NEW NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURGE MAPS A LIFE-SAVING TOOL   New maps from the National Weather Service to warn of storm surges from hurricanes will give local and state emergency management coordinators a new tool to help local communities avoid harm — and may help save lives from the deadliest impact of tropical storms. More details with a click here: http://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-nws-sci-hurricanes-forecast-20160401-story.html

SCIENTISTS SCURRY TO SOUTHEAST TO STUDY STORMS, CHASE TORNADOES   Dixie also has a tornado alley! Details in this link to CNN.com: http://edition.cnn.com/2016/03/30/weather/southeast-tornado-experiment-vortex-se/index.html

CLIMATE EXPERTS FIELD QUESTIONS FROM THE CROWD   from Kevin Shaw, ACON DC/MD/DE: "I watched most of this Severe Storms and Tornado conference. Excellent presentations. All the presentations are broken up on this website - so you can pick and choose which one you would like to see and hear. Dr. Louis Uccellini, NWS Director, made an excellent presentation (And he goes into the big blizzard of Jan 2016 in good detail) that on this website is divided up in 6 parts. I heartily recommend you check some or all of these presentations out. They will remain on WGN's website in the future so no rush to get to them but do try to watch at least a few of them. The entire conference lasted most of the day today." More details with a click here: http://wgntv.com/category/news/fermilab/

NWS AKQ Monthly Rainfall Analysis      From NWS Wakefield compiled from ASOS...COOP...RAWS REPORTS | Monthly Rainfall Analysis - http://www.weather.gov/akq/MONTHLY_RAINFALL_ANALYSIS -

TRACK MARCH 2016 NWS STORM REPORTS FOR YOUR STATE   The Storm Prediction Center archives reports of severe weather - tornado, wind, hail - to the National Weather Service. To view these reports, start here with a click to March 1, 2016. While visiting, you will learn how to navigate the daily reports using forward and backward navigation arrows ( < > ) or by replacing the date in your browser's URL line with a date you wish to view. For starters, click here for March 2016 reports: http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/160301_rpts.html

   DROUGHT MONITOR       Information on drought can be found at NOAA's Drought Information Center (http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/)

REMINDER   All National Weather Service station data listed herein is preliminary and may be subject to change.  The data has not been certified and cannot be used in legal actions.  Only reports certified by the National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, NC can be used for these purposes.

ACON VA/NC/SC Station Extremes - MARCH 2016

State	Maximum Temperature	Minimum Temperature	Warmest Average Temperature	Coldest Average Temperature	Maximum Precipitation	Minimum Precipitation
Virginia	88° Danville	21° Blacksburg Lynchburg Chesterfield	56.7° Norfolk (FHC)	49.1° Blacksburg	3.94" Norfolk (NOR)	1.02" Richmond
North Carolina	90° New Bern	26° Asheville Raleigh (RAL)	60.6° Fayetteville	53.1° Asheville	5.97" Cape Hatteras	0.85" Hickory
South Carolina	91° Orangeburg	32° Anderson Greenville-Spartanburg	65.2° Orangeburg	58.2° Greenville-Spartanburg	3.83" Downtown Charleston	1.24" Anderson

( For an explanation of column headers in the following tables,
please note the column denotations table below. )

TEMPERATURE / WINDS/ ELEMENTS FOLLOWED BY
PRECIPITATION / BAROMETRIC PRESSURE
VIRGINIA | NORTH CAROLINA | SOUTH CAROLINA [Reminder: All NWS DATA HEREIN IS NOT OFFICIAL]

