PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...MARCH CLIMATE...CORRECTED FOR
EXPIRATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
821 AM EST SAT APR 1 2006

...MARCH 2006 DRIEST ON RECORD IN CENTRAL PARK...

MARCH OF 2006 ENDED UP BEING THE DRIEST MARCH ON RECORD IN CENTRAL
PARK. THE 0.80 INCHES OF RAIN AND SNOW WAS A TENTH OF AN INCH LOWER
THAN THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 0.90 SET WAY BACK IN 1885.

THE MONTH DID NOT START OFF DRY HOWEVER...AS A STORM SWEPT THROUGH
WITH 0.52 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION ON THE 2ND OF THE MONTH. THE
SYSTEM DROPPED 1.3 INCHES OF SNOW THAT DAY...BRINGING THE SEASON
SNOWFALL UP TO 39.9 INCHES. THE REST OF THE MONTH BROUGHT NO MORE
SNOW...AND CENTRAL PARK CONTINUES TO TEETER THAT CLOSE TO ANOTHER 40
INCH SNOW SEASON.

AFTER THAT EARLY MONTH STORM...ONLY 0.28 INCHES OF RAIN FELL THE
REMAINDER OF THE MONTH.

ALTHOUGH THE LACK OF PRECIPITATION WAS REMARKABLE...TEMPERATURES
WERE VERY CLOSE TO NORMAL.

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