March 2026

[NEG NAO]

Many power outages in NJ

PSE&G NJ Outage Map

[NEG NAO]

5 hours ago, Mr. T. said:

All tornado watches lifted. Figured they would do that by now.

that was a mistake since several Tornado Warnings were issued in the last few hours

[psv88]

Sounds like my house is about to blow away. Gotta be gusting past 50 now 

[Dan76]

Cranking.

[psv88]

2 minutes ago, Dan76 said:

Cranking.

54 gust at Farmingdale now

[psv88]

72 at JFK!!!

[The 4 Seasons]

2 minutes ago, psv88 said:

72 at JFK!!!

i just saw that, wow impressive sustained too.

Definitely feels like there should be a HWW up and not advisories.

METAR KJFK 170451Z 25036G63KT 1/4SM R04R/P6000FT RA BR SQ BKN004 OVC018 08/07 A2936 RMK AO2 PK WND 22063/0444 SFC VIS 6 RAE02B35 PRESRR SLP942 P0000 T00830072 401110072

[STORMANLI]

60 mph gusts here

[qg_omega]

Extremely windy

[psv88]

5 minutes ago, STORMANLI said:

60 mph gusts here

Yea this is big time 

[STORMANLI]

KFRG 64mph gust

[Prue11]

Strongest winds I’ve heard in quite some time 

[TriPol]

Who ordered the hurricane in March?

[MJO812]

No thunderstorms this evening with the winds. Shocked.

[Brasiluvsnow]

1 hour ago, MJO812 said:

Very sad news to report

Roger Smith has passed away. He was a dedicated and good poster on this forum.

https://www.clarksfuneral.ca/obituaries/Roger-James-Smith?obId=47411042

Terrible news Anthony Thank You for letting us know RIP Roger you will be missed here

[dmillz25]

had to be easily 60mph gusts here

[donsutherland1]

4 hours ago, MJO812 said:

Very sad news to report

Roger Smith has passed away. He was a dedicated and good poster on this forum.

https://www.clarksfuneral.ca/obituaries/Roger-James-Smith?obId=47411042

I am very sorry to learn this sad news. He was a great member and good person.

[LoboLeader1]

Strongest wind gust here was 55mph.

[Snowlover11]

Lost power very briefly earlier, sounded like my roof was going to fly.

[Monty]

6 hours ago, MJO812 said:

Very sad news to report

Roger Smith has passed away. He was a dedicated and good poster on this forum.

https://www.clarksfuneral.ca/obituaries/Roger-James-Smith?obId=47411042

Very underrated poster. He had some great long range calls. I will miss him. 

[Brian5671]

Wind woke me up. Should have issued a high wind warning region wide. Close to 2 inches of rain here for the storm.   Drought denter

[jm1220]

Thankfully my power’s OK. Hope I don’t drive by lots of downed trees on the way to Hewlett this afternoon. 

[steve392]

Almost had my day ruined with downed trees in the njt catenary wires. 

[bluewave]

This was the 9th warmest March 1st through the 16th average temperature with numerous top 20s during the 2020s including the warmest back in 2024.

Warmest March 1st to 16th Time Series Summary for NY CITY CENTRAL PARK, NY
Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending.

1	2024-03-16	50.6	0
2	1977-03-16	48.9	0
3	2016-03-16	48.6	0
4	2020-03-16	48.3	0
5	1973-03-16	47.8	0
-	1921-03-16	47.8	0
6	2012-03-16	47.5	0
7	2000-03-16	47.3	0
8	1946-03-16	47.1	0
9	2026-03-16	46.0	0
10	1878-03-16	45.9	0
11	2010-03-16	45.0	0
-	2002-03-16	45.0	0
-	1983-03-16	45.0	0
12	2004-03-16	44.9	0
13	1903-03-16	44.8	0
14	2025-03-16	44.7	0
-	1990-03-16	44.7	0
-	1871-03-16	44.7	0
15	1964-03-16	44.5	0
16	1985-03-16	44.3	0
17	1898-03-16	44.1	0
18	1945-03-16	43.9	0
19	2022-03-16	43.8	0
20	1974-03-16	43.6	0
-	1902-03-16	43.6

 

[SACRUS]

35 / 13 (0.5 in the bucket yesterday and peak gusts to 41 here overnight.  Colder next two days and then we'll see how much we can clear out this weekend otherwise it looks cloudy  Fri - Sun with Sunday being the warmest day around 60. Beyond there overall near normal through the 25 and drier then perhaps moderation above/warmer to close the month but not indication of strong warmth or cold.

