March was colder and snowier than normal in Anchorage

The National Weather Service has released its monthly climate summary for March, calling it one of the coldest and snowiest in years for the Anchorage area. Temperatures in the first half of the month started out well below normal, with morning lows during the first week in the single digits or colder.
The chilliest temperature of the month was 8 degrees below zero, recorded on March 7. High temperatures during the first week were in the teens and low 20s, helping make the average March high tem