March Madness

[HIPPYVALLEY]

Well, that was some of the hardest rainfall I’ve ever seen.  
About .80” in 20 minutes.  

[weatherwiz]

40 minutes ago, weatherwiz said:

Hopefully they bring the energy they had in the first 

And that they did!

[dendrite]

40° +RA

0.93”

[Brewbeer]

Left Worcester a bit after 8 and it was a chilly mid 40s, back in the valley it's a nice 66/55F.

 

[NoCORH4L]

Just a weird weather day all around in NE. WWA in NNE, 80 on the sound, a big backdoor pushing hard in EMA, and now some big bangers/downpours. Better than a ULL cutoff with misery I suppose. 

[kdxken]

37 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

Well, that was some of the hardest rainfall I’ve ever seen.  
About .80” in 20 minutes.  

 Awesome shot. Don't get many without leaves on the trees.

[vortex95]

16 hours ago, CoastalWx said:

29 years ago, pants slowly falling. 

Full PT by evening?  Bordering on priapism I bet! LOL.

[vortex95]

10 hours ago, CoastalWx said:

Rumble here too. I’m staying safe 

 

[powderfreak]

Miserable morning, rain and 41F.

Snowpack at 1,500ft down to 18”.

[40/70 Benchmark]

Ironically enough, the MJO actually spend a lot of time in phase 8 the latter half of the month.

[tamarack]

March 2026:

Avg max:   39.9   +1.1    Mildest:  65, 10th.  Only 2006 and 2012 have warmer maxima.
Avg min:    19.7    +2.6  Coldest:  -16, 2nd
Mean:        29.8   +1.8

Precip:    3.04"   -0.65"   Wettest day:  0.95", 16th   Nine of the past 10 months have been BN.  The 10-month total of 25.10" is 15.70" BN.

Snow:    15.7"   -1.3"   Snowiest day:  6.5", 22nd   This is the 3rd consecutive March in which the biggest snowfall came after the equinox.
Avg depth:  11.3"   5.7" BN   Tallest pack:  20" on 4-6.

Another month with nothing of long-term note.  It started cold, with lows of -16 & -12 on 2 & 3, then the 4th-17th had temp 8.1° AN. 
The next 12 days were -3.2, with 30-31 significantly AN to finish the month.

[weathafella]

When Roy sings take notice 

[CoastalWx]

5 hours ago, weathafella said:

When Roy sings take notice 

He sang after the blizzard. We just didn’t have tickets to the show. 

[JACKASS]

7 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

He sang after the blizzard. We just didn’t have tickets to the show. 

 

14 hours ago, MJO812 said:

Here we go folks. I told everyone that winter isnt over yet.

 

[40/70 Benchmark]

March forecast review:

https://easternmassweather.blogspot.com/2026/04/march-warmer-than-forecast.html

Not a bad effort for the month of March overall, but it ended up much warmer than forecast on a national level due to the failure of high latitude blocking to materialize following the split of the polar vortex, which was a forecast risk that was communicated last fall. Locally here in southern New England it was anywhere from 2 to 4*F warmer than normal, as opposed to the forecast of -2 to near normal.

Seasonal recap incoming in May.