OHIO WEATHER OBSERVERS NETWORK

Cincinatti 5NW (Ronald Rothhass Jr.) - March was very wet in Cincinnati with total precipitation of 6.13, breaking a trend that had kept us on the edge of drought conditions since last summer. While there were no winter storms, or winter storm warnings, during the astronomical winter period, on the first day of spring Cincinnatians awoke to Winter Storm Warnings and 0.25 mile visibility in heavy snow. About 3 inches fell from 6 to 8 AM. Another period of light to moderate snow during the late afternoon and evening brought the day's total to 4.5 inches, a daily record. The snowcover dipped temperatures into the teens the next morning but the near 50F ground temperatures and warm March sun made quick work of this winter storm. There was a similar winter storm this snow season, in early December about a week before astronomical winter!

Kidron 1N (Ronald Hahn) - March, 2006 ended near normal in temperature, .34 inch below normal in precipitation, and about 3.5 inches below normal in snowfall. The wind gust of 51 mph on the 10th was the highest wind gust ever recorded here.

Ottawa 4E (Phil & Bonnie Higley) - A rower coster month...Come pretty nice but surely went out with a bad!

Perrysville 4W (Katie Gerwig) - March saw normal temperatures and below normal precipitation. Only 1.8" of snow fell and there were 2 thunderstorm days. There were storms all night continuously throughout the night of the 11th and 12th.

Ravenna 1SE (Gary Locke) - March was relatively mild with six days of high temperatures over 60 degrees and two days had readings over seventy. No severe weather was observed. The month was relatively dry. Total seasonal snowfall at this location is 28.5".

Springfield 2 (Dick Groeber) - The month began with a dry period followed by 9 consecutive dates of measreable precipitation. Snow fell on 4 dates. Temperatures were a mixture of warm and cool. A strong cold front moved through the weekend of the 11th and 12th bringing in heavy rainfall followed by cooler temperatures.

Van Wert 1E (Rick McCoy) - On March 13, high winds blew over a semi tractor trailer in eastern Van Wert County killing the driver, and on the 31st an F2 tornado 300 yards wide with 150 mph winds traveled a 2 mile long path 6 miles south of the city of Van Wert. There was also 1.25 inch hail.

Wooster 7N (Jack Sisler) - March turned out to be a pretty normal month except for precipitation which was a little below normal. A 24-hour rainfall of 1.06 inches made up for half of the total monthly precipitation. I had a 1.0 inch 24-hour snowfall on the 24th that stayed on the ground much of the day followed by 60 degree temperatures five days later.

Zanesville 6N (Tom Ruggles) - March at this location was pretty average and dull. Once again, we had no measurable snow here, and our total for the winter ended up at 1.0 inch. I understand that the USDA's new climate zone places all of Ohio solidly in Zone 6. I believe it!

