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Watsonville Weather Cooler Than Normal, While Most of the Country Heats Up
A report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows that the West Coast had a cooler March than usual.
March heat shattered records across most of the U.S., according to Accuweather.com and a report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, while keeping Santa Cruz County in a patch of cooler climes.
The average temperature was 8.6 degrees above the average during the 20th Century, however, every state in the country had at least one day of record high temperatures in March.
The Northeast had its warmest March in 118 years, averaging 44.4 degrees, or 9.8 degrees above average.
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The Midwest had its warmest March on record and the Southeast set records for number of days over 80 degrees. In the South, Arkansas, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Tennessee had their warmest March since records started in 1895.
The West was the coolest region, but had some high temperatures. Long Beach hit a record high of 91 on March 4.
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