March 2024

[BoulderWX]

3.45” total

[nycsnow]

Winds picking up 

[uofmiami]

4.28” for storm total in Syosset.

[donsutherland1]

Today’s heavy rain produced flooding.

[donsutherland1]

2 hours ago, LibertyBell said:

looks like both wettest and driest has gone up!

Yes. Coldest has not.

[Intensewind002]

Final rainfall total here in Lindenhurst of 2.21”

[Cfa]

Exactly 3 inches here, so many of these events since last year. I use to struggle to reach 2” in a calendar day.

[jm1220]

Larkfield Rd in Commack closed from flooding. At least this time it didn’t shut down Jericho Turnpike. Huntington Village flooded pretty good too, that’s where there were amounts over 4”. Otherwise getting pretty gusty now.

[jm1220]

@uofmiami Did you send your rain total to Upton? Most recent amount they have for Syosset is 3.7”. 

[psv88]

57 minutes ago, jm1220 said:

Larkfield Rd in Commack closed from flooding. At least this time it didn’t shut down Jericho Turnpike. Huntington Village flooded pretty good too, that’s where there were amounts over 4”. Otherwise getting pretty gusty now.

My gym is on the corner of Larkfield and Jericho, the 24 hour fitness. Totally flooded with cars stuck. Took some photos but cannot post them here 

[uofmiami]

1 hour ago, jm1220 said:

@uofmiami Did you send your rain total to Upton? Most recent amount they have for Syosset is 3.7”. 

No, when I do they tend to use the co-op’s total. So I have stopped reporting it. It’s on cwop for them to take if they want, they take my Muttontown station from there. 

[lee59]

3.20 inches here.

[Roger Smith]

3.66" at NYC, ranks third highest daily rainfall in March. 

[ForestHillWx]

Currently 24 with strong winds gusting at times.

Easily cracked 3”; hoping to see if Walt links to the cocorahs maps later. 

[STORMANLI]

29°

[bluewave]

3 hours ago, Roger Smith said:

3.66" at NYC, ranks third highest daily rainfall in March. 

Yeah, a top 3 finish with JFK recording it’s wettest March.

Maximum 1-Day Total Precipitation 
for NY CITY CENTRAL PARK, NY
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Rank	Value	Ending Date
Period of record: 1869-01-01 to 2024-03-23
1	4.25	1876-03-25
2	3.86	2010-03-13
3	3.66	2024-03-23
4	3.44	1977-03-22
5	3.10	1983-03-18
6	2.98	2005-03-28
7	2.95	1914-03-01
8	2.94	1901-03-11
9	2.63	1979-03-06
10	2.61	1953-03-13

 

Time Series Summary for JFK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, NY - Month of Mar
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Rank	Year	Total Precipitation	Missing Count
1	2024	8.79	8
2	2010	8.62	0
3	1980	8.17	0
4	1953	7.93	0
5	2001	7.00	0
6	1993	6.83	0
7	1983	6.66	0
8	1984	5.99	0
9	2017	5.79	0

[SnoSki14]

Despite record warmth this month we're still getting late freezes.

29F this morning

If we had another week of the 65-75+ warmth and then got hit with these freezes we would have seen a lot of bloom damage. 

[bluewave]

25 minutes ago, SnoSki14 said:

Despite record warmth this month we're still getting late freezes.

29F this morning

If we had another week of the 65-75+ warmth and then got hit with these freezes we would have seen a lot of bloom damage. 

It figures the MJO would wait until March to finally go into phase 8 like last year. 

 

Time Series Summary for NY CITY CENTRAL PARK, NY
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Ending Date	Lowest Min Temperature Mar 19 to Mar 31	Missing Count
2024-03-31	29	8
2023-03-31	29	0

 

[donsutherland1]

Week ahead numbers.

With snowfall prospects diminishing, these will be the last such numbers until next winter.

[JetsPens87]

37 minutes ago, snowman19 said:

A first in meteorological history….snow falling with +5 850’s in late March

Don't forget the Tony classic of not a single rain ob in the entirety of the states of NH/VT when the whole southern portion of NH was raining.

