March 12, 2026 Thursday Morning Weather
Colder air behind frontal boundary. Still watching a major blizzard for Sunday in Great Lakes.
March 2026 was the warmest March in the 132-year national record (1895–2026), at 50.8°F against a 1991–2020 normal of 43.6°F (+7.3°F).
March 2026 was the 8th-driest March in the 132-year national record (1895–2026), at 1.8in against a 1991–2020 normal of 2.5in (-0.7in).
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.
Limited cold air behind the frontal boundary during daylight hours but higher elevations are indeed seeing snowfall accumulations this morning.
Likely to see heavy, wet snowflakes in the air around Washington D.C. but accumulations will be minimal and mainly in the grass or unpaved surfaces.
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