March 2026

[bluewave]

The warm spots like New Brunswick have a chance at another 1-2 March days reaching 70° and could get close to 2012.

 

Time Series Summary for New Brunswick Area, NJ (ThreadEx) - Month of Mar Number of 70° days
Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending.

1	1945	11	0
2	2012	8	0
3	1946	7	0
4	2026	6	3
-	1921	6	0
5	2016	5	0
-	1989	5	0
-	1948	5	0
-	1913	5	1
-	1910	5	2
-	1903	5	0

 

[SACRUS]

17 minutes ago, bluewave said:

The warm spots like New Brunswick have a chance at another 1-2 March days reaching 70° and could get close to 2012.

 

Time Series Summary for New Brunswick Area, NJ (ThreadEx) - Month of Mar Number of 70° days
Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending.

1	1945	11	0
2	2012	8	0
3	1946	7	0
4	2026	6	3
-	1921	6	0
5	2016	5	0
-	1989	5	0
-	1948	5	0
-	1913	5	1
-	1910	5	2
-	1903	5	0

 

I thought New Brnswck hit 70 on 3/16 but see it was 69.  Other nearby are at 7 or 8  >70 days due to the 16th and  the 20th as well.

[SACRUS]

34 / 35 off a low of 23 (coldest for a while) Quick warmup upper 50s to low 6oOs in the warmest spots.  Warm week ahead two days of sunshine Mon / Tue then warm and cloudy wet Wed - the East3r  weekend.  Onshore / backdoor TBD Thu / Sat.  Perhaps drying out by the 7th but cooler - near normal overall beyond that till about mid month. 

 

[SACRUS]

Records:

Highs:

EWR: 89 (1945)
NYC: 86 (1945)
LGA: 86 (1945)
JFK: 82 (1998)


Lows;

EWR:  23 (1959)
NYC: 10 (1923)
LGA: 25 (2022)
JFK: 24 (2022)

Historical:
 

1886 - Atlanta, GA, was drenched with a record 7.36 inches of rain in 24 hours. (The Weather Channel)

1920 - Clear Spring, MD, received 31 inches of snow in 24 hours to establish a state record. (Sandra and TI Richard Sanders - 1987)

1921 - The temperature in Washington D.C. dropped from 82 degrees to 26 degrees thus ending an early spring. (David Ludlum)

1935 - A severe duststorm blanketed Amarillo, TX, for 84 hours. During one six hour period the visibility was near zero. (28th-31st) (The Weather Channel)

1945 - Providence, RI, hit 90 degrees to establish a March record for the New England area. (The Weather Channel)

1987 - Thunderstorms spawned tornadoes in Mississippi, and produced high winds and heavy rain in Louisiana. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 92 mph at Houma LA, and caused a million dollars damage in Terrebonne Parish. Avondale LA was deluged with 4.52 inches of rain. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1988 - Severe thunderstorms in the Lower Mississippi Valley spawned a tornado which injured two persons at Bunkie LA, and produced high winds which down a large tree onto a trailer at Bastrop LA claiming the life of one child and injuring another. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)

1989 - Thunderstorms produced torrential rains in northeastern Texas and southwestern Arkansas. Longview TX reported 14.16 inches of rain. More than eleven inches of rain at Henderson TX caused a dam to give way, and people left stranded in trees had to be rescued by boat. Total damage in northeastern Texas was estimated at 10 to 16 million dollars. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1990 - Thunderstorms developing ahead of a cold front produced severe weather in southeastern Texas and southern Louisiana. Thunderstorms spawned seven tornadoes, including one which injured seven persons at Gray LA. Thunderstorms also produced golf ball size hail and wind gusts to 70 mph at Port O'Conner TX, and produced up to six inches of rain in Beauregard Parish LA. (Storm Data)

2007 - Eighteen year old Corey Williams is killed by a lightning bolt in Carbondale, IL, at the Community High School's first home track meet of the season.

2011 - A record 766 inches of snowfall at Boreal Ski Resort and nearly 59 feet at Squaw Valley in California's Sierra Nevadas are just two areas where snowfall records have been broke.

[SACRUS]

Brunt of the heaviest rain falls west but still a warm / cloudy and wettish week once to Wed - Easter Weekend.

 

[lee59]

25 here this morning

[psv88]

22 here

[LongBeachSurfFreak]

34 CPK and LGA
13 KFOK

Pretty epic UHI


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[LongBeachSurfFreak]

34 CPK and LGA
13 KFOK

Pretty epic UHI


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[jm1220]

59 minutes ago, LongBeachSurfFreak said:

34 CPK and LGA
13 KFOK

Pretty epic UHI


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And up to 45 now. Soon as the sun comes up that cold goes poof. 

[steve392]

53, feels ok.  Winds are truly annoying.  

[nycwinter]

even when i went out this morning temps mid 30's with less wind it did feel kinda warm wearing a hoodie coat hat and gloves..

[TriPol]

Looks like we're gonna get some rain this week. April showers bring May flowers and all that.

