Both daylight and warmth on the increase in March, but Mother Nature could still pack a Winter punch

With it being the beginning of March lets take a look at what we are in for, climatologically for the month.

First of all we continue to add daylight hours to the mix as the Earths axis leans the northern hemisphere more towards the sun.

Southern Wisconsin gains about 1 hour and 28 minutes of daylight during March.

Not only do we gain daylight, but warmth as well. The average high temperature March 1st is 33 degrees, but climbs to 47 by March 31st.

Our record high in Fond du Lac in March was 83 °F set on March 29, of 1910.

Our record low was -24 °F on March 1, of 1962.

We average 1.8 inches of accumulated precipitation, with that equating to 5.7 inches of snow, and the rest as rain.

Our wettest day was 3.5 inches of rain on March 12, of 1923. Our snowiest day was March 10th 1943 when just over a foot of snow fell.

Our wettest month was 1923 when the equivalent of 6.5 inches of water fell, though most of that was snow, being that 1923 was also our snowiest month with 32 inches of snow falling.

So given the chances of snow and cold yet, it’s best to not get Spring fever just yet.