March 18, 2025 Tuesday Weather Update
Ridge builds across Western US
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.
Warm day across the eastern half of the Lower 48 with brilliant late winter sunshine. The area of low pressure that was briefly watched for subtropical development yesterday by NHC has merged with a frontal boundary into an extratropical cyclone.
In the Gulf of America, the SpaceX Dragon capsule splashed down along the Florida Big Bend coastline south of Tallahassee into lower-60s °F waters greeted by dolphins.
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