Daily Archives: April 3, 2023

The adage about March weather coming “in like a lion, out like a lamb” was far off the mark for southern Wisconsin this year.

In Madison, it was not a particularly cold month as the average temperature was only 0.8 degrees below normal. However, we had the second-snowiest March ever — and snowiest since the record was set in 1959 — with 25.3 inches of accumulated snow. In addition, it snowed on 16 of the 31 days in the past month, so winter was unusually reluctant to loosen its grip. Continue reading →