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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
239 AM CDT MON APR 2 2012

...CROSSVILLE HAD ITS WARMEST MARCH ON RECORD...

CROSSVILLE TENNESSEE WAS MORE THAN TEN DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FOR
MARCH 2012...MAKING IT THE WARMEST MARCH SINCE RECORD KEEPING
BEGAN AT CROSSVILLE BACK IN 1954. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE
WAS 57.9 DEGREES WHICH IS 10.7 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL. THE
WARMEST TEMPERATURE WAS 80 ON THE 15TH AND 20TH. THE COOLEST
TEMPERATURE WAS 26 ON THE 6TH.

SEVERAL NEW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE EITHER TIED OR BROKEN
DURING MARCH 2012.

80 DEGREES ON THE 15TH BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD FOR THE DATE OF
77 DEGREES SET IN 1984.

80 DEGREES ON THE 20TH BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD FOR THE DATE OF
76 DEGREES SET IN 1994.

77 DEGREES ON THE 21ST TIED THE RECORD FOR THE DATE SET IN 1966.

77 DEGREES ON THE 29TH TIED THE RECORD FOR THE DATE SET IN 2007.

...FIVE WARMEST MARCHES ON RECORD AT CROSSVILLE...

1.  2012
2.  2007
3.  1973
4.  1974
5.  1977

THERE WERE 4 DAYS IN WHICH THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS AT OR
BELOW FREEZING DURING MARCH.

RAINFALL FOR MARCH 2012 TOTALED 4.28 INCHES WHICH IS 0.70 INCH
BELOW NORMAL.

A NEW CALENDAR DAY RAINFALL RECORD WAS SET ON THE 8TH WHEN 1.30
INCHES OF RAIN FELL BREAKING THE RECORD FOR THE DATE SET BACK IN
1961 WHEN 1.28 INCHES FELL.

NO SNOW FELL DURING THE MONTH.

THERE WERE 8 DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS.

THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED WAS 6.1 MILES AN HOUR. THE FASTEST GUST WAS
39 MILES AN HOUR ON THE 5TH.

FOG OCCURRED ON 13 DAYS...WITH 1 DAY OF DENSE FOG.



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BOYD




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