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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
552 AM CDT FRI APR 1 2011

...A NEAR NORMAL MARCH...

MARCH, 2011 WILL GO DOWN AS A PRETTY TYPICAL MARCH FOR NASHVILLE
AND CROSSVILLE. IT WAS ONLY SLIGHTLY WARMER, AND SLIGHTLY DRIER THAN
NORMAL. FOR NASHVILLE, THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH
WAS 61 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE LOW WAS 41.7. OVERALL, THAT'S 1.2
DEGREES GREATER THAN NORMAL.

THE WARMEST DAY WAS THE 22ND, WHEN THE TEMPERATURE SOARED TO 84
DEGREES. THE COLDEST DAYS WERE THE 2ND AND 25TH, WHEN THE
TEMPERATURE DRIPPED TO 31 DEGREES. THESE WERE THE ONLY TWO DAYS IN
WHICH FREEZING TEMPERATURES WERE OBSERVED.

A TOTAL OF 4.59 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WAS MEASURED AT THE
NASHVILLE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, WHICH IS JUST 0.28 INCHES BELOW
NORMAL. THE WETTEST DAY WAS THE 5TH, WHEN 1.29 INCHES OF RAIN
FELL. RAIN OCCURRED ON A TOTAL OF 13 DAYS. THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRED
ON FOUR SEPARATE DAYS. THERE WAS NO SNOWFALL.

THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED WAS 8.7 MILES AN HOUR. THE FASTEST GUST WAS
45 MILES AN HOUR, WHICH OCCURRED ON 9TH. HOWEVER, THE WINDIEST DAY
WAS THE 4TH, WHEN THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED WAS 18.5 MILES AN HOUR.

THE STORY WAS MUCH THE SAME AT CROSSVILLE. THE AVERAGE HIGH FOR
THE MONTH WAS 57.4 DEGREES, WITH AN AVERAGE LOW OF 39.4. OVERALL,
THAT'S 1.3 DEGREES WARMER THAN NORMAL.

THE WARMEST DAY WAS THE 22ND, WHEN THE HIGH TEMPERATURE REACHED
78 DEGREES. THE COLDEST DAYS WERE THE 7TH AND 11TH, WHEN THE
THERMOMETER BOTTOMED OUT AT 31 DEGREES. THERE WERE 6 DAYS IN WHICH
FREEZING TEMPERATURES WERE OBSERVED.

A TOTAL OF 6.01 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH IS STILL 0.06
INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THE WETTEST DAY WAS THE 5TH, WHEN 1.47 INCHES
OF RAIN FELL. THERE WERE 16 DAYS WITH MEASURABLE RAINFALL, AND 5
DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS.

THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR MARCH WAS 6.8 MILES AN HOUR. THE
FASTEST WIND GUST WAS CLOCKED AT 43 MILES AN HOUR ON THE 9TH. THE
WINDIEST DAY WAS THE 6TH, WHEN THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED WAS 11.4
MILES AN HOUR.

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