HIGH: 24
LOW: 14
* March opens blustery, windy and cold with periods of lake-effect snow showers through the day continuing tonight.
* Most frequent and heaviest snow showers in counties adjacent to Lake Michigan; where snow could accumulate a few inches.
* Highs more than 15 degrees below normal.
* North-northeast winds 12-22 m.p.h. and gusty.
* Mostly cloudy overnight with scattered snow showers. Lows from the teens inland to the lower 20s near the lake.
MARCH 1 TEMPERATURES
Normal high/low: 41(degrees)/24(degrees)
Record high: 71(degrees) (1992)
Record low: 5(degrees) (1962)
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