Ithaca Climate Summary for March 2000

Temperature

• With a monthly average temperature of 39.2 degrees, March 2000 averaged 6.3 degrees warmer than normal.
• This was the warmest March since 1973 and the 4th warmest since record began in 1873.
• The warmest temperature of the month was 75 degrees on the 8th.
• The coldest temperature of the month was 5 degrees on the 18th.

Precipitation

• March precipitation totalled 2.38 inches, which represented 105% of normal.
• This March was drier than March of each of the last two years.

Snowfall

• March snowfall totalled only 3.7 inches, 6.5 inches less than normal.
• This was the lowest March snowfall total since 1987 (2.3 inches).
• Only 3 days had an inch or more of snow on the ground. This was 15 fewer such days than last March.
• The seasonal snowfall total at month's end was 58.5 inches, 4.5 inches less than normal and 5.5 inches less than at this point last winter.