March Review / April Preview

The end of another month means it's time to see how things went.

It was a warm March, with the second most days above freezing in last 20 years, after 2010. It also had the second most days above 10°C with 8, again being beaten by 2010.

It wasn't particularly unusual though. It seems that about half the time March has 25+ days above freezing, and the other years have an extra week or two of colder temperatures (and occasionally much colder temperatures).

This March there were 8 days when the low did not drop below freezing. That ties with 2015 and 2005 for the most warm nights. And there were no lows below -10°C which was similar to 2010. Typically though, March will have anywhere from 5 to 15 days below -10°C.

So what to expect from April?

That's a lot of orange, and not much blue. And it looks like I'll need to change my scorecards at the bottom, because they're not very useful anymore. We'll frequently see a few days in the low 20's. In a lot of years every day in April will be above freezing. And overnight lows are usually above freezing more than half of the time.

This might not be the start of summer, but for me it is definitely the end of winter.