[lee59]

51 my high, now 45 with south wind gusting to 31mph.

[LongBeachSurfFreak]

Ambrose jet event with strong southerly winds localized close to shore on western LI


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[jm1220]

26 minutes ago, LongBeachSurfFreak said:

Ambrose jet event with strong southerly winds localized close to shore on western LI


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Crazy that it doesn’t have to even get to 50 degrees before the Ambrose Jet sets up because of how cold the waters are. Still around 40 at Jones Beach. That’s gonna be a thorn for a long time. 

[Rjay]

29 minutes ago, LongBeachSurfFreak said:

Ambrose jet event with strong southerly winds localized close to shore on western LI


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Where the heck were you this winter?

[uofmiami]

33 minutes ago, LongBeachSurfFreak said:

Ambrose jet event with strong southerly winds localized close to shore on western LI


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Came in hard & fast. Gusted to 35mph in Syosset & saw close to 40mph at FRG earlier. 

[LongBeachSurfFreak]

Crazy that it doesn’t have to even get to 50 degrees before the Ambrose Jet sets up because of how cold the waters are. Still around 40 at Jones Beach. That’s gonna be a thorn for a long time. 

Yeah going to be one of those springs on the south shore. Lots of misery mist while the city west is 70+ and sunny.


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[LongBeachSurfFreak]

Where the heck were you this winter?

Yeah I should have been here watching the models with you guys. I was dealing with some issues, back for good now.


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[psv88]

12 minutes ago, uofmiami said:

Came in hard & fast. Gusted to 35mph in Syosset & saw close to 40mph at FRG earlier. 

Yea went from being ok to not ok very quickly! 50 and sun with light winds to 45 and windy. No thanks!

[Rjay]

12 minutes ago, LongBeachSurfFreak said:

Yeah I should have been here watching the models with you guys. I was dealing with some issues, back for good now.


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Welcome back man.  I was shocked when you didn't even come back for the blizzard.   

[Brian5671]

1 hour ago, psv88 said:

Yea went from being ok to not ok very quickly! 50 and sun with light winds to 45 and windy. No thanks!

was windy up here as well starting about 1-2pm-still got to the mid 50's though

[donsutherland1]

Tomorrow will be noticeably warmer. High temperatures will reach the lower and middle 60s in the New York City area. The warming trend will continue through the remainder of March with the temperature reaching the lower and middle 70s as March concludes on Monday.

April will also start with readings topping out in the lower to middle 70s, but a cold front will knock down temperatures shortly afterward. A wet period could follow.

The ENSO Region 1+2 anomaly was +1.6°C and the Region 3.4 anomaly was 0.0°C for the week centered around March 18. For the past six weeks, the ENSO Region 1+2 anomaly has averaged +1.15°C and the ENSO Region 3.4 anomaly has averaged -0.08°C. Neutral ENSO conditions will continue through at least mid-spring.

The SOI was -8.86 today. 

The preliminary Arctic Oscillation (AO) was +3.443 today. 

Based on sensitivity analysis applied to the latest guidance, there is an implied near 100% probability that New York City will have a warmer than normal March (1991-2020 normal). March will likely finish with a mean temperature near 46.5° (3.7° above normal). 

Supplemental Information: The projected mean would be 4.0° above the 1981-2010 normal monthly value. 

 

[SnoSki14]

On 3/28/2026 at 8:20 PM, JustinRP37 said:

That is how you know it is spring in the northeast. Same plot every year now. Usually mid-week teases you with beautiful weather before the weekend is frigid, windy, and wet. 

March has been very warm. A couple of cooler days doesn't negate that fact. 

[JustinRP37]

2 hours ago, SnoSki14 said:

March has been very warm. A couple of cooler days doesn't negate that fact. 

It has been, just not on the weekends haha. Like today going to the upper 60s low 70s for the next few days. Welcome back to the work week! 

[PhiEaglesfan712]

33 minutes ago, JustinRP37 said:

It has been, just not on the weekends haha. Like today going to the upper 60s low 70s for the next few days. Welcome back to the work week! 

The last 6 weekends (before this past one) were warm.

[SACRUS]

54 / 44 warmup and ridge upon us but clouds in the way of some of the hotter temps.  70s warmest spots today in/out of the clouds all week some showers too mainly wed eveing (falling from 80s to 40s in NJ),   Mid 70s to 80 in the warmest Tue/Wed.  Thu onshore flow chills it down to the 40s.  Wamring up Fri through Easter but again clouds.   Brunt of the rains around the ridge west of here.  Clear out by the 6th but cool back towards normal.

 

 

 

[jm1220]

2 minutes ago, SACRUS said:

54 / 44 warmup and ridge upon us but clouds in the way of some of the hotter temps.  70s warmest spots today in/out of the clouds all week some showers too mainly wed eveing (falling from 80s to 40s in NJ),   Mid 70s to 80 in the warmest Tue/Wed.  Thu onshore flow chills it down to the 40s.  Wamring up Fri through Easter but again clouds.   Brunt of the rains around the ridge west of here.  Clear out by the 6th but cool back towards normal.

