For most locations in Iowa and statewide as a whole, February 2024 was likely the warmest on record. Could we have a cooler March than February? The featured chart presents the number of times that a given month was warmer than another month for the same calendar year for Ames. So for the combination of February and March, we find five times that March was cooler with the most recent occurrence happening in 1998. So it is possible. The near term forecast to start March does not have any cold temperatures in sight, so it seems March is picking up where February left off.

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