Spring ended warmer and wetter than normal

Columbus (WCMH) – Officially at 12:24am this morning we marched into Summer. Spring 2017 turned out to be warmer and wetter than normal, but not by a lot.Features of Spring 2017:

Average high temperature: 73.2°
Average low temperature: 52.1°
Average combined temperature: 62.6°
Difference from normal: +3.7°
April was the warmest (#1) April on record, +6.6°
May was the 54th warmest May on record, +0.5°
Warmest temp was 93° (June 12th, June 16th)
Spring 2017 received 12.74″ of rain, +1.25″ above normal
Spring had 11 days with a trace of rain
Spring had 39 days with measurable (0.01″ or greater) rain
Spring had 2 days with snow flurries
Spring had no measurable snowfall

Temperature Frequency in Spring (93 days, March 20-June 20):

	Highs	Lows
90s	5	0
80s	26	0
70s	27	4
60s	24	16
50s	8	40
40s	3	21
30s	0	10
20s	0	2

Precipitation Frequency in Spring (93 days, March 20-June 20):

	Rain	Snow
Trace	11	2
.01-.1″	15	0
.11-.25″	7	0
.25-.50″	6	0
.50-.99″	9	0
1″+	2	0
sum	50	2
%	54%	2%

Below is the 3 month outlook from the Climate Prediction Center at NOAA:

This outlook covers Mid-June to Mid-September, or the majority of Summer 2017.

First is the outlook for temperatures, which shows a better chance of above normal temperatures for almost then entire US, including Alaska.

Below that is the forecast for precipitation, which shows near normal precipitation for most except in the mid-section of the country.

Below is the full data for highs, lows, departure from normal, rainfall, and snowfall for Spring 2017 in Columbus:

	high	low	average	dep(+/-)	precip.	snow
3/20/2017	47	31	39	-4.3	0.3
3/21/2017	59	37	48	4.3
3/22/2017	42	27	34.5	-9.6
3/23/2017	56	24	40	-4.5
3/24/2017	76	49	62.5	17.7	T
3/25/2017	75	58	66.5	21.3
3/26/2017	65	53	59	13.4	1.53
3/27/2017	68	50	59	13	0.03
3/28/2017	61	45	53	6.6	0.03
3/29/2017	64	40	52	5.3
3/30/2017	77	49	63	15.9	0.3
3/31/2017	60	44	52	4.5	0.78
4/1/2017	49	39	44	-3.9
4/2/2017	63	35	49	0.7
4/3/2017	69	48	58.5	9.9	0.13
4/4/2017	64	47	55.5	6.5	T
4/5/2017	74	40	57	7.6	0.67
4/6/2017	60	36	48	-1.7	0.11	T
4/7/2017	52	35	43.5	-6.6	0.02	T
4/8/2017	61	32	46.5	-4
4/9/2017	76	40	58	7.1
4/10/2017	80	59	69.5	18.3
4/11/2017	65	54	59.5	7.9	0.45
4/12/2017	67	44	55.5	3.6
4/13/2017	69	47	58	5.7	T
4/14/2017	76	53	64.5	11.9	T
4/15/2017	81	55	68	15	0.01
4/16/2017	80	63	71.5	18.2	0.01
4/17/2017	70	54	62	8.3	T
4/18/2017	76	49	62.5	8.5	0.01
4/19/2017	78	63	70.5	16.1	T
4/20/2017	84	61	72.5	17.8	0.05
4/21/2017	68	50	59	4	0.01
4/22/2017	57	42	49.5	-5.8	0.07
4/23/2017	71	37	54	-1.7
4/24/2017	72	44	58	2
4/25/2017	76	54	65	8.7
4/26/2017	85	56	70.5	13.9
4/27/2017	76	53	64.5	7.6	T
4/28/2017	72	46	59	1.8	0.25
4/29/2017	76	56	66	8.5	0.8
4/30/2017	85	56	70.5	12.7	T
5/1/2017	76	54	65	6.9	0.57
5/2/2017	63	48	55.5	-2.9	0.04
5/3/2017	59	45	52	-6.7	T
5/4/2017	63	50	56.5	-2.5	0.61
5/5/2017	57	45	51	-8.3	0.72
5/6/2017	59	45	52	-7.6	0.04
5/7/2017	60	38	49	-10.9
5/8/2017	60	35	47.5	-12.7
5/9/2017	57	41	49	-11.5	T
5/10/2017	74	51	62.5	1.7
5/11/2017	67	55	61	0	0.17
5/12/2017	64	50	57	-4.3
5/13/2017	73	45	59	-2.6
5/14/2017	82	54	68	6.1
5/15/2017	76	52	64	1.8
5/16/2017	87	58	72.5	10
5/17/2017	88	67	77.5	14.7
5/18/2017	85	70	77.5	14.4	0.02
5/19/2017	84	56	70	6.6	1.49
5/20/2017	76	54	65	1.3	0.02
5/21/2017	75	65	70	6	0.66
5/22/2017	68	52	60	-4.3
5/23/2017	75	51	63	-1.6
5/24/2017	69	60	64.5	-0.4	0.02
5/25/2017	69	58	63.5	-1.7	0.36
5/26/2017	76	57	66.5	1	0.18
5/27/2017	81	63	72	6.2	0.12
5/28/2017	79	65	72	5.8	T
5/29/2017	82	61	71.5	5	0.22
5/30/2017	80	58	69	2.2
5/31/2017	80	56	68	0.9
6/1/2017	78	51	64.5	-2.9
6/2/2017	82	53	67.5	-0.3
6/3/2017	86	54	70	1.9
6/4/2017	89	65	77	8.6	0.27
6/5/2017	83	59	71	2.3	0.72
6/6/2017	73	54	63.5	-5.5
6/7/2017	66	56	61	-8.3
6/8/2017	76	52	64	-5.6
6/9/2017	82	53	67.5	-2.5
6/10/2017	86	64	75	4.7
6/11/2017	90	67	78.5	7.9
6/12/2017	93	66	79.5	8.7
6/13/2017	88	74	81	9.9	0.04
6/14/2017	83	69	76	4.6
6/15/2017	86	70	78	6.3
6/16/2017	93	70	81.5	9.5
6/17/2017	91	69	80	7.8
6/18/2017	90	69	79.5	7	0.57
6/19/2017	82	59	70.5	-2.2	0.34
6/20/2017	82	59	70.5	-2.4