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A chronicle of American weather and climate  ·  Wednesday, 16 September 2026

Weather Trader Notebook MILEPOST 540

March 7, 2025 Friday Weather Update

Quiet weekend into a warmer week ahead

What the month did

March 2025 was the 7th-warmest March in the 132-year national record (1895–2026), at 46.8°F against a 1991–2020 normal of 43.6°F (+3.3°F).

March 2025 was the 57th-driest March in the 132-year national record (1895–2026), at 2.4in against a 1991–2020 normal of 2.5in (-0.1in).

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.

Rather quiet weekend ahead for most of the Lower 48. A cold trough is moving through Arizona with some heavy snowfall around Flagstaff and rain in Phoenix. That area of precipitation will move east into the Texas panhandle on Saturday.

The trough is cold-core, connected to the polar front, but not the most intense manifestation, which remains over Ontario. However, another cold pool at mid-levels is in the North Pacific on the way to the Western U.S. as the parade of storms continues.

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