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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
339 PM CST Fri Feb 28 2025

...A LOOK AHEAD AT MARCH CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA...

The probabilities are leaning towawrd both above normal temperatures
and above normal precipitation during the month of March across
central and southeast Illinois.

Normals are for the period 1991-2020.

...TEMPERATURES...        SPRINGFIELD           PEORIA
Normal high/low           54/33                 51/32
  Mar  1 normals          47/28                 44/26
  Mar 31 normals          60/38                 58/37

Month record high          91 on 3/21/1907       87 on 3/21/1907
Month record low          -12 on 3/05/1960      -11 on 3/08/1943

Normal occurrences of...
  Highs 90 or above       0                     0
  Highs 32 or below       1                     2
  Lows  32 or below       16                    17
  Lows   0 or below       0                     0

...PRECIPITATION...
Normal liquid equivalent  2.76                  2.69
  Greatest month total    9.65 in 1898          7.49 in 2009
  Least month total       0.17 in 1885          0.25 in 1856
  Greatest 24-hour        4.60 on 3/27/1898     2.88 on 3/14/1944

Normal snowfall           3.1                   3.3
  Greatest month total   23.4 in 1906          18.2 in 1926
  Least month total      Zero in 1987#         Zero in many years
  Greatest 24-hour       17.4 on 3/24-25/2013   8.1 on 3/25/1957

...DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65)...
Normal heating            681                   734
Normal cooling            3                     2

CLIMATOLOGICAL OUTLOOK FOR THE NEW MONTH:

   Temperatures --- Above Normal favored
   Precipitation -- Above Normal favored

# - Last of several occurrences

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MJA