Windy and mild start to Friday with a cool and windy end forecast

In the middle west, many of us know that they should not make themselves too comfortable during spring. Temperatures can dropEt as quickly as you can rise. A large winter storm can quickly be followed from one day f F.Illed with Donner and lightning. Weather pair trauma is particularly expected through The month of March. In this sense, you Perhaps the saying trusts: “March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb.“” But how often is that actually true? We DoI'm back in The local climatology and records Of the last 10 months of MarCh find out. Take a look at the graphic below to see what we found!

Interestingly 3 Of the past 5 years, a clear pattern “like a lamb like a lion” had clear. In the 5 years earlier, 3 years saw the opposite: “In like a lion, like a lamb.”

March from 2023 showed one of the most obvious patterns From the last decade. The month started quiet. The temperatures were almost normal and light amounts of snow through the area. However, The month would end with ends with roar. On March 31stst2023, a storm outbreak over the middle west. Almost 150Tornados were reported, 12 of which were in South Wisconsin. Hail and heavy rain were reported in the area with La Crosse and Eau Claire break the daily record for precipitation (LSE: 1.67 in, Eau: 1.55 in).

In 2019 the March started snowy And cold. Eau Claire saw his coldest start in the month in record while La Crosse saw It is 3RD Coldest start. In addition, 18 inches were snow on the ground in La Crosse at the beginning of the month. This is the 6TH The biggest snow depth that was ever recorded in March. In Eau Claire, The snow depth was 25 inches to start the month. This was the 3RD The biggest record for the city in March. The temperatures nearby had returned by the end of the month Normal, and the snow had melted away.