March 2026

[Brian5671]

out of our area but a HECS type storm for Minneapolis to Green Bay appears likely

[jm1220]

1 hour ago, Brian5671 said:

out of our area but a HECS type storm for Minneapolis to Green Bay appears likely

This is the time of year when those places and the Rockies can play big time catchup 

[MJO812]

24 minutes ago, jm1220 said:

This is the time of year when those places and the Rockies can play big time catchup 

Rockies will not be catching up. Very warm winter there.

[MJO812]

Just in time for Spring 

[jm1220]

1 minute ago, MJO812 said:

Rockies will not be catching up. Very warm winter there.

It can snow there in May. 

[Brian5671]

3 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

Rockies will not be catching up. Very warm winter there.

Yep-with that ridge very little precip and the ridge is going nowhere fast.   Awful skiing conditions at Breckenridge this year the worst I have even seen

[Brian5671]

2 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

Just in time for Spring 

Barely even negative on that forecast.   

[Stormlover74]

33 minutes ago, jm1220 said:

This is the time of year when those places and the Rockies can play big time catchup 

Yeah I saw a graphic yesterday that SLC has only had 2.9" but I'm sure they'll still have chances to add to it

[MANDA]

4 hours ago, bluewave said:

Yeah, I agree. It was significantly deeper than the Blizzard of 1888. Had March 1993 taken a benchmark track instead, then we would have had a 40”+ jackpot with 80-100 mph gusts somewhere in the OKX forecast zones and drifts approaching 6-10 feet high in spots.

https://www.weather.gov/media/ilm/Overview_Kocin_Schumacher_Morales_Uccelini.pdf

Great read!  Thanks!

Once in a lifetime event that was.  Especially in terms of the large area affected.  Not to mention max wind speeds, sfc pressure, snow totals and gulf storm surge.  Rouge event not to be repeated anytime soon on that large a scale.  Not to say regional storms across the MA/NE won't pack a punch at times just not to the scale of 93.

[MJO812]

Time for spring

[SACRUS]

40 / 32 off a low of 26 when just 30 hours prior was 83.  Clouds racing in. Near normal through Sunday with a surge of southerly flow on Monday with the Lake cutting storm followed by some heavier rains up to another inch.  Beyond there chillier as trough comes between the 18th and 21st with big ridge out west.  Back and forth the last week or so of the month but overall warme and perhaps dry.

 

 

 

[SACRUS]

Records:

Highs:

EWR: 86 (1990)
NYC: 85 (1990)
LGA: 83 (1990)
JFK: 85 (1990)


Lows:

EWR: 18 (1948)
NYC: 6 (1888)
LGA: 19 (2014)
JFK: 19 (2014)

Historical:

1888: The wind reached a maximum speed of 48 mph in Washington taking down telegraph, electric, and police wires and cut off Washington to the outside world. While the NE suffered the great blizzard of 1888 also called "The White Hurricane". (P. 49 Washington Weather Book 2002 by Ambrose, Henry, Weiss)

1896: The minimum temperature for the date is 14 °F in Washingon, DC. (Ref. Washington Weather Records)

1907 — A storm produced a record 5.22 inches of rain in 24 hours at Cincinnati, OH. (12th-13th) (The Weather Channel)

1951 — The state of Iowa experienced a record snowstorm. The storm buried Iowa City under 27 inches of snow. (David Ludlum)

1977 — Baltimore, MD, received an inch of rain in eight minutes. (Sandra and TI Richard Sanders - 1987)

1987 — A winter storm produced heavy snow in the Sierra Nevada Range of California, and the Lake Tahoe area of Nevada. Mount Rose NV received 18 inches of new snow. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1988 — Unseasonably cold weather prevailed from the Plateau Region to the Appalachians. Chadron NE, recently buried 33 inches of snow, was the cold spot in the nation with a low of 19 degrees below zero. (The National Weather Summary)

