>With the new snow fall yesterday we were wondering if we might have another record breaking month of snow. After looking up the weather history for lansing, we sure hope we do not come close! (and while the belated birthday and groundhogs day blizzards of february were fun… we are not hoping for a st. patty’s day blizzard as they had in 1973. I guess it could be fun). We threw in a few extra tidbits of info, mainly to remind ourselves that March in mid-michigan can also be warm and sunny!
Lansing weather history (complements of www.crh.noaa.gov)
3/1/1882
March comes in like a lamb with high temperatures in the 60s. Lansing hits 64 degrees, and goes on to reach 66 degrees the next day. This continued the warmth from the previous month, which was the warmest February on record at Lansing.
3/3/1943
Arctic air dominates the first ten days of the month. Record cold temperatures this morning include the 10 below zero in Lansing.
3/4/1912
Subzero cold continues during one of the coldest months of March on record across Lower Michigan. Muskegon sets a record low of 2 below zero on this morning, during a spell of five straight days below zero.
3/5/1976
Thunderstorms move over cold air near the ground to produce one of the worst ice storms in history across Wisconsin and Lower Michigan. From 2 to 5 inches of ice builds up on trees and power lines, resulting in hundreds of thousands of people without power, some for as long as ten days.
3/7/1999
Arctic air and several inches of fresh snow on the ground combine to drop temperatures to a record low of 13 below zero at Lansing.
3/17/1973
A record snowstorm dumps over a foot of snow across southern Lower Michigan. Lansing has a record 16.5 inches.
3/19/1885
Lansing falls to 11 below zero during a string of eight straight days with low temperatures below zero. It is the coldest March on record there.
3/22/1938
Temperatures soar into the 80s during one of the warmest March days in Lower Michigan. Lansing sets a record for the date of 81 degrees.
3/26/1934
A record snowstorm began across southeast Lower Michigan with around a foot of snow falling in Lansing.
3/31/1923
March goes out like a cold lion with record lows in the single numbers and lake effect snow showers.
