March 2000 LaVale MD Weather Summary
Observer Nate Mullins

Special Observations:
F=fog
T=thunder
H=hail
DW=damaging wind
S=sleet
G=glaze

	Temperature, F	Precip
Date	Max	Min	Liquid	Solid	Special Obs

1	50	30	 .04
2	36	30
3	51	22
4	59	25
5	62	29
6	64	30
7	75	31
8	80	54
9	74	45	 .03
10	66	44
11	46	39	1.16		F
12	43	34	   T	   T
13	48	20
14	52	32
15	67	30
16	58	34	 .32
17	42	28	   T
18	43	14
19	61	26
20	42	33	 .10
21	38	33	1.00	   T
22	34	32	 .02
23	64	34
24	72	42
25	76	39	 .02		T
26	72	42
27	51	36	 .01
28	49	33	 .14
29	59	31	 .01
30	62	30
31	68	24

Tot	56.9	32.5	2.85	   T
Ext	80	14	1.16	   T
Date	8	18	11	 21+

Mean Monthly Temp:  44.7 F
Fog days 1
Thunder days 1

Significant Events

7: Warm high 75 F
8: Unusually warm high 80 F.
9: Warm again high 74 F.
11: Cooler with steady rain heavy at times in the evening, 1.16" fell.
16: Evening showers .32" of rain.
21: Cold rain fell through the morning, heavy at times overnight 1.10" fell since last
    evening.  Heavy wet snow 6 to 12 inches plus fell in the higher elevations but only
    a trace of snow here.
25: Mild high 76 F with some thunder this evening but only .02" rain.

Summary:

March was very mild with an unusually early 80-degree reading on the 8th.  There was little
cold, and no measurable snow for the first time on record.  Precipitation was below normal,
although there were two significant storms with over an inch of rain on the 11th and 21st.

Additional notes/records

7: Record high 75 F
8: Record high 80 F.  A close 2nd to 1974 (March 5th) for earliest 80-degree day in a season.
9: Another record high 74 F.

March 2000 tied 1968 and 1979 for the 5th warmest March on record with a mean temperature of
44.7 F.