Great Barrington — Sometimes March can be an up and down month. Temperatures can be very warm and then very cold. Sometimes big snowstorms can occur. March 2017 was like that.
At the beginning of the month very warm weather. Then came an arctic cold wave with a snow squall and colder readings. Finally, the big snowstorm that dropped 16 to in some places over two feet of snow to the Northeast.
When the month came to an end yesterday, our averages for the month looked like this:
We ended up with an average high temperature of 40 and a low of 31 for a mean of 30.5. The precipitation totals were rain 2.24″, added snow melt 2.84″
So, the month turned out to be four degrees colder and wetter than normal thanks to two nor’easters and two Arctic fronts. The month’s mean temperature of 30.5 was the eighth coldest in the now 52-year history.
By the looks of things, cooler than average weather will continue for at least another week.
| DATE | HI TEMP | LO TEMP | SKY | RAIN | SNOW | COMMENTS |
| 1-Mar-17 | 64 | 52 | CHANGING | VCLDY WINDY. CLEAR LATE EVENING | ||
| 2-Mar-17 | 60 | 25 | CHANGING | 0.01 | CLEAR EARLY AM. PCLDY WINDY COLDER AFT BRIEF SHOWER. THEN CLEAR | |
| 3-Mar-17 | 34 | 15 | CHANGING | 0.5 | FAIR AM. CLOUDING UP LATE AFT. SNOW (.01) SQUAL 5 TIL 6P THEN CLEARING | |
| 4-Mar-17 | 21 | 9 | FAIR | WINDY | ||
| 5-Mar-17 | 27 | 5 | FAIR | WINDY | ||
| 6-Mar-17 | 47 | 9 | CHANGING | FAIR AM. CLOUDING UP MID AFT. HI TEMP 11:59P | ||
| 7-Mar-17 | 50 | 24 | CLOUDY | 0.26 | PERIODS OF RAIN AND DRIZZLE. HI TEMP 1A | |
| 8-Mar-17 | 56 | 37 | CHANGING | 0.19 | RAIN EARLY AM. THEN CLEARING, BREEZY | |
| 9-Mar-17 | 48 | 33 | CHANGING | FAIR BREEZY DAY. CLOUDING UP LATE EVENING | ||
| 10-Mar-17 | 33 | 16 | CHANGING | 1.1 | SNOW (.07″)EARLY AM. THEN FAIR. | |
| 11-Mar-17 | 19 | 7 | CHANGING | VERY WINDY WINDY. FAIR AM. MCLDY A FEW FLURRIES AFT EVENING. THEN FAIR LATE PM RECORD LOW HI. | ||
| 12-Mar-17 | 22 | 6 | FAIR | |||
| 13-Mar-17 | 31 | 10 | CHANGING | CLOUDING UP LATE EVENING. | ||
| 14-Mar-17 | 27 | 17 | CLOUDY | 19.6 | SNOW (2.0) 3A TIL 11p. TREE TOP WINDS GUSTING TO 40MPH | |
| 15-Mar-17 | 25 | 11 | CHANGING | PCLDY AM. MCLDY AFT WITH A FEW FLURRIES. PCLDY EVENING BREEZY | ||
| 16-Mar-17 | 33 | 19 | CHANGING | 0.1 | EARLY AM SNOW SHOWER. THEN FAIR | |
| 17-Mar-17 | 40 | 19 | FAIR | BREEZY DAY THEN CALM OVERNIGHT | ||
| 18-Mar-17 | 42 | 9 | CHANGING | CLOUDING UP LATE AM. | ||
| 19-Mar-17 | 46 | 27 | CHANGING | FAIR DAY. MCLDY EVENING | ||
| 20-Mar-17 | 48 | 16 | CHANGING | CLOUDY AM. CLEAR MID DAY | ||
| 21-Mar-17 | 53 | 29 | FAIR | |||
| 22-Mar-17 | 38 | 18 | CHANGING | 0.4 | CLOUDING UP EARLY AM. SNOW (.02″)6A THEN FAIR WINDY | |
| 23-Mar-17 | 38 | 16 | FAIR | |||
| 24-Mar-17 | 41 | 21 | CLOUDY | 0.03 | CLOUDING UP EARLY AM. PERIODS OF LIGHT MIXED PRECIP AM. | |
| 25-Mar-17 | 43 | 34 | CLOUDY | 0.25 | PERIODS OF LIGHT RAIN TIL 6P. | |
| 26-Mar-17 | 38 | 30 | CLOUDY | 0.1 | PERIODS OF LIGHT RAIN. | |
| 27-Mar-17 | 44 | 34 | CLOUDY | 0.44 | RAIN 5A TIL 10A | |
| 28-Mar-17 | 50 | 37 | CLOUDY | 0.51 | RAIN 2P TIL MIDNIGHT | |
| 29-Mar-17 | 47 | 30 | CHANGING | CLEARING AT SUNRISE. FAIR. LO TEMP 11;59p | ||
| 30-Mar-17 | 48 | 24 | CHANGING | CLOUDING UP LATE AFT. RAIN 11P TIL… | ||
| 31-Mar-17 | 38 | 33 | CLOUDY | 0.45 | 1 | PERIODS OF RAIN CONTINUING TIL 5P THEN SLEET (.73) WINDY |
| 40 | 21 | 2.24 | 22.7 | AVERAGE: Temp-45/24 Mean-34.5 | ||
| Snow melt | 2.84 | Precip: Rain 3.21 Snow 10.4 | ||||