March 25, 2026 Wednesday Weather Update
Eastern Lower 48 significantly warms into end of the month before a pattern change
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.
ECMWF AIFS 18z next 10-days of 500 mb Height Anomaly
Western “heat dome” ridge rebuilds for a few more days and then pushes east — shifting downstream. The western U.S. then sees a trough and cooler air. The main tropospheric “Polar Vortex” over Hudson Bay, Canada finally wobbles eastward on the other side of Greenland allowing the overall longwave pattern to progress.
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