March 2026

[bluewave]

Looks like a 70° warm up on Sunday for the usual NJ warm spots away from the ocean influence followed by the typical backdoor influence that we usually see this time of year heading into early April. 
 

 

 

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42 / 32 clear but wont last long as clouds already approaching from the nw.  Much warmer today 60s in NJ 50s elsewhere with some showers.  Sunny clear and a bit cooler saturday mainly mid / upper 50s.   Warmer buy clouds again Sunday which will limit any extent of upper 60s to 70.  Overall near to slightly below normal Mon - Fri and next weekend with a warmer close to the month as ridge builds east - extent of warmth still to be determine in the 3/30 - 3/31 timeframe

 

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Records:

Highs:

EWR: 85 (1945)
NYC: 83 (1945)
LGA: 82 (1945)
JFK: 73 (2020)


Lows:

EWR: 15 (1949)
NYC: 11 (1885)
LGA: 19 (1949)
JFK: 15 (1949)

Historical:


1772: A cold and stormy pattern returned to the Middle Atlantic region in March of 1772. Three storms - on March 11, March 17, and March 20 - laid down a blanket of snow that totaled 20 inches in Central Maryland. The snowfall total for the winter of 19771 - 1772 was over 50 inches in Central Maryland. (Ref. P. 27 Washington Weather Book 2002 by Ambrose, Henry, Weiss)

1885: The minimum temperature for the date is 12 °F in Washingon, DC. (Ref. Washington Weather Records)

1907: This was the last of three consecutive record warms days across parts of Colorado. Denver broke a record soaring to 80°. This followed a record high minimum of 52°. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1912: Heavy snow followed the passage of a front across the central Rockies. Denver reported 6.3 inches of snow with gusty winds. The strong cold front plunged temperatures from a high of 60° on 3/19 to a low of 1° on this date. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1924 - A late winter storm in Oklahoma produced nearly a foot of snow at Oklahoma City and at Tulsa. (David Ludlum)

1948 - The city of Juneau received 31 inches of snow in 24 hours, a record for the Alaska capitol. (20th-21st) (David Ludlum)

 

1948: The city of Juneau received 31 inches of snow in 24 hours, a record for the Alaska Capitol. (20th - 21st)

1948: Also, on this day, an F3 tornado tracked through Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City, OK just before 10 pm destroying 54 aircraft, including 17 transport planes valued at $500,000 apiece. The total damage amounted to more than $10 million, a record for the state that stood until the massive tornado outbreak of 5/3/1999. Major Ernest W. Fawbush and Captain Robert C. Miller were ordered to see if operationally forecasting tornadoes were possible. The tornado prompted the first attempt at tornado forecasting. Forecasters at Tinker believed conditions were again favorable for tornadoes and issued the first recorded tornado forecast. Five days later, on 3/25 at 6 pm, a forecasted tornado occurred, crossing the prepared base, and the damage was minimized. The successful, albeit somewhat lucky forecast, paved the way for tornado forecasts to be issued by the U.S. Weather Bureau after a lengthy ban. Click HERE for more information from NOAA.

1958: The dense flakes fell rapidly through the night and into the morning of the 20th and by noon, the worst of the storm was over, but periods of light to moderate snow continued on into the morning of the 21st. The interesting feature of this storm was extreme amount of water content. National Airport recorded a water content of 3.75 inches and some stations reported over 5 inches of liquid content. The snowfall total at National Airport was only 4.8 inches of wet snow. Arlington had a foot of snow. In the Maryland suburbs, 9 inches fell in Greenbelt; 11 inches in Silver Spring; 15 inches fell at Fort Meade; and 16 inches fell at Bethesda. Much of the Upper Montgomery County and Howard County received over 20 inches and Mt. Airy, Maryland had 33 inches of snow. (P. 69-70 Washington Weather Book 2002 by Ambrose, Henry, Weiss) Ref. (NWS Ranking for Storms between 1956 and 2011) This is the 31st Worst Snowstorm