 

https://cdn.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES19/ABI/SECTOR/eus/02/GOES19-EUS-02-1000x1000.gif 

[SACRUS]

Records:

 

Highs:

EWR: 78 (1990)
NYC: 75 (1945)
LGA: 74 (1945)
JFK: 69 (2003)


Lows:

EWR: 16 (1981)
NYC: 9 (1916)
LGA: 15 (1967)
JFK: 13 (1967)

Historical: 

1841: March 16-18, A heavy snowstorm dropped up to 30 inches of snow in the Tidewater area, measured in areas unaffected by wind. (Ref. Virginia Weather History)

1892 - A winter storm in southwestern and central Tennessee produced 26 inches of snow at Riddleton, and 18.5 inches at Memphis. It was the deepest snow of record for those areas. (David Ludlum)

1906 - The temperature at Snake River, WY, dipped to 50 degrees below zero, a record for the U.S. for the month of March. (Sandra and TI Richard Sanders - 1987)

 

1952: The ban on using the word "tornado" issued in 1886 ended on this date. In the 1880s, John P. Finley of the U.S. Army Signal Corps, then handling weather forecasting for the U.S., developed generalized forecasts on days tornadoes were most likely. But in 1886, the Army ended Finley's program and banned the word "tornado" from forecasts because the harm done by a tornado prediction would eventually be greater than that which results from the tornado itself. The thinking was that people would be trampled in the panic if they heard a tornado was possible. The ban stayed in place after the Weather Bureau; now, the National Weather Service took over forecasting from the Army. A tornado that wrecked 52 large aircraft at Tinker Air Force Base, OK, on 3/20/1948, spurred Air Force meteorologists to begin working on ways to forecast tornadoes. The Weather Bureau also began looking for ways to improve tornado forecasting and established the Severe Local Storm Warning Center, which is now the Storm Prediction Center in Norman, OK. The ban on the word "tornado" fell on this date when the new center issued its first Tornado Watch.

1970: Chicago, IL had their greatest snowstorm for so late in season as 14 inches fell. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1985: A strong F3 tornado tore through Venice, FL during the early morning hours. 55 homes were destroyed and 220 were damaged. Two people were killed and 45 were injured. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1987 - A powerful spring storm produced severe thunderstorms over the Central Gulf Coast States, and heavy snow in the High Plains Region. A tornado caused three million dollars damage at Natchez MS, and six inches of rain in five hours caused five million dollars damage at Vicksburg MS. Cactus TX received 10 inches of snow. Western Kansas reported blizzard conditions. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1988 - A winter storm produced heavy snow from the northeast Texas panhandle to the Ozark area of Missouri and Arkansas. Up to fifteen inches of snow was reported in Oklahoma and Texas. Snowfall totals in the Ozark area ranged up to 14 inches, with unofficial reports as high as 22 inches around Harrison AR. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1989 - Strong northerly winds ushered snow and arctic cold into the north central U.S. Winds gusted to 58 mph at Sydney NE and Scottsbluff NE, Cadillac MI received 12 inches of snow, and International Falls MN reported a record low of 22 degrees below zero. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1990 - Showers and thunderstorms associated with a slow moving cold front produced torrential rains across parts of the southeastern U.S. over a two day period. Flooding claimed the lives of at least 22 persons, including thirteen in Alabama. Up to 16 inches of rain deluged southern Alabama, with 10.63 inches reported at Mobile AL in 24 hours. The town of Elba AL was flooded with 6 to 12 feet of water causing more than 25 million dollars damage, and total flood damage across Alabama exceeded 100 million dollars. Twenty-six counties in the state were declared disaster areas. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

2002: A Pacific storm system with lots of moisture caught forecasters by surprise, dumping 25.7 inches of snow at Anchorage, AK in 24 hours, easily surpassing the old record of 15.6 inches. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)
The record was not merely broken, it was smashed. Anchorage AK Int’l Airport received 28.7 inches. Snow in a 24-hour period almost doubling its old record of 15.6 inches. The SE side of Anchorage was “downsloped” so much less snow fell; Rabbit Creek had 6 inches. (Ref. Weather Guide Calendar with Phenomenal Weather Events 2012 Accord Pub. 2011, USA)

 

[bluewave]

7 hours ago, psv88 said:

72 at JFK!!!

Yeah, the HRRR did a great job with this event.

 

 

[Poker2015]

Any tornadoes reported in NJ? Everyone who has a tree down or part of a fence is claiming there was one. The FB groups are going wild.

[vegan_edible]

off to san diego tomorrow. will report on the heatwave for all my amwx'ers

[Brian5671]

4 minutes ago, vegan_edible said:

off to san diego tomorrow. will report on the heatwave for all my amwx'ers

hoping some of the east breaks off and heads east.