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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON OFFERS THE FOLLOWING DATA FOR MARCH AS OF 2000:
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NORMAL
MARCH
21.8°F to 39.6°F
Average 30.7°F
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WARMEST
MARCH
Average 40.0°F in 1903
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COLDEST
MARCH
Average 19.3°F in 1885
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WARMEST
MARCH DAY
84°F
Mar 29, 1946
Mar 31, 1998
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COLDEST
MARCH DAY
-24°F
Mar 4, 1938
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NORMAL
PRECIPITATION
2.32"
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HIGHEST
PRECIPITATION
4.53" in 1913
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LOWEST
PRECIPITATION
0.22" in 1915
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MOST
PRECIPITATION
1.83”
Mar 1, 1900
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LEAST
PRECIPITATION
0.62"
Mar 31, 1932
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AVERAGE
SNOWFALL
11.9"
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MAXIMUM
SNOWFALL
47.6" in 2001
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MINIMUM
SNOWFALL
TRACE in 1946
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MOST SNOW
15.7"
Mar 3, 1994
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LEAST SNOW
1.8"
Mar 27, 1969
Mar 27, 1983
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 THE VERMONT WEATHER BOOK by David Ludlum (Vermont Historical Society, 1996) says of March:
“Lion-like March comes in hoarse, with tempestuous breath.” So William Dean Howells described the blustery month. March is aptly named after the Roman god of war, for its windy activity results from a combat for possession of the New England region between the retiring forces of the North and the advancing forces of the South. “Like an army defeated, the snow hath retreated,” was William Wordsworth’s observation of the usual March weatherama.
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