March Rainfall Summary

Central Virginia’s March fit the cliché of “in like a lion and out like a lamb.” A snowstorm with up to a foot of snow in parts of Central Virginia blew through March 1-2, 2009. The final days of March were fairly uneventful, remaining dry and warming into the 60’s and 70’s. However, we made good progress this month on picking up some rainfall, especially toward the end of the month. Here are some of the March rainfall totals from the area:

Richmond Intl Airport: 4.26” in March (that's +0.17” departure from average for the month). However, Richmond is still 4.13” below average year-to-date, with a total 6.49” of liquid precipitation. And, despite the impressive snowstorm the beginning of this month, Richmond is still 5.8” below average for this season’s snowfall. So far this Winter season, we accumulated only 6.6” officially, 6.3” of which fell in March. You can view March daily weather data here.

Norfolk: 5.28” in March (+1.20” depature from average for the month), with 8.36” year-to-date (-2.99” departure from average for the year-to-date)
Petersburg: 4.09” in March, with 10.62” year-to-date
Wakefield: 5.87” in March
Farmville: 1.84” in March
Emporia: 2.11” in March
Danville: 3.37” in March
Williamsburg: 2.00” in March
Fredericksburg: 0.84” in March
Charlottesville: 2.28” in March
Roanoke: 3.47” in March

Weather Watcher Reports:
Reedville: 4.7” rain (also had 3” of snow) in March
Newland: 4.4” rain in March
Coatesville: 3.28" rain in March (with year-to-date total of 5.98")

For the latest information on the Virginia drought situation, click here.