


Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Detroit/Pontiac, MI
Issued by NWS Detroit/Pontiac, MI
210 CXUS53 KDTX 030945 CLMDTW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 511 AM EDT THU APR 03 2025 ................................... ...THE DETROIT MI CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2025... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1874 TO 2025 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 86 03/22/2012 LOW -7 03/05/1872 HIGHEST 74 03/15 MM MM LOWEST 15 03/02 MM MM AVG. MAXIMUM 54.2 45.9 8.3 AVG. MINIMUM 32.2 28.6 3.6 MEAN 43.2 37.2 6.0 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 DAYS MAX <= 32 1 3.4 -2.4 DAYS MIN <= 32 20 21.0 -1.0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.1 -0.1 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 5.63 1913 MINIMUM 0.38 1910 TOTALS 1.78 2.43 -0.65 DAILY AVG. 0.06 0.08 -0.02 DAYS >= .01 9 11.1 -2.1 DAYS >= .10 5 6.1 -1.1 DAYS >= .50 1 1.4 -0.4 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.4 -0.4 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.76 03/04 TO 03/05 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 30.2 1900 TOTALS 0.4 6.2 -5.8 LIQUID EQUIV 0.00 0.60 -0.60 SINCE 7/1 26.9 43.5 -16.6 LIQUID 7/1 2.69 DAYS >= TRACE 11 5.3 5.7 DAYS >= 1.0 0 1.9 -1.9 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH T DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 668 861 -193 SINCE 7/1 4862 5353 -491 COOLING TOTAL 0 1 -1 SINCE 1/1 0 1 -1 FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 09/22 (1974) LATEST 05/29 (1966) EARLIEST 11/21 (2024) LATEST 04/25 (2024) .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.9 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 43/200 DATE 03/15 43/220 03/30 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 62/200 DATE 03/30 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.74 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 1 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 15 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 15 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 63 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 2 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 2 LIGHT RAIN 14 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 10 SLEET 0 FOG 11 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 3 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ --------------------------------------------------------------- MONTHLY CLIMATE DATA FOR NWS WHITE LAKE - MARCH 2025 ...TEMPERATURE DATA... ...PRECIPITATION DATA... AVERAGE MAXIMUM.........52.4 MONTHLY TOTAL..........3.10 AVERAGE MINIMUM.........28.7 GREATEST DAILY TOTAL...0.64 MONTHLY AVERAGE.........40.5 ON THE 30TH 2025 TOTAL.............5.64 ...HEATING DEGREE DAYS... MONTHLY TOTAL............750 ...SNOWFALL DATA... 2024-2025 SEASON TOTAL..5524 MONTHLY TOTAL...........0.3 GREATEST DAILY TOTAL....0.2 ...COOLING DEGREE DAYS... ON THE 6TH MONTHLY TOTAL..............0 2024-2025 SEASON TOTAL.43.0 2025 TOTAL.................0 ================================================================ SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 2025 MARCH 2025 MONTHLY STATISTICS AND RANKINGS ----------------------------------------------------------------- SNOWFALL ACTUAL NORMAL DEPARTURE RANKING DETROIT AREA 0.4" 6.2" -5.8" 10TH LEAST SNOWY FLINT AREA 1.1" 6.6" -5.5" 8TH LEAST SNOWY SAGINAW AREA 1.5" 6.0" -4.5" 14TH LEAST SNOWY SNOWFALL SINCE JULY 1* ACTUAL NORMAL DEPARTURE RANKING DETROIT AREA 26.9" 43.5" -16.6" 31ST LEAST SNOWY FLINT AREA 39.2" 49.7" -10.5" 50TH LEAST SNOWY SAGINAW AREA 31.7" 46.6" -14.9" 35TH LEAST SNOWY *NORMAL TO DATE (AS OF MARCH 31, 2025) PRECIPITATION ACTUAL NORMAL DEPARTURE RANKING DETROIT AREA 1.78" 2.43" -0.65" 45TH DRIEST FLINT AREA 2.40" 1.97" +0.43" 36TH WETTEST SAGINAW AREA 2.69" 2.02" +0.67" 24TH WETTEST PRECIPITATION SINCE JANUARY 1* ACTUAL NORMAL DEPARTURE RANKING DETROIT AREA 4.30" 6.74" -2.44" 15TH DRIEST FLINT AREA 4.22" 5.64" -1.42" 26TH DRIEST SAGINAW AREA 3.95" 5.71" -1.76" 21ST DRIEST *NORMAL TO DATE (AS OF MARCH 31, 2025) AVERAGE TEMPERATURE ACTUAL NORMAL DEPARTURE RANKING DETROIT AREA 43.2 37.2 +6.0 7TH WARMEST FLINT AREA 41.1 34.2 +6.9 9TH WARMEST SAGINAW AREA 39.4 34.0 +5.4 10TH WARMEST AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ACTUAL NORMAL DEPARTURE RANKING DETROIT AREA 54.2 45.9 +8.3 5TH WARMEST FLINT AREA 52.9 43.3 +9.6 5TH WARMEST SAGINAW AREA 49.9 42.3 +7.6 8TH WARMEST AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE ACTUAL NORMAL DEPARTURE RANKING DETROIT AREA 32.2 28.6 +3.6 21ST WARMEST FLINT AREA 29.2 25.1 +4.1 19TH WARMEST SAGINAW AREA 28.8 25.7 +3.1 19TH WARMEST DETROIT AREA HAS A CLIMATE RECORD DATING TO NOVEMBER 1874 (~151 YEARS) FLINT AREA HAS A CLIMATE RECORD DATING TO JANUARY 1921 (~105 YEARS) SAGINAW AREA HAS CLIMATE RECORD DATING TO JANUARY 1912 (~114 YEARS)