March was a cold month in a cold winter. Seven nights it frosted, with four overnight lows below 30 degrees the first two weeks and the 28.1 degree month's low March 17. Snow was not measured locally.

By all calculations it was cold. The 35 degrees average morning low was 2.9 degrees below the century average of 37.9. The average daily high of 51.4 was 0.8 degrees below the 52.2 century average.

Those combined to have the 42.9 degree daily average peg at 1.9 degrees below the 44.8 degrees for the century.

The high topped 50 degrees 18 times, starting the 6th. Only twice did it go above 62 d...