March Temperature/Precipitation (thru 2009) 
                Normals and Extremes for Galveston (1971-2000)
                    (Temperature Records from 1875)
                   (Precipitation Records from 1871)
	                   (last update 4/5/09)

    ------------- TEMPERATURE -------------------   ---- PRECIPITATION -----
     NORMAL   RECORD     LOW     RECORD    HIGH      RECORD  CUMULATIVE PCPN     
    MAX MIN  MAX YEAR    MAX    MIN YEAR   MIN        PCPN    DAILY  YEARLY 
    ---------------------------------------------   ------------------------
 1  67  54   79  2007  39 1962  30  1890  67 1932   2.04 1934  0.09   6.78 
 2  67  55   77  1940  39 1980  26  1980  68 1932   1.22 2005  0.18   6.87 
 3  67  55   80  2000  41 1943  27  1943  66 1945*  1.76 1903  0.27   6.96 
 4  68  55   79  1981  46 1978  32  2002* 69 1882   1.30 1926  0.36   7.05 
 5  68  56   77  1880  39 1989  28  1989  70 1882   3.17 1933  0.45   7.14 
 
 6  68  56   77  1999* 46 1989  27  1989  68 1918*  0.90 1946  0.54   7.23 
 7  68  56   82  1983  45 1947  32  1943  70 1882   1.83 1970  0.63   7.32 
 8  69  56   78  2000  45 1915  33  1996  68 2000*  1.12 1921  0.72   7.41 
 9  69  57   84  2006  40 1932  31  1932  69 1918*  1.75 1880  0.81   7.50 
10  69  57   78  2000  35 1932  30  1932  70 1907   3.97 1903  0.90   7.59 

11  69  57   78  2006  40 1948* 31  1948  70 1907   1.17 1914  0.99   7.68 
12  69  57   79  1923  44 1932  31  1948  71 1907   2.50 1946  1.08   7.77 
13  70  58   81  2006  49 1932  32  1932  71 1907   2.91 1890  1.17   7.86 
14  70  58   80  1922  48 1924  38  1954  68 1921*  3.37 2007  1.26   7.95 
15  70  58   87  2008  46 1880  40  1937* 70 1945*  1.88 1896  1.35   8.04 

16  70  58   80  1972* 48 1880  37  1880  71 1945   2.71 1944  1.44   8.13
17  70  59   78  1965* 41 1892  36  1892  70 1945*  2.96 1957  1.53   8.22 
18  70  59   80  1972  45 1941  32  1892  70 1945*  2.22 1884  1.62   8.31 
19  71  59   80  1954  37 1923  30  1923  72 1882   2.75 1941  1.71   8.40 
20  71  59   80  2006  49 1914  32  1965* 71 1882   2.37 1985  1.80   8.49 

21  71  59   82  1955  51 1876  38  1876  71 1907   1.79 1979  1.89   8.58 
22  71  60   80  2005  50 1989  36  1968  71 1907   2.53 1880  1.98   8.67 
23  71  60   78  1907  54 1968  40  1915  71 1907   8.00 1973  2.07   8.76 
24  72  60   79  1909  53 1912  40  1912  71 1921   1.95 1898  2.16   8.85 
25  72  60   81  2005  50 1974  43  1974* 72 1907   4.22 1997  2.25   8.94 

26  72  61   79  1988  45 1955  34  1955  73 1907   2.85 1914  2.34   9.03 
27  72  61   79  2007* 45 1955  33  1955  73 1907   2.77 1923  2.43   9.12 
28  72  61   83  1950  53 1937  35  1931  73 1907   1.82 2001  2.52   9.21 
29  72  61   81  1974* 53 1894  39  1894  73 1907   1.68 1926  2.60   9.29 
30  72  61   85  1879  49 1937  37  1987  72 1938   1.79 1907  2.68   9.37 

31  73  61   80  1941* 53 1937* 38  1926  73 1938   4.42 2007  2.76   9.45 

* indicates a record that has been tied on a previous year

MARCH Normals
MEAN TEMPERATURE......64.1
MEAN PRECIPITATION....2.76   
HEATING DEGREE DAYS...94    
COOLING DEGREE DAYS...65  

ALLTIME MARCH RECORDS
HIGH  87  03/15/2008    
LOW   26  03/02/1980