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March - Detroit Records 1874 - Present

March Normals
(1991-2020)
Maximum Minimum Average Daily
Temperature
Precipitation
Date Max Min Avg Record
High
Lowest
Max
Highest
Min
Record
Low
Highest Lowest Greatest Date
1 40 24 32.0 64/1992 12/1962 47/1882 1/1962 52/1882 7/1962 1.42/2018 1
2 40 25 32.3 63/1991 11/1925 47/1882 -4/1978 55/1882 6/1925 0.82/1976 2
3 41 25 32.6 67/1974 12/1943 42/1974 -4/2003 55/1974 6/1943 1.71/1953 3
4 41 25 33.0 69/1983 16/1895 44/1880 0/2014 55/1983 11/2014 1.18/1895 4
5 41 25 33.3 68/2004 16/1890 49/1894 2/1948 56/1894 11/1890 1.00/2011 5
6 42 26 33.6 67/2009 17/1920 49/2009 0/2015 58/2009 10/1901 0.73/1959 6
7 42 26 34.0 76/2000 16/1920 47/2012 2/1913 58/2012 10/1913 1.06/2009 7
8 43 26 34.3 80/2000 15/1996 56/2000 -1/1943 68/2000 8/1943 0.95/1974 8
9 43 26 34.7 71/2016 20/1937 53/2016 1/1978 62/2016 13/1996 1.20/1998 9
10 43 27 35.0 70/2021 19/1933 46/2016 4/1877 54/1977 13/1877 0.97/2009 10
11 44 27 35.4 72/1977 17/1948 48/1973 7/1960 59/1973 12/1948 0.92/1922 11
12 44 27 35.8 75/1990 16/1896 48/1927 4/1896 59/1990 10/1896 1.13/1877 12
13 45 28 36.1 73/1990 20/1888 57/1990 3/2014 65/1990 13/2014 1.58/1918 13
14 45 28 36.5 77/1990 15/1895 52/1990 2/1895 65/1990 9/1895 1.54/1997 14
15 45 28 36.8 77/2012 17/1893 55/2012 5/1993 66/2012 12/1895 0.93/1912 15
16 46 29 37.2 74/1945 19/1900 56/1945 4/1900 65/1945 12/1900 1.15/1876 16
17 46 29 37.5 75/2012 13/1941 51/1927 -2/1900 62/2012 7/1900 0.97/1973 17
18 47 29 37.9 75/2012 14/1876 51/2012 7/1916 63/2012 10/1876 0.99/1925 18
19 47 29 38.3 76/1921 15/1883 55/1903 4/1885 64/2012 11/1885 0.93/1881 19
20 48 30 38.6 82/2012 11/1885 59/1921 -2/1885 70/2012 4/1885 0.88/1984 20
21 48 30 39.0 84/2012 16/1885 56/2012 -1/1885 70/2012 8/1885 1.03/1994 21
22 48 30 39.4 86/2012 18/1906 55/2012 3/1885 71/2012 11/1885 0.93/1916 22
23 49 31 39.8 73/2012 18/1888 54/2012 2/1888 64/2012 10/1888 0.91/1938 23
24 49 31 40.1 81/1910 16/1888 52/2021 2/1888 62/2021 10/1888 1.49/2016 24
25 50 31 40.5 78/1945 25/1940 51/1963 4/1974 61/2012 17/1974 1.73/1954 25
26 50 32 40.9 81/2007 23/1894 54/2004 11/2014 66/2007 18/1937 1.08/1934 26
27 51 32 41.3 81/2007 27/1955 57/1998 3/1934 68/1998 15/1934 1.35/1880 27
28 51 32 41.6 82/1945 19/1923 59/1910 4/1934 69/1945 15/1923 1.82/2020 28
29 51 33 42.0 78/1986 23/1887 54/1910 7/1887 67/1908 15/1887 0.79/1979 29
30 52 33 42.4 81/1998 29/1969 59/1910 10/1923 67/1998 21/1923 1.97/2017 30
31 52 33 42.8 80/1943 21/1923 60/1998 6/1923 67/1998 14/1923 1.52/1949 31

Normal High: 45.9

Normal HDD: Month: 861

Normal Monthly Precip: 2.43
Normal Low : 28.6 Normal HDD Season: 5405 Normal Yearly Precip: 6.26
Normal Mean: 37.2 Normal CDD: Month: 1 Ave Snow this Month : 6.2
Normal CDD Season: 0 Ave Snow for the Season: 41.0

Precip: Greatest Monthly Total: 5.63/1913

Snow: Greatest Monthly Total: 30.2/1900
Precip: Least Monthly Total: 0.38/1910 Snow: Least Monthly Total: -1.0/1946


March Daily Snowfall Records

Date Snowfall (Inches) Year Date
1 6.2 1976 1
2 2.7 1982 2
3 6.2 2023 3
4 11.8 1895 4
5 9.8 1899 5
6 4.0 1999 6
7 5.4 1931 7
8 5.5 1980 8
9 4.0 1919 9
10 7.5 1993 10
11 5.0 1950 11
12 6.6 2014 12
13 5.2 2017 13
14 8.5 1904 14
15 6.9 1912 15
16 3.7 2004 16
17 8.4 1973 17
18 6.8 1977 18
19 7.5 1883 19
20 5.6 1996 20
21 8.2 1888 21
22 9.3 1916 22
23 5.3 1956 23
24 1.6 2006 24
25 6.0 1933 25
26 5.9 1934 26
27 3.5 2008 27
28 5.0 1890 28
29 4.6 1954 29
30 7.1 1881 30
31 2.7 1889 31