...MARCH HIGHLIGHTS...
...NORMAL TEMPERATURES WITH BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL...

THE WET PATTERN OF WINTER 2004-2005 CAME TO AN END DURING MARCH
AS PACIFIC STORMS SYSTEM STARTED TO AFFECT AREAS TO OUR NORTH. THUS
RAINFALL AMOUNTS WERE ON THE LIGHT SIDE AS THE TAIL END OF THESE
STORMS MOVED ACROSS THE AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS THE METRO AREA
RANGED FROM A TENTH OF A HALF AN INCH ON THE VALLEY FLOOR WITH THE
SURROUNDING MOUNTAINS RECORDING BETWEEN A HALF INCH TO JUST OVER AN
INCH OF RAIN. OFFICIALLY...THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT RECORDED JUST
OVER A THIRD OF AN INCH /0.37"/ WHICH IS 0.44" INCHES BELOW NORMAL.

TEMPERATURES WERE SEASONABLE WITH THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE
BEING A TENTH OF A DEGREE ABOVE NORMAL.

...MARCH 2005 STATS...         MONTH     NORMAL     DEPARTURE
AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE        71.9      73.3        - 1.4
AVERAGE LOW  TEMPERATURE        46.6      45.1        + 1.5
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE             59.3      59.2        + 0.1
RAINFALL                        0.37"     0.81"      - 0.44"
              
...2005 STATS THRU MARCH...     YEAR     NORMAL     DEPARTURE
AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE        67.7      68.7        - 1.0
AVERAGE LOW  TEMPERATURE        45.4      41.8        + 3.6
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE             56.5      55.3        + 1.2
RAINFALL                        2.99"     2.68"      + 0.31"
WATER YEAR RAINFALL (OCT-MAR)   4.76"     5.59"      - 0.83"

...LOOKING AHEAD INTO APRIL...
THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER FORECASTS THAT THE MONTH OF APRIL WILL
HAVE NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND PRECIPITATION.

APRIL STATISTICS...
AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ......... 81.5 DEGREES
AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE .......... 50.5 DEGREES
AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE ...... 66.0 DEGREES
RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE .......... 104 DEGREES ON APRIL 20 & 21 1989
RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE ........... 27 DEGREES ON APRIL 4 1945
WARMEST APRIL (AVG) .............. 73.8 DEGREES IN 1989
COLDEST APRIL (AVG) .............. 57.8 DEGREES IN 1975
NORMAL RAINFALL .................. 0.28 INCHES
WETTEST APRIL DAY ................ 1.17 INCHES ON APRIL 1 1999
WETTEST APRIL .................... 3.53 INCHES IN 1905
DRIEST APRIL ..................... 0.00 INCHES IN 2002
                                    (LAST OF 11 OCCURRENCES)

THE NUMBER OF DAYLIGHT HOURS WILL INCREASE FROM 12 HOURS 31 MINUTES
ON THE 1ST TO 13 HOURS 25 MINUTES ON THE 30TH...A GAIN OF 54 MINUTES.