Last year, March was one of the wettest and coldest in Corvallis. But what a difference a year makes! This year precipitation was less than half the monthly normal (1.92 vs. 4.55 inches). The average low was 1.0° above normal and the average high was 5.7° above normal. There were five days with highs of 70°F or above.
The coldest night of the month occurred on the 31st, when a temperature of 29°F was reported.
Table 1 - daily data recorded at the Hyslop Experiment Station.
Table
2 - access to the daily data recorded at the Corvallis Agri-Met
Automated Station. You choose the station and parameters.
Summary: Parameter Observed Dep.* Parameter Observed Dep.* Average maximum temperature 60.6 5.7 Days with measurable precip. 15 -3.8 Average minimum temperature 38.0 1.0 Days with .10" or more precip. 7 -5.0 Monthly precipitation 1.92 -2.63 Days with .50" or more precip. 0 -2.6 Growing degree days @ 50F 51 +29 Days with 1" or more precip. 0 -0.4 * departure from 1971-00 normal
Looking ahead to April:
Maxima rise to about 61°
Minima rise to about 40°
Average precipitation is 2.98 inches
There are an average of 16 days with measurable precipitation
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