STATION	A	B	C	C1	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	K1	L	M	N	N1	N2	O	P	Q	R	R1	CWA	TIME RECORDED
BCB	61.1	37.1	49.1	7.5	77	16	21	3	0	0	10	0	67%	38	280	28	5.1		1	0	0	0	5	LWX	2400
CHT	63.8	40.2	52.0	7.8	85	9	24	3	0	0	5	0	65%	28	180	31	0.8	180	0	0	0	0	0	LWX	2400
CHO	65.1	42.5	53.8	7.9	84	16	24	3	0	0	6	0		36	180	24	6.9		1	0	0	0	2	LWX	2400
DAN	68.3	43.7	56.0	7.3	88	16	25	3	0	0	8	0	67%	42	230	24	6.7		2	0	0	0	1	RNK	2400
DCA	63.1	44.0	53.5	6.7	79	9,10	29	3	0	0	3	0	60%	49	280	28	9.8		0	0	0	0	0	LWX	2400
IAD	62.6	38.5	50.6	6.4	82	9	22	3	0	0	9	0	73%	47	290	28	8.5		0	0	0	0	1	LWX	2400
GAV	65.95	43.55	54.75	6.8	84	16	23	3	0	0	5	0	63%	40	203	31			2	0	0	0	0	AKQ	2400
HAM	64.0	46.0	55.0	6.0	80	16	32	3,7	0	0	2	0	65%	36	360	4	11.0	320	0	0	0	0	7	AKQ	2400
HDV	62.4	40.3	51.4	6.0	82	9	24	3	0	0	7	0	65%	23	225	31		225	0	0	0	0	0	LWX	2400
LYH	64.1	40.5	52.3	6.4	81	16	21	3	0	0	9	0	74%	38	200	24	6.5		2	0	0	0	1	RNK	2400
NPN	65.4	44.6	54.7	5.9	85.1	16	29.3	5	0	0	4	0		31	270	28	4.2	50	1	0	0	1	0	AKQ	2400
FHC	65.9	47.5	56.7	7.3	85	16	35	3	0	0	0	0	65%	34	203	24	2.5	203	0	0	0	0	4	AKQ	2400
NOR	64.9	45.0	54.9	6.1	86	16	31	7	0	0	1	0		33	360	4			0	0	0	1	0	AKQ	2400
ORF	65.5	46.3	55.9	6.5	86	16	32	7	0	0	1	0	63%	39	220	24	10.4		0	0	0	0	4	AKQ	2400
POR	66.3	46.5	56.4	6.2	85	16	32	7	0	0	1	0	72%	32	338	4	3.0	350	1	0	0	1	0	AKQ	2400
CTR	67.2	40.7	54.0	7.7	86.7	16	21	3	0	0	9	0	68%	26	203,315	2,28	0.6	230	0	0	0	1	0	AKQ	2400
MEC	66.80	42.67	55.12		86	16	23	3	0	0	6	0	46%	14		19,21	8.0		0	0	0	0	0	AKQ	2400
RIC	65.2	41.7	53.4	4.8	84	16	23	3	0	0	7	0	64%	38	320	28	9.0		0	0	0	0	1	AKQ	2400
ROA	64.7	43.5	54.1	6.8	83	16	25	3	0	0	6	0	58%	44	300	2	6.9		1	0	0	0	1	RNK	2400
SVC	61.4	40.9	51.2	5.5	80	9	25	3	0	0	6	0							1	0	0	1	5	LWX	2400
WAL	60.8	41.8	51.3	6.3	79	25	26	3	0	0	5	0		44	310	2	10.4		1	0	0	0	4	AKQ	2400
WSH	61.2		51.5	7.26	82.8	9	23.5	3	0	0	3	0	68%	24	180	2	1.0	68	0	0	0	0	0	LWX	2400
Averages	64.35	40.80	53.53	6.63	83.2		25.9		0.0	0.0	5.1	0.0	65%	35.0			6.2		0.6	0.0	0.0	0.2	1.6
STATION	A	B	C	C1	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	K1	L	M	N	N1	N2	O	P	Q	R	R1	CWA	TIME RECORDED
STATION	A	B	C	C1	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	K1	L	M	N	N1	N2	O	P	Q	R	R1	CWA	TIME RECORDED
AVL	65.0	41.2	53.1	6.0	80	16	26	3	0	0	6	0	61%	41	330	21	7.9		1	0	0	0	2	GSP	2400
MRH	66.1	50.1	58.1	5.0	77	15	30	5	0	0	1	0		39	210	25	10.0		0	0	0	0	1	MHX	2400
CLT	70.5	46.5	58.5	7.3	86	16	29	3	0	0	1	0	60%	38	210	1	7.3		1	0	0	0	1	GSP	2400
ECG	66.9	46.1	56.5	6.4	85	16	27	5	0	0	4	0	69%	39	360	4	10.6		0	0	0	0	2	AKQ	2400
FAY	72.6	48.6	60.6	6.3	88	16	30	5	0	0	1	0	64%	44	210	13	8.5		1	0	0	0	1	RAH	2400
GSO	68.0	45.9	57.0	7.0	86	16	28	3,5	0	0	3	0	60%	40	290	2	8.3		0	0	0	0	4	RAH	2400
HSE	65.5	52.9	59.2	7.6	75	28	37	7	0	0	0	0	75%	40	200	25	9.1		0	0	0	0	0	MHX	2400
HKY	66.9	44.6	55.8	5.9	84	16	28	3,5	0	0	6	0		31	260,200,210	1,23,24,	5.5		0	0	0	0	1	GSP	2400
LBT	72.6	48.2	60.4	6.3	86	16	32	22	0	0	1	0	68%	41	280	14	6.9		3	0	0	0	1	ILM	2400
EWN	71.2	47.4	59.3	5.8	90	16	30	5	1	0	2	0	67%	35	230,200	2,24	7.6		2	0	0	0	0	MHX	2400
RDU	69.4	47.3	58.4	6.8	86	16	28	3	0	0	2	0	66%	47	240	14	7.2		2	2	0	0	2	RAH	2400
RAL	69.0	46.7	57.9	6.3	80	10,11	26	3	0	0	3	0		29		23			2	1	0	0	0	RAH	2400
WHI																								ILM	2400
ILM	72.5	50.4	61.4	6.3	88	16	34	5	0	0	0	0		34	200	10,25	8.4		3	0	0	0	0	ILM	2400
Averages	68.94	47.38	58.17	6.38	83.9		29.6		0.1	0.0	2.3	0.0	66%	38.3			8.1		1.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	1.2
STATION	A	B	C	C1	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	K1	L	M	N	N1	N2	O	P	Q	R	R1	CWA	TIME RECORDED
STATION	A	B	C	C1	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	K1	L	M	N	N1	N2	O	P	Q	R	R1	CWA	TIME RECORDED
AND	70.8	46.1	58.5	5.9	86	16	32	22	0	0	1	0		35	290	16	6.5		2	0	0	0	1	GSP	2400
CAE	75.0	49.8	62.4	6.8	87	16	33	5	0	0	0	0	60%	32	280	2,28	6.4		3	0	0	0	2	CAE	2400
CRE	69.6	51.2	60.4	6.2	83	28	36	22	0	0	0	0	74%	33	210	2	7.9		2	0	0	0	2	ILM	2400
CHS	75.3	53.3	64.3	6.2	88	16	37	5	0	0	0	0		45	160	25	8.1		5	0	0	0	0	CHS	2400
CXM	69.4	57.8	63.6	5.3	84	15,16	45	3	0	0	0	0		30	180	25	6.7							CHS	2400
FLO	73.3	48.3	60.8	5.2	87	16	34	22	0	0	0	0	66%	42	220	13	7.5		1	0	0	0	2	ILM	2400
GSP	69.9	46.6	58.2	5.3	86	16	32	3	0	0	1	0	62%	34	210	1	7.2		1	1	0	0	1	GSP	2400
OGB	76.9	53.6	65.2	1.8	91	29	38	10	1	0	0	0		40	270	2	7.2		3	0	0	0	3	CAE	2400
Averages	72.53	50.84	61.68	5.3	86.5		25.6		0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0	66%	36.4			7.2		2.4	0.1	0.0	0.0	1.6
STATION	A	B	C	C1	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	K1	L	M	N	N1	N2	O	P	Q	R	R1	CWA	TIME RECORDED
STATION	A	B	C	C1	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	K1	L	M	N	N1	N2	O	P	Q	R	R1	CWA	TIME RECORDED
TRI	66.3	38.5	52.4	5.7	82	10	23	3	0	0	12	0		42	260	24	4.6		2	0	0	0	1	MRX	2400
DAV	50.5	31.9	41.2		69	11	11	3	0	4	18	0												PBX	2400
STATION	T	T1	U	U1	V	V1	W	X	Y	Z	1	2	3	4	5	6	6A	7	7A	8	CWA	TIME RECORDED
BCB	2.57	-1.07	0.89	14	0.89	14	12	0	9.71	1.0	3	4	1	1.0	25.0						RNK	2400
CHT	1.43	-1.95	0.46	13	0.50	13-14	9	0	9.82	0.7	3	3	0	1.0	33.7	30.388	30	29.524	1	30.026	LWX	2400
CHO	1.49	-2.17	0.42	14	0.51	14-15	10	0	7.61									29.560			LWX	2400
DAN	2.33	-1.78	0.84	27	1.18	27-28	14	5	9.18	0				0.0	11.1	30.350	30	29.640	1	29.995	RNK	2400
DCA	1.16	-2.32	0.32	28	0.45	13-14	11	0	7.63	0.3	4	4	0	3.4	32.3			29.560			LWX	2400
IAD	1.45	-1.93	0.53	13	0.56	13-14	9	0	9.90	0.7	3	4	0	1.3	34.3			29.560			LWX	2400
GAV	1.10		0.20	28	0.33	28-29	10	0	9.48	1.8	4	3	1	1.9	19.9	30.400	30	29.600	2	30.060	AKQ	2400
HAM	1.94	1