March 2026

[dmillz25]

80 here

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1 minute ago, donsutherland1 said:

New York City reached 80F (26.7C) today. That breaks the daily record of 79F (26.1C) from 2016. It is also New York City's earliest 80F (26.7C) or above temperature on record. The prior record was set on March 13, 1990. 

The 1990 record was sooner or later going to be broken.

[the_other_guy]

I put this in the other thread. Anybody grading this winter has to include this brutal march. This lowers the grade for the whole winter.

3/10 and 80 is like Early Dec and 80

[Tatamy]

Reached 82 here.  Liking this May in March weather.

[Brian5671]

7 minutes ago, the_other_guy said:

I put this in the other thread. Anybody grading this winter has to include this brutal march. This lowers the grade for the whole winter.

3/10 and 80 is like Early Dec and 80

Honestly I usually consider winter DEC-FEB-outside of the first week or so of March it's over...but I see your point...from epic long lasting cold to summer and the entire northeastern snowpack wiped out-that's ugly

[STORMANLI]

77°

 

[STORMANLI]

55 minutes ago, Brian5671 said:

Honestly I usually consider winter DEC-FEB-outside of the first week or so of March it's over...but I see your point...from epic long lasting cold to summer and the entire northeastern snowpack wiped out-that's ugly

How about maybe  have  one analysis for Meteorological Winter and one for Astronomical Winter?

[qg_omega]

31 minutes ago, the_other_guy said:

I put this in the other thread. Anybody grading this winter has to include this brutal march. This lowers the grade for the whole winter.

3/10 and 80 is like Early Dec and 80

March is not winter, has no bearing on the grade which is obviously an A

[MANDA]

Max temps across NJ today:

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[steve392]

Every pile from dpw is gone.  Even retained my lawn stripes from last mow.  Gotta show neighbors lawn dominance early! 

[SI Mailman]

82!!

[qg_omega]

[Monty]

1 hour ago, the_other_guy said:

I put this in the other thread. Anybody grading this winter has to include this brutal march. This lowers the grade for the whole winter.

3/10 and 80 is like Early Dec and 80

Makes sense if you are an astronomer and not a meteorology enthusiast. 

 

If 80 on 3/10 is the price to pay for 3 straight BN months Dec-Feb, take all my money. 

[SnoSki14]

2 hours ago, forkyfork said:

couldn't get a single record low all winter but here we are near 80 as soon as winter ended 

Took almost nothing to hit it too. Ridge isn't even that strong 

[weatherpruf]

2 minutes ago, SnoSki14 said:

Took almost nothing to hit it too. Ridge isn't even that strong 

i'm still wearing flannels....but what a gorgeous site on the navesink river today, watching from the hospital visiting a friend....in the 80's we would have been out on that river catching winter flounder. by the bucket load. now you can keep two, if you can find any. which you can't. 

[TheClimateChanger]

We did it!

 

[Brian5671]

7 minutes ago, SnoSki14 said:

Took almost nothing to hit it too. Ridge isn't even that strong 

let's do 90 in April!

[SnoSki14]

Just now, Brian5671 said:

let's do 90 in April!

You get another one if these ridge flexes and with low dews and lack of vegetation we could hit 90+ easy. 

[nycwinter]

lee goldberg said this was the earliest date on record that nyc hit 80 degrees..

[the_other_guy]

1 hour ago, qg_omega said:

March is not winter, has no bearing on the grade which is obviously an A

I don’t know what science book or meteorological book you’re looking at, this is a scientific forum and March Absolutely is a winter month.

 

this has to be one of the most ill-informed posts I’ve ever read on here

 

[weatherpruf]

15 minutes ago, the_other_guy said:

I don’t know what science book or meteorological book you’re looking at, this is a scientific forum and March Absolutely is a winter month.

 

this has to be one of the most ill-informed posts I’ve ever read on here

 

wait til we hit low 70's next winter in the el nino that's coming; better keep this past winter in mind, cause we are almost sure to get a ratter next year with warmth. 

[donsutherland1]

Record heat prevailed across parts of the region. Records were set at Central Park, LaGuardia Airport, and New York. Central Park achieved New York City's earliest-season 80° reading.

Tomorrow will be another springlike day in much of the region. Temperatures will generally top out in the 60s. Some 70s are possible in the warmer spots, especially in interior New Jersey. Long Island and coastal sections could be noticeably cooler than interior sections on a number of days on account of a chilly onshore flow.

Afterward, it will turn cooler but not especially cold through the weekend. A shot of much cooler air could arrive early next week. However, with the AO likely to remain generally positive, the cool period likely won't be as prolonged as had been the case during this past winter's cold regimes. There may be a short window of opportunity for some snow, but snow is not assured.

The ENSO Region 1+2 anomaly was +0.9°C and the Region 3.4 anomaly was -0.1°C for the week centered around March 4. For the past six weeks, the ENSO Region 1+2 anomaly has averaged +0.80°C and the ENSO Region 3.4 anomaly has averaged -0.23°C. Neutral ENSO conditions have now developed. Neutral ENSO conditions will continue through at least mid-spring.

The SOI was +19.86 today. 

The preliminary Arctic Oscillation (AO) was +3.319 today. 

Based on sensitivity analysis applied to the latest guidance, there is an implied 61% probability that New York City will have a warmer than normal March (1991-2020 normal). March will likely finish with a mean temperature near 44.0° (1.2° above normal). 

Supplemental Information: The projected mean would be 1.5° above the 1981-2010 normal monthly value. 

 

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54 minutes ago, Monty said:

Makes sense if you are an astronomer and not a meteorology enthusiast. 

 

If 80 on 3/10 is the price to pay for 3 straight BN months Dec-Feb, take all my money. 

Best winter in at least a decade and possibly the last 15 years! Once 40 point blowout loss cannot diminish this great season. I liken today's 80 degree day to St John's season. 18-2 Big East record including them winning 16 out of their last seventeen games. Their only loss during the final two months of the regular season was  not only of their most embarrassing losses in not only program history, but maby their worst Big East conference game that they have  ever played!

[the_other_guy]

24 minutes ago, weatherpruf said:

wait til we hit low 70's next winter in the el nino that's coming; better keep this past winter in mind, cause we are almost sure to get a ratter next year with warmth. 

oh yeah, next year is gonna suck. I said that a month ago.

[snowman19]

1 hour ago, TheClimateChanger said:

We did it!

 

It’s a beautiful, wonderful thing!!

[Santa Claus]

surprised KDIX didn’t spontaneously combust when they hit 84