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The weather in the month of March was slightly warmer and wetter than the long-term average for the city of Weyburn and area, with the precipitation over the winter also higher than average for this spring's runoff. The average high temperature in March was 1.05, compared to the long-term average of 0.29, and the average low was -7.98, compared to the long-term average low of -9.7. The overall average or mean temperature for March was -3.47, up slightly from the long-term average of -4.7. The warmest temperature of the month was 10 degrees, recorded on March 5, and the coolest was -20.5 recorded on March 16. There were no records set or tied in March. Weyburn received a total precipitation of 33.8 millimetres, almost double the long-term average total of 18.2 mm. While above average, it was short of the record rainfall of 52 mm set in 1990. The record low for March is 0.5 mm set in 1968. The total precipitation recorded for Weyburn from Oct. 1 to March 31 total 136.4 mm water equivalent, which is higher than the long-term average of 103.3 mm. The long-term average is calculated from when the city began keeping its own weather records in 1952 to the present. |
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