1989 — Residents of the southern U.S. viewed a once in a life-time display of the Northern Lights. Unseasonably warm weather continued in the southwestern U.S. The record high of 88 degrees at Tucson AZ was their seventh in a row. In southwest Texas, the temperature at Sanderson soared from 46 degrees at 8 AM to 90 degrees at 11 AM. (The National Weather Summary)

1990 — Thunderstorms produced severe weather from northwest Texas to Wisconsin, Iowa and Nebraska during the day, and into the night. Severe thunderstorms spawned 59 tornadoes, including twenty-six strong or violent tornadoes, and there were about two hundred reports of large hail or damaging winds. There were forty-eight tornadoes in Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa, and some of the tornadoes in those three states were the strongest of record for so early in the season, and for so far northwest in the United States. The most powerful tornado of the day was one which tore through the central Kansas community of Hesston. The tornado killed two persons, injured sixty others, and caused 22 million dollars along its 67-mile path. The tornado had a life span of two hours. Another tornado tracked 124 miles across southeastern Nebraska injuring eight persons and causing more than five million dollars damage


1993: THE STORM OF THE CENTURY - - - The "Super Storm" of March 13, 1993 will go down in history as one of the largest winter storms on record. Heavy snow and a blizzard conditions extended from the Gulf States to New England and from the Ohio Valley to the East Coast. The storm was so large that its effects were felt from Cuba, where high winds and rain damage the sugar crop, to Chicago where 250 flights at O'Hare International Airport were grounded due to snow squalls. Approximately 270 deaths were attributed to the storm; three times that of the death toll from hurricane Andrew and Hugo combined. The storm originated as a cluster of thunderstorms over Texas on the morning of March 12th and that night hit Florida with a cluster of tornadoes. The highest recorded wind gust associated this storm occurred on Mt. Washington, where winds were clocked at 144 m.p.h.
Incredible snow totals occurred with the storm, including 50 inches at Mt. Mitchell, North Carolina; 43 inches at Syracuse, New York; 30 inches at Beckley, West Virginia; 25 inches in Pittsburgh, Pa.; 20 inches at Chattanooga, Tennessee; 15 inches at Birmingham, Alabama; and 14 inches at Washington Dulles Airport. All-time record low pressures including 28.38 inches at White Plains, New York; 28.54 inches at Washington; 28.64 inches at Columbia South Carolina; and 28.86 inches in Tallahassee, Florida. The snowfall total at National Airport was only 6.6 inches because of periods of mixed precipitation in Washington but the liquid water equivalent for the storm was in the 2 to 3 inches range. Record low barometers were recorded in ten eastern states. (P. 93-95 Washington Weather Book 2002 by Ambrose, Henry, Weiss)Ref. (NWS Ranking for Storms between 1956 and 2011) This is the Worst Snowstorm of this period of time
Blizzard occurred along the east coast with 13.3 inches of snow at the Annandale - Barcroft Hills Station. Wind here reached 46 mph with a maximum temperature of 33°F and a minimum of 21 °F. The barometer fell to a new record low here of 28.54 inches of mercury.
(Ref. Annandale Weather Records)
The barometer fell to a new record low at the Richmond International Airport of 28.51 inches of mercury. (Ref. Richmond Weather Records - KRIC) (Ref. Wilson - Additional Information about This Snowstorm Listed On This Link)

1997: All time 24 record snowfalls occurred at Alpena MI with 19.3 inches and Marquette, MI with 28.0 inches. Snowfall at Alpena brought their seasonal amount to 176.1 inches, also a record. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1999: A big snowstorm dumped 19 inches of snow on Medford, OK. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

2003: Lightning entered the 2nd floor of the Mount Hope Middle School (WV); 8 students (most had left for the day) suffered flash burns or were cut by flying glass. Some electronic equipment was fried; water pipes were broken. School was closed 14th for repairs.(Ref. Weather Guide Calendar with Phenomenal Weather Events 2011 Accord Pub. 2010, USA)

[SACRUS]

March 1993 storm