1984 - A severe three day winter storm came to an end over the Central Plains. The storm produced up to twenty inches of snow in Colorado, Nebraska and Kansas, and left a thick coat of ice from eastern Kansas across northwestern Missouri into Iowa. (Storm Data)

1987 - A storm produced blizzard conditions in Wyoming and eastern Nebraska, and severe thunderstorms in central Nebraska. Snowfall totals ranged up to 12 inches at Glenrock WY and Chadron NE. Thunderstorms in central Nebraska produced wind gusts to 69 mph at Valentine, and wind gusts to 76 mph at Bartley. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)

1988 - Squalls in the Great Lakes Region left up to eight inches of new snow on the ground in time for the official start of spring. Unseasonably warm weather prevailed in the western U.S. Seven cities reported new record high temperatures for the date, including Tucson AZ with a reading of 89 degrees. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)

1989 - Snow and high winds created blizzard conditions in western Kansas to usher in the official start of the spring season. Thunderstorms produced severe weather from east Texas to Alabama and northwest Florida, with nearly fifty reports of large hail and damaging winds during the afternoon and evening hours. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1990 - The northeastern U.S. was in the midst of a snowstorm as spring officially began at 4 19 PM. Snowfall totals in the Green Mountains of Vermont ranged up to thirty inches, and up to 15 inches of snow was reported in the Catskills and Adirondacks of eastern New York State. Totals in eastern Pennsylvania ranged up to 12 inches at Armenia Mountain. The storm resulted in one death, and forty-nine injuries. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

 

1998: A deadly tornado outbreak occurred over portions of the southeastern United States on this day. Particularly hard hit were rural areas outside of Gainesville, Georgia, where at least 12 people were killed during the early morning hours. The entire outbreak killed 14 people and produced 12 tornadoes across three states.  The town of Stoneville, North Carolina, hard hit by the storms.
 

2005 - An F1 tornado hits South San Francisco. Trees are uprooted. At least twenty homes and twenty businesses are damaged, including the city's new fire station.

2006 - Grand Island, NE, receives 17.8 inches of snow in 24 hours, breaking the old local record for the most snowfall in a day by 4.8 inches. 29.7 inches in 48 hours also breaks a record.

2018:  NYC 8.1 inches of snow 

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10:40 AM

 

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This must have been something AK 81 hour storm (radar from this week)

 

https://x.com/i/status/2034432500596904102 

[MJO812]

Nice to see the cmc and gfs keeping the Northeast cool going forward

[jm1220]

31 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

Nice to see the cmc and gfs keeping the Northeast cool going forward

You want 40s and gunk for weeks on end? 

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63 / 37 sunny still for the next hour or so

 

[Stormlover74]

16 minutes ago, jm1220 said:

You want 40s and gunk for weeks on end? 

Yeah I dont get wanting that. if its not going to snow let it be 70.

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[psv88]

26 minutes ago, jm1220 said:

You want 40s and gunk for weeks on end? 

yes he does. its a terrible way to live. 

[MJO812]

2 minutes ago, psv88 said:

yes he does. its a terrible way to live. 

Its comfortable and refreshing 

[psv88]

26 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

Its comfortable and refreshing 

when you cant hang outside with your kids? Wait until you have multiple kids who want to play outside and they cannot. 

[uofmiami]

24 minutes ago, psv88 said:

when you cant hang outside with your kids? Wait until you have multiple kids who want to play outside and they cannot. 

It happens, you go somewhere indoors and play with them.  Otherwise it's fine as long as the sun is out, you can play outside in the 30s & 40s in the spring.

[psv88]

4 minutes ago, uofmiami said:

It happens, you go somewhere indoors and play with them.  Otherwise it's fine as long as the sun is out, you can play outside in the 30s & 40s in the spring.

30s no, high 40s yes. Cloudy no, sunny and high 40s sure. Just had a catch with my son now, but its 51.