NWS Reports Warm & Dry S.E. Colorado in March

March of 2012 was an unusually warm and dry month, across most of south central and southeast Colorado. 

In Colorado Springs, the average monthly temperature in March was 48.0F. This is 8.9 degrees above normal and makes March of 2012 the warmest on record in Colorado Springs; surpassing the average temperature of 47.4F, recorded in March of 1910. Colorado Springs received only 0.06 inches of precipitation in March. This is almost an inch below normal (-0.94 inches) and makes March of 2012 the 6th driest March on record in Colorado Springs. 

In Pueblo, the average monthly temperature in March was 48.7F. This is 6.4 degrees above normal and makes March of 2012 the 4th warmest on record in Pueblo; well behind the average temperature of 51.3F, recorded in March of 1910. Pueblo received 0.11 inches of precipitation in March. This is 0.82 inches below normal and makes March of 2012 the 7th driest March on record in Pueblo. 

In Alamosa, the average monthly temperature in March was 37.4F. This is 3.9 degrees above normal and makes March of 2012 4th warmest on record in Alamosa; well behind the average temperature of 39.4F, recorded in March of 2004. Alamosa has received 0.10 inches of precipitation in March. This is 0.43 inches below normal and makes March of 2012 tied as the 11th driest March on record in Alamosa. 

Precipitation levels for this past March were mixed compared to last year at this same time in southeast Colorado.  The National Weather Service reports are shown in inches for our region.

                                                March 2011                         March 2012
Eads                                            0.64                                        0.61
Haswell                                       0.46                                        0.31
Holly                                            0.32                                        0.67
J. Martin Dam                             0.26                                        0.47
La Junta                                      0.53                                        0.22
Lamar                                          0.08                                        0.59
Las Animas                                0.43                                        0.19
Springfield                                  0.10                                        1.04
Trinidad                                      0.53                                         0.29
Walsh                                          0.33                                         1.00