In fact it’s so cold it feels like, well….Toledo! Yesterday’s high temperature was only 46 degrees. It tied the coldest high temperature for March 21st. That’s about 27 degrees colder than it’s supposed to be this time of year. It’s 13 degrees colder than our coldest normal high temperature in early January! Spring officially began Saturday afternoon, so Sunday was our first “full” day of spring!
A late season cold blast gripped much of the nation east of the Rockies, spreading cold rain and even snow flurries as far south as central Louisiana! Wrap around cloud cover blocked any chance for warming. Those clouds should clear today, so temperatures will warm into the 60s, but still more like January than late March. 70 degree temperatures will return tomorrow. Most of the week will be quiet weatherwise, just a few showers will be possible Thursday.
And yes, it was very much like Toledo yesterday. Their normal high for March 21st is 48 degrees. Ours is 73. They don’t hit normals in the low 70s until the end of May, or about the same time we start complaining that it’s too hot!
StormTeam3 Meteorologist Dave Baker
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