[MJO812]

25 minutes ago, JetsPens87 said:

Don't forget the Tony classic of not a single rain ob in the entirety of the states of NH/VT when the whole southern portion of NH was raining.

I can't read maps 

[SACRUS]

 

Low of 29 with 3 inches in the bucket. Now to a sunny 36 and on the way to 50 / upper 40s.  One more clear day Monday with more low - mid 50s before clouds and showers return to open the season Wed/ Thu.  Right now Easter weekend looks clear and quite nice ahead of the next system / chill in early next month as things are liekly to remain active.

 

 

  

[SACRUS]

 

Records:

Highs:

EWR: 77 (1988)
NYC: 76 (1988)
LGA: 74 (1988)


Lows:

EWR: 16 (1940)
NYC: 13 (1888)
LGA:  17 (1940)


Historical:

 

1912 - Residents of Kansas City began to dig out from a storm produced 25 inches of snow in 24 hours. The snowfall total was nearly twice that of any other storm of modern record in Kansas City before or since that time. A record 40 inches of snow fell during the month of March that year, and the total for the winter season of 67 inches was also a record. By late February of that year Kansas City had received just six inches of snow. Olathe KS received 37 inches of snow in the snowstorm, establishing a single storm record for the state of Kansas. (23rd-24th) (The Kansas City Weather Almanac) (The Weather Channel)

 

1929: St. Louis, Missouri soared to 92 degrees; their all-time record high for March. 

 

1975: "The Governor's Tornado" hop-scotched a 13-mile path across the western part of Atlanta, GA during the early morning hours, causing considerable damage to the Governor's mansion. Hundreds of expensive homes, businesses and apartment complexes were damaged. Total losses were estimated at $56 million. Three people lost their lives, and the F3 tornado 

1987 - A winter-like storm in the central U.S. produced blizzard conditions from South Dakota to western Kansas. Snowfall totals ranged up to 24 inches at Neligh NE, with 19 inches at Winner SD. Winds gusting to 60 mph created twelve foot snow drifts in Nebraska stranding thousands on the highways. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)

1988 - Thunderstorms developing along a cold front produced severe weather from Minnesota to northeastern Texas. The thunderstorms spawned ten tornadoes, including one which injured five persons near Raymondville MO. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1989 - Low pressure off the coast of Virginia brought heavy rain to the Middle Atlantic Coast States, and heavy snow to the Northern Appalachians. Cape Hatteras NC was soaked with 5.20 inches of rain in 24 hours, and snowfall totals in Vermont ranged up to 12 inches. Winds gusted to 52 mph at New York City. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)

1990 - The storm system which produced heavy snow in the Lower Missouri Valley the previous day, spread heavy snow across parts of the Upper Ohio Valley and the Middle Atlantic Coast Region. Snowfall totals of 2.2 inches at Philadelphia PA and 2.4 inches at Atlantic City NJ were records for the date. Up to six inches of snow blanketed southern Ohio. In the Middle Atlantic Coast Region, snow coated the blossoms of cherry trees which had bloomed in 80 degree weather the previous week. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)

[SACRUS]

 

 

Daylight at  12H:21M  roughly equivalent to Sep 18th.

[MANDA]

Event total here = 2.89".

Some rainfall and snowfall maps.  Two day event totals.  Click graphic to enlarge.

[NEG NAO]

look what the Euro -AIFS cooked up for early next week

[MANDA]

Nice snow cover from western NY into CNE/NNE.

[jm1220]

11 minutes ago, MANDA said:

Nice snow cover from western NY into CNE/NNE.

Albany lucked out with 5-6" at the end but ouch that 20 miles or so north never mixed and got 18".

[lee59]

20 minutes ago, jm1220 said:

Albany lucked out with 5-6" at the end but ouch that 20 miles or so north never mixed and got 18".

Nice snowstorm for Upstate NY and Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. Some areas receiving over 2 feet. NYC hit the freezing mark again last night. My low was 29.

[Allsnow]

Reports up north of 7-8 inches of snow with 3 inches of sleet…

 

I would love to experience that