 

 

 

We’ll be watching the backdoor front especially where I am and points east this week. Hopefully a few warm days this week without that or a blasting 40-45mph Ambrose Jet. Enjoy NJ and Hudson Valley. 

[SACRUS]

Records:

Highs:

EWR: 86 (1998)
NYC: 82 (1998)
LGA: 79 !(1998)
JFK: 72 (1979)


Lows:

EWR: 22 (1970)
NYC: 16 (1887)
LGA: 23 (1970)
JFK: 22 (1970)

Historical:

 

1805: New York's City's Battery Park was strewn with 24-inch snow rollers, from a ferocious storm between the March 26th and March 28th. Snow rollers are natural snowballs that are formed when winds blow over a snow-covered surface.

 

1823 - A great Northeast storm with hurricane force winds raged from Pennsylvania to Maine. The storm was most severe over New Jersey with high tides, uprooted trees, and heavy snow inland. (David Ludlum)

1848: On six reported occasions, the water flow over the American Falls has been entirely blocked by ice and ceased to fall. But only once has this happened on the much larger Horseshoe Falls. 

 

1899 - A storm which buried Ruby, CO, under 141 inches of snow came to an end. Ruby was an old abandoned mining town on the Elk Mountain Range in the Crested Butte area. (The Weather Channel)

1970: The day before, Easter was not very pleasant across northern New Jersey as up to 20 inches of snow and temperatures plunged from spring-like readings near 60° on March 26th to 2° on this date. Single digit and below zero readings occurred across parts of northern Pennsylvania. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1977 - Hartford, CT, hit 87 degrees to establish a record for the month of March. (The Weather Channel)

1987 - A storm spread heavy snow across the Ohio Valley and Lower Great Lakes Region. Cleveland OH received sixteen inches of snow in 24 hours, their second highest total of record. Winds gusting to 50 mph created 8 to 12 foot waves on Lake Huron. The storm also ushered unseasonably cold air into the south central and southeastern U.S., with nearly one hundred record lows reported in three days. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1988 - A winter-like storm developed in the Central Rockies. Snowfall totals in Utah ranged up to 15 inches at the Brian Head Ski Resort, and winds in Arizona gusted to 59 mph at Show Low. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1989 - Thunderstorms developing along and ahead of a slow moving cold front produced large hail and damaging winds at more than fifty locations across the southeast quarter of the nation, and spawned a tornado which injured eleven persons at Northhampton NC. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1990 - Low pressure produced heavy snow in central Maine and northern New Hampshire, with up to eight inches reported in Maine. A slow moving Pacific storm system produced 18 to 36 inches of snow in the southwestern mountains of Colorado in three days. Heavier snowfall totals included 31 inches at Wolf Creek Pass and 27 inches at the Monarch Ski Area. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)


1991: Seventeen tornadoes occurred during the month in Oklahoma, setting an all time record. Oklahoma averages about four tornadoes during the month of March. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1993: This apparently was not “soft” hail; good thing nobody’s head was in the way. Hail to the size of baseballs fell from Braxton to D’lo, MS. A number of mobile homes were “punctured” by the hail. (Ref. Weather Guide Calendar with Phenomenal Weather Events 2012 Accord Pub. 2011, USA)
 

2003: Mar. 30th: A late season snowfall left 1 to 3 inches of accumulation west of a line from Charlottesville to Baltimore City. Above 1500 feet where nearly all of the falling snow was able to accumulate, 4 to 8 inches of snow was reported, with isolated locations above 3000 feet reporting up to 12 inches. The heaviest snowfall falls in the eastern West Virginia mountains, with 16.5 inches at Davis. Blacksburg, Virginia, reported 11 inches. A foot or more fell at Boone and West Jefferson in North Carolina.
(Ref. WxDoctor)

2005: In Colorado, near blizzard conditions occurred east and southeast of Denver during the overnight as winds sustained winds up to 35 mph with gusts to 50 mph produced blowing snow and dropped visibilities at times to near zero. Considerable drifting of 2 to 4 feet was also reported. Snowfall totals included: 8 inches near Castle Rock, 7 inches near Sedalia and 6 inches near Parker but Denver only reported 0.3 inches with gusty winds. Further north, the same storm system triggered numerous small thunderstorms, including a few brief tornadoes from east of Mason City, IA through Mitchell County, Iowa to near the Minnesota-Iowa state line. This area was near the center of low pressure and nearby cold/warm fronts that served as a 'triple point' to focus severe weather development. Known tornado touchdowns (local time) included: 6 miles west of Osage, IA at 2:04 pm, NW side of Stacyville, IA at 2:13 pm, and on the state line south of Adams, MN (Mower/Mitchell County) at 2:18 pm. All damage was rated F0. Wind damage also occurred in southeast Minnesota, east and northeast of Rochester, MN from wind speeds of 60-70 mph. Poseyville in extreme southwestern Indiana had a wind gust of 69 mph. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)