.75%		60	1976	67.63%
11	1986	76.56%		28	2006	72.47%		45	1991	70.66%		61	1975	67.09%
12	1993	76.18%		29	1998	72.43%		46	1967	70.63%		62	1951	65.87%
13	2014	76.17%		30	1982	72.36%		47	1990	70.60%		63	1955	65.00%
14	1997	76.07%		31	2004	72.36%		48	1978	70.46%		64	2002	64.81%
15	2012	75.96%		32	1960	72.24%		49	1980	70.26%		65	1965	62.54%
16	1987	75.82%		33	1981	72.18%		50	1973	69.90%		66	1954	60.42%
17	1959	75.58%		34	1964	72.08%

Keep in mind that scores are based off of averages. These values are likely to shift a little over time.

Year to Date (Through March) Over the Years
Rank	Year	Score		Rank	Year	Score		Rank	Year	Score		Rank	Year	Score
1	1983	78.12%		18	2007	71.78%		35	1981	69.36%		51	1980	66.35%
2	2010	77.00%		19	2011	71.52%		36	1997	69.21%		52	1952	66.32%
3	1961	76.90%		20	1966	71.51%		37	1989	69.02%		53	1969	66.08%
4	1958	76.23%		21	2014	71.46%		38	1976	68.74%		54	1988	66.04%
5	1998	75.32%		22	1987	71.25%		39	1975	68.66%		55	1951	65.06%
6	1999	74.37%		23	1974	71.25%		40	2013	68.57%		56	1957	64.97%
7	2006	74.25%		24	1971	70.83%		41	1977	68.43%		57	1962	64.71%
8	1986	74.04%		25	1967	70.79%		42	2008	68.20%		58	1954	64.60%
9	1984	73.18%		26	2004	70.55%		43	1991	68.14%		59	2005	64.46%
10	1968	72.90%		27	1994	70.45%		44	1960	67.88%		60	1993	63.91%
11	2012	72.75%		28	2000	70.34%		45	2001	67.43%		61	2009	63.85%
12	1953	72.60%		29	1990	70.31%		46	2002	66.94%		62	1955	63.57%
13	1978	72.52%		30	1970	70.00%		47	1956	66.65%		63	1950	63.36%
14	1992	72.32%		31	1964	69.94%		48	1973	66.59%		64	1963	63.27%
15	1959	72.23%		32	1972	69.86%		49	1979	66.54%		65	1985	59.22%
16	1995	71.88%		33	1996	69.56%		50	1965	66.52%		66	1949	58.38%
17	2003	71.82%		34	1982	69.37%