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    Rainier Late March Weather?

    in Mount Rainier NP

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    Here is your data to answer this and all other "What is the weather like at X in Y month" questions:

     

    http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?wa6898

     

    Click around starting at

    http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/coopmap/

    to find data for a couple thousand other weather stations (one thing to watch out for -- the "Period of Record" is different for every weather station, so if you want to actually compare two different stations you need to use something like "Custom Monthly Listing" to set the same time range).

     

     

     

     

    great data for march.

     

    RAINIER PARADISE RNGER, WASHINGTON (456898)

    Period of Record Monthly Climate Summary

    Period of Record : 12/1/1916 to 3/31/2013

    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual

    Average Max. Temperature (F) 32.3 34.2 36.0 41.5 48.5 53.7 62.1 62.6 57.2 47.5 37.7 33.0 45.5

    Average Min. Temperature (F) 20.5 21.5 22.2 25.6 31.3 36.5 42.7 43.7 39.7 32.8 25.5 21.2 30.3

    Average Total Precipitation (in.) 17.51 12.21 11.83 7.82 5.01 4.33 1.73 2.49 5.34 9.99 16.21 17.95 112.42

    Average Total SnowFall (in.) 128.7 94.6 107.0 62.3 22.8 5.9 0.4 0.1 2.9 26.9 86.9 116.2 654.8

    Average Snow Depth (in.) 112 143 168 173 145 83 22 1 0 4 26 70 79

    Percent of possible observations for period of record.

    Max. Temp.: 92.7% Min. Temp.: 92.5% Precipitation: 93.4% Snowfall: 93% Snow Depth: 91.7%

    Check Station Metadata or Metadata graphics for more detail about data completeness.

    Rainier Late March Weather?

    in Mount Rainier NP

    Posted

    This is some what of the asshole reply - if you have to ask such general questions on the internet you probably should not be on the hill that time of year.

     

     

    That said expect everything - one year we had very nice conditions except for winds strong enough to give one a snow flake enema. Of course then we saw the whole of the Willis drop a load.

     

    not really a "general" question. it's really a request for links to reliable weather data, which the other members were kind enough to provide. thanks!

    Rainier Late March Weather?

    in Mount Rainier NP

    Posted

    March is the wettest month of the year

     

    That doesn't sound right

     

    It is not right. I misinterpreted some data compiled by our hydrologist. March typically has the heaviest rainfall, but on average Nov., Jan., and Dec. have higher accumulative rainfalls. Last year, however, March was the wettest month: http://www.seattleweatherblog.com/rain-stats/rainfall-2014/

     

    just curious, why use seattle data for rainier precipitation? i'm sure there's a correlation, but how close is the correlation?

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