The weather in the month of March was much warmer than the long-term average for the city of Weyburn, as temperatures came close to setting a new record. The average high temperature was 8.
The weather in the month of March was much warmer than the long-term average for the city of Weyburn, as temperatures came close to setting a new record.
The average high temperature was 8.7 degrees C, much higher than the long-term average high of 1 degree, and the average low was -4.2 compared to the long-term average low of -9.3.
The overall average temperature was 2.0, significantly higher than the long-term average mean temperature of -4.1.
The warmest temperature recorded during the month was 22.2, set on both Mar. 16 and Mar. 30. This was close to a record, but fell just short; the record high for March was 23.3 set on Mar. 30, 1966.
The coldest temperature recorded in March was -20 on Mar. 3, far from setting any record. The coldest temperature recorded for March is -41.1 set on Mar. 2, 1972.
Precipitation is not recorded by Environment Canada, but long-term statistics show March has two days of light rain (more than 0.2 mm), 7.6 days with light snowfall (more than 0.2 mm) or a total of 9.1 days with precipitation of .2 mm or more, 1.2 days of 5 mm or more, and .2 days of more than 10 mm.
The record for snow depth in March is 68 cm on Mar. 1, 1994, and the most rainfall in one day was 15.2 mm on Mar. 26, 1902. The greatest amount of precipitation in one day (snow and rain combined) was 35.2 mm on Mar. 12, 1990.
March also has about 150.4 hours of sunshine, according to the long-term records, or 25.6 days with measurable sunshine.
In March, Weyburn only had two days with wind gusts of less than 30 km an hour, Mar. 1 and 15; the strongest gust recorded in March was 83 km/h on Mar. 3, followed by 70 km/h on Mar. 13 and 67 km/h on Mar. 19.