OWON #	Station	Mean Max Temp	Mean Min Temp	Mean Temp	High Temp	Date	Low Temp	Date	Total Prec	Max 24hr Prec	Date	# Prec Days	Total Snow	Max 24hr Snow	Date	# 1"+ Snow Days	Max Wind Gust	Date
119	Akron 1W	46.6	30.5	38.5	71	31st	19	4th	1.95	0.92	12-13	10	2.3	1.3	15th	1	17	31st
A	Akron-Canton	44.9	28.4	36.7	72	31st	17	4,5	2.22	1.22	12th	9	2.9	1.1	24th	1	47	10th
003	Aurora 3S	45.5	28.3	36.9	72	31st	15	4th	2.07	0.68	13th	17	1.7	0.6	26th	0
82	Centerville 1W	48.5	30.9	39.7	69	30th	15	4th	4.72	1.53	12th	11	1.8	1.8	21st	1	40	14th
A	Cincinnati	51.1	33.6	42.4	72	30th	14	22nd	6.92	2.09	12th	13	4.2	4.2	21st	1	46	16th
13	Cincinnati 5NW	51.8	33.5	42.7	72	30th	18	22nd	6.13	1.92	12th	17	4.6	4.5	21st	1
A	Cleveland	44.7	30.6	37.6	72	31st	20	4,5	1.54	0.34	13th	9	2.2	0.7	2nd	0	54	31st
55	Cleves 3NW
A	Columbus	48.5	31.9	50.2	71	30th	17	4th	3.48	1.22	12th	14	1.9	0.6	21st	0	51	9th
A	Dayton	47.7	30.9	39.3	68	30th	18	4th	3.70	1.31	12th	7	3.5	1.5	21st	1	46	13th
22	Kent 2E	46.1	29.2	37.6	71	31st	17	1st	2.29	0.77	12th	11	3.5	1.5	15th	1	37	13th
430	Kent 2W
2	Kidron 1N	47.8	29.4	38.6	72	31st	13	3rd	2.62	1.06	12th	12	3.2	1.7	24th	1	51	10th
87	Lagrange 2SW	45.4	28.2	36.8	71	31st	17	4,5	1.04	0.37	12th	7	0.9	0.6	2nd	0	46	9th
030	Lancaster 2S	48.5	29.6	39.1	71	30th	15	4th	3.91	1.85	12-13		1.3	0.9	21st	0
A	Mansfield	44.6	28.2	36.4	68	13,30	17	4th	3.21	1.83	12th	11	4.1	2.0	16th	1	54	10th
51	Middleburg Heights 2N								1.88	0.44	31st	9	1.0	1.0	2nd	1
120	Millersburg
25	Munroe Falls 1SW	44.1	26.2	35.2	68	14,31	7	1st	2.00	0.98	12th	10	2.9	2.2	15th	1
32	North Ridgeville 1N	47.0	29.7	38.4	73	31st	17	5th	1.16	0.36	13th	8	0.7	0.5	2nd	0	42	10th
106	Newcomerstown 1S	50.8	29.1	40.0	75.0	31st	16	5th	2.60	1.33	12th	5	0.5	0.5	3rd	0	45	10th
15	Ottawa 4E	46.9	29.7	39.3	70	13th	15	4th	1.32	0.42	12th	14	1.0	0.7	16th	0	54	4th
79	Perrysville 4W	47.0	30.0	38.5	68	13,30,31	17	5th	1.77	0.91	12th	8	1.8	1.0	24th	1
101	Ravenna 1E	47.1	31.2	39.1	75	31st	19	4th	1.03	0.47	12th	16	1.6	0.8	15th	0	33	10th
121	Ravenna 1SE	46.4	26.2	36.3	72	31st	16	4th	1.87	0.71	12th	11	2.0	1.0	14th	1
33	Rockbridge 4W	49.8	30.6	40.2	75	30th	15	4th	2.99	1.46	11-12	13	1.1	0.7	21st	0
04	Sandusky 1N	44.6	32.3	38.5	69	31st	23	4th	3.09	1.18	31st	13	0.8	0.5	2nd	0	47	10th
	Shawnee Township
1	Springfield 2	48.0	31.0	40.0	70	30th	18	4th	4.11	1.71	12th	18	4.2	2.0	21st	2	40	14th
112	Sugarcreek 2SW	48.4	29.1	38.8	70	13,31	14	3rd	2.68	0.96	13th	15	1.7	1.0	17th	1	42	10th
98	Thompson 5SW
117	Tiltonsville
A	Toledo	46.6	28.7	37.7	70	13th	17	5th	2.48	1.01	13th	11	1.6	0.9	16th	0	48	13th
86	Van Wert 1E	46.0	31.0	38.5	69	13,30,31	19	4th	2.38	0.80	9th	12	2.2	0.9	6th	0	46	13th
16	Wooster 7N	45.6	27.0	36.3	69	30,31	12	2nd	2.12	1.06	12th	15	2.1	1.0	24th	1	46	10,13
A	Youngstown	45.4	28.5	37.0	75	31st	15	3rd	1.71	0.52	12th	7	2.3	0.9	25th	0	49	10th
04S	Zanesville 6N	49.4	31.1	39.5	73	30th	19	4,5	3.00	1.15	12th	17	0.0	0.0		0
OWON #	Station	Mean Max Temp	Mean Min Temp	Mean Temp	High Temp	Date	Low Temp	Date	Total Prec	Max 24hr Prec	Date	# Prec Days	Total Snow	Max 24hr Snow	Date	# 1"+ Snow Days	Max Wind Gust	Date