March 2015 Weather Summary

It's that time of the month again for me to comment about how we set a record for our warmest enter month here. I will also provide the link to Scott Sistek's blog. The next item on my checklist is to mention how warm temperatures in cool months help the temperature score. We are showing in the top ten again. The final item on the list is to mention that precipitation was less frequent and heavier than usual, so we are out of the top ten for total score.

10 Best Marches by Temperature
Rank	Month	Year	Score
1	March	1983	92.02%
2	March	1986	90.70%
3	March	1992	90.25%
4	March	1984	90.16%
5	March	1981	89.99%
6	March	2015	89.43%
7	March	2005	89.40%
8	March	1993	89.33%
9	March	1968	89.19%
10	March	1979	88.61%

Oops. March. This is for March. I'm sorry that I forgot to fill in the month. There is some good news for this copy and paste phase. It can't go on much longer. When we hit warmer months, we can't encounter record warmth and score well for temperatures. While I would prefer to continue scoring well with those temperature scores, it sounds more likely that we will still be encountering above-average temperatures.

March Summary
Date	High	Low	Rain	Score
3/1	52˚	34˚	0"	53.13%
3/2	52˚	40˚	0"	57.63%
3/3	51˚	32˚	0"	50.86%
3/4	55˚	31˚	0"	53.18%
3/5	56˚	37˚	0"	58.44%
3/6	59˚	38˚	0"	61.50%
3/7	62˚	39˚	0"	60.63%
3/8	63˚	39˚	0"	59.86%
3/9	58˚	40˚	0"	62.23%
3/10	56˚	41˚	0.03"	78.88%
3/11	58˚	48˚	0.1"	93.29%
3/12	64˚	49˚	0"	57.46%
3/13	63˚	46˚	0.08"	89.96%
3/14	57˚	49˚	0.67"	89.85%
3/15	51˚	43˚	2.2"	82.97%
3/16	57˚	43˚	0.04"	83.26%
3/17	56˚	40˚	0.03"	78.13%
3/18	60˚	45˚	0"	65.54%
3/19	60˚	47˚	Trace	74.14%
3/20	57˚	48˚	0.16"	93.41%
3/21	56˚	47˚	0.15"	93.94%
3/22	53˚	43˚	0.04"	80.19%
3/23	52˚	42˚	0.32"	91.49%
3/24	55˚	43˚	0.3"	94.63%
3/25	58˚	45˚	0.2"	97.76%
3/26	69˚	50˚	0"	52.37%
3/27	65˚	48˚	0.04"	77.49%
3/28	60˚	49˚	0"	60.52%
3/29	60˚	48˚	0"	61.77%
3/30	64˚	51˚	0.07"	80.82%
3/31	55˚	43˚	0.04"	81.72%
Average/Final Score				73.45%

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	80.22%		18	1977	75.22%		35	1964	72.02%		52	1952	69.68%
2	1989	79.66%		19	1950	73.46%		36	2013	71.92%		53	1963	69.64%
3	1983	79.18%		20	2015	73.45%		37	1970	71.85%		54	1953	69.29%
4	2003	79.09%		21	1972	73.33%		38	2008	71.82%		55	1969	69.28%
5	1984	78.63%		22	1999	73.16%		39	1971	71.81%		56	1956	69.11%
6	2007	78.34%		23	2010	73.07%		40	1988	71.80%		57	1992	68.83%
7	1968	77.55%		24	1995	72.79%		41	1996	71.49%		58	1985	68.62%
8	1961	77.49%		25	1958	72.71%		42	1949	71.17%		59	1962	68.56%
9	1974	77.24%		26	2001	72.67%		43	2005	71.10%		60	1979	68.19%
10	1957	77.05%		27	1994	72.58%		44	2009	70.80%		61	1976	67.56%
11	1986	76.53%		28	1966	72.43%		45	2000	70.68%		62	1975	67.02%
12	2014	76.14%		29	2006	72.41%		46	1991	70.60%		63	1951	65.81%
13	1993	76.13%		30	1998	72.39%		47	1990	70.57%		64	1955	64.94%
14	1997	76.00%		31	2004	72.30%		48	1967	70.56%		65	2002	64.74%
15	2012	75.89%		32	1982	72.29%		49	1978	70.44%		66	1965	62.51%
16	1987	75.77%		33	1960	72.18%		50	1980	70.19%		67	1954	60.34%
17	1959	75.51%		34	1981	72.14%		51	1973	69.82%

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	78.06%		18	2003	71.76%		35	1981	69.32%		52	1980	66.29%
2	2010	76.94%		19	2007	71.72%		36	1982	69.30%		53	1952	66.25%
3	1961	76.83%		20	2011	71.46%		37	1997	69.15%		54	1969	66.02%
4	1958	76.17%		21	1966	71.45%		38	1989	68.96%		55	1988	65.97%
5	1998	75.26%		22	2014	71.41%		39	1976	68.67%		56	1951	65.00%
6	1999	74.30%		23	1987	71.20%		40	1975	68.59%		57	1957	64.90%
7	2006	74.18%		24	1974	71.19%		41	2013	68.52%		58	1962	64.65%
8	1986	73.99%		25	1971	70.77%		42	1977	68.37%		59	1954	64.53%
9	1984	73.12%		26	1967	70.72%		43	2008	68.13%		60	2005	64.42%
10	1968	72.86%		27	2004	70.48%		44	1991	68.09%		61	1993	63.85%
11	2012	72.68%		28	1994	70.40%		45	1960	67.82%		62	2009	63.78%
12	1953	72.54%		29	2000	70.27%		46	2001	67.36%		63	1955	63.51%
13	1978	72.47%		30	1990	70.26%		47	2002	66.87%		64	1950	63.31%
14	1992	72.28%		31	1970	69.95%		48	1956	66.59%		65	1963	63.22%
15	2015	72.20%		32	1964	69.88%		49	1973	66.53%		66	1985	59.16%
16	1959	72.17%		33	1972	69.80%		50	1979	66.48%		67	1949	58.33%
17	1995	71.83%		34	1996	69.51%		51	1965	66.46%