March wetter and warmer than normal

Statewide, Iowa (RI) – State Climatologist Justin Glisan says March was warmer and wetter than normal, including one distinction for this year.

Glisan says the weather pattern for March sent us three big storm events.

Glisan adds there was a big disparity in precipitation across the state.

Glisten says part of the March precipitation was above average snowfall in northern and western Iowa after an earlier lack of snow.

Glisan went on to say there was some warm weather between the storms.

Glisan says February was about two inches below average for snowfall on top of December, January and February were combined about 13 inches below average.

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