Weather in March near normal

It seems like winter will never end, but according to Environment Canada, the month of March was pretty normal in terms of temperature and precipitation.

Geoff Coulson is a severe weather specialist and says he doesn’t expect much change for the month of April.

“The way things are shaping up right now, I think March for much of northwestern Ontario came in around seasonal temperatures overall,” explains Coulson.

“April at this point looks to be the same situation, generally expecting temperatures to be seasonal for the month of April. Normal daytime highs for the area are around 5 degrees. Normal overnight lows are around -6. And those are the types of temperatures we’re looking at as we head into the Easter weekend and maybe that continuation of the first week of April into next week.”

The Daily Mean Temperature in Kenora last month was -7, in Dryden it was a little warmer at -6.1 Celsius and Fort Frances was -4.9.

In terms of precipitation, Kenora had 43.9 millimeters, which was a mix of snow and rain.

We normally get 27.7 millimeters.

In Dryden, it saw 28.4 millimeters, which was near the average of 30.4, and Fort Frances was very dry with 13 millimeters of precipitation.

It usually gets around 30.9 millimeters.