PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1242 PM EDT MON APR 2 2012

...PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...

A MARCH FOR THE RECORD BOOKS.

BEGINNING ON MARCH 14 TOLEDO EXPRESS AIRPORT HAD 9 CONSECUTIVE DAYS
OF 70 DEGREES OR MORE FOR A HIGH TEMPERATURE. THAT BROKE THE
RECORD OF 5 SET IN 1995. ADDITIONALLY 4 OF THOSE DAYS WERE GREATER
THAN OR EQUAL TO 80 DEGREES. THAT BROKE THE RECORD OF 3 SET IN
1910. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 61.5 OR 14.6 DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED IN MARCH WAS 83
DEGREES IN 1910. THIS MARCH THAT RECORD WAS TIED TWICE ON THE 21ST
AND 22ND. THE OVERALL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 50.9
OR 13.3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL...MAKING THIS THE WARMEST MARCH ON
RECORD BY 3.2 DEGREES.

BEGINNING ON MARCH 14 CLEVELAND HOPKINS AIRPORT HAD 10 CONSECUTIVE
DAYS OF 70 DEGREES OR MORE FOR A HIGH TEMPERATURE. THAT BROKE THE
RECORD OF 7 SET IN 1945. ADDITIONALLY 4 OF THOSE DAYS WERE GREATER
THAN OR EQUAL TO 80 DEGREES. THAT BROKE THE RECORD OF 2 SET IN
1998. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 61.3 OR 14.7 DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED IN MARCH WAS 83
DEGREES IN 1945. THIS MARCH THAT RECORD WAS TIED ON THE
19TH...20TH...AND 21ST. THE OVERALL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE
MONTH WAS 51.4 OR 13.0 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL...MAKING THIS THE
WARMEST MARCH ON RECORD BY 1.9 DEGREES.

BEGINNING ON MARCH 14 AKRON-CANTON AIRPORT HAD 10 CONSECUTIVE DAYS
OF 70 DEGREES OR MORE FOR A HIGH TEMPERATURE. THAT BROKE THE
RECORD OF 8 SET IN 1910. ADDITIONALLY 4 OF THOSE DAYS WERE GREATER
THAN OR EQUAL TO 80 DEGREES. THAT BROKE THE RECORD OF 2 SET IN
1910. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 61.5 OR 14.6 DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED IN MARCH WAS 82
DEGREES IN 1910. THIS MARCH THAT RECORD WAS BROKEN ON THE 22ND BY
1 DEGREE. THE OVERALL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 51.1 OR
13.5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL...MAKING THIS THE WARMEST MARCH ON
RECORD BY 2.1 DEGREES.

BEGINNING ON MARCH 14 YOUNGSTOWN REGIONAL AIRPORT HAD 10 CONSECUTIVE
DAYS OF 70 DEGREES OR MORE FOR A HIGH TEMPERATURE. THAT BROKE THE
RECORD OF 6 SET IN 1945. ADDITIONALLY 4 OF THOSE DAYS WERE GREATER
THAN OR EQUAL TO 80 DEGREES. THAT BROKE THE RECORD OF 1 SET IN
1998. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 60.3 DEGREES OR 14.5
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED FOR
MARCH WAS 82 DEGREES IN 1986. THAT RECORD WAS NOT BROKEN THIS
YEAR. THE OVERALL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 49.5 OR
12.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL...MAKING THIS THE WARMEST MARCH ON
RECORD BY 1.4 DEGREES.

BEGINNING ON MARCH 20 ERIE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HAD 3 CONSECUTIVE
DAYS OF 70 DEGREES OR MORE FOR A HIGH TEMPERATURE. THAT DID NOT 
BREAK THE RECORD OF 4 SET IN 1990. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE EVER
RECORDED FOR MARCH WAS 82 DEGREES IN 1945. THE HIGHEST
TEMPERATURE THIS MARCH WAS 78 DEGREES...WHICH OCCURRED ON THE
21ST. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 58.0 OR 14.2
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE OVERALL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 48.9 OR
13.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL...MAKING THIS THE WARMEST MARCH ON
RECORD BY 2.1 DEGREES.

BEGINNING ON MARCH 17 MANSFIELD LAHM AIRPORT HAD 7 CONSECUTIVE DAYS
OF 70 DEGREES OR MORE FOR A HIGH TEMPERATURE. THAT BROKE THE
RECORD OF 5 SET IN 1990. ADDITIONALLY 3 OF THOSE DAYS WERE GREATER
THAN OR EQUAL TO 80 DEGREES. THAT BROKE THE RECORD OF 2 SET IN
1986. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 60.8 OR 14.6 DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED FOR MARCH WAS 82
DEGREES IN 1986. ON THE 22ND THAT RECORD WAS BROKEN BY 2 DEGREES.
THE OVERALL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 50.4 OR 13.3 DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL...MAKING THIS THE WARMEST MARCH ON RECORD BY 2.1 DEGREES.

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MAYERS