March 19, 2025 Wednesday Weather Update
Severe weather heading into Chicagoland
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.
A powerful storm system over the Midwest has brought blizzard conditions to several states with temperatures crashing from the 80s yesterday to 30s today.
Ahead of the low pressure system centered in Missouri (990 mb) there is a line of thunderstorms with severe winds and embedded tornadoes from Chicago southward about to cross into Indiana.
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