March roared in like a lion during a major snowstorm. On the whole, March was rather sunny, quite cold and wet. The temperatures averaged 33.0 degrees, 3.1 degrees per day below normal and 4 degrees below the average recorded in 2004. Maximum temperature was only 54.0 degrees on the 28th and a minimum temperature of 9.0 degrees was recorded on the 10 th. Daytime high temperatures averaged 42.0 degrees, 3.0 degrees below the norm. Evening temperatures averaged 24.0 degrees, 3.0 degrees below the norm. We had 4 days (2 more then average) in March with high temperatures below 32 degrees and 27 nights (5 more then average) below 32 degrees. The first quarter year has been 0.9 degrees below normal, with an average of 30.5 degrees.
Sunshine totaled 56% of the possible sunshine hours, 8 points above the norm. Five days had no sunshine, yet ten days had over 94% sunshine. Sunshine data are from the Blue Hill Observatory.
Precipitation totaled 7.02 inches. This is 2.22 inches above normal. We had measurable precipitation on nine days. The largest 24-hour rainfall was 2.69 inches on the 28 th. We have received 14.67 inches of rainfall year to date, 2.03 inches above average for the year to date in East Wareham . There were six days with measurable snowfall totaling 23.20 inches, 16.6 inches above normal. The record snowfall for March was set in 1956 with 24.4 inches. The greatest snowfall for one storm came on the 1 st and 2 nd with 13.5 inches. The snowfall of March 1 st put us over the all time record of total snowfall in one season. The previous record snowfall in one season for East Wareham was recorded in 1995-1996 at 84.60 inches. At this time we now have a season total of 104.13 inches.