March 24, 2024 Powerful Plains Winter Storm
Severe weather and heavy snowfall with significant impacts from Texas to upper Midwest
March 2024 was the 21st-warmest March in the 132-year national record (1895–2026), at 44.9°F against a 1991–2020 normal of 43.6°F (+1.4°F).
March 2024 was the 29th-wettest March in the 132-year national record (1895–2026), at 2.9in against a 1991–2020 normal of 2.5in (+0.4in).
NOAA/NCEI Climate at a Glance, contiguous United States. This is the observed record for the month, not a score of anything said in this piece — the forecast ledger begins 2026-08-17 and cannot reach earlier posts.
Sunday evening weather update shows a powerful Plains storm analyzed at 982 mb over east Colorado with a complex frontal structure. Severe weather is out ahead of a cold front while heavy snowfall will drop a foot on Minneapolis.
This evening, the Enhanced (3/5) Risk of severe thunderstorms extends from OK into KS. The strongest hail storm on radar is currently ~7 PM CT rolling through Wichita Falls.
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