Paducah registered above normal temperatures on 22 of the 31 days, with temperatures around 4 to 5 degrees above normal on average. Highs soared into the 80s in many locations on the 26th, achieving record highs of 83 degrees in Paducah and 81 in Evansville.
March was yet another wet month across the region. All measured counties in the four-state area finished with higher totals than the average 4-to-4.5 inches for the month. In Paducah, precipitation has finished above normal in 23 of the past 27 months. Many locations observed 2 to 4 inches above their normal March precipitation totals.
The warmer, wetter climate was also illustrated by strong and active spring storms, including seven confirmed tornadoes and several instances of large hail throughout western Kentucky, southern Illinois and southeast Missouri.
On the Net:
NWS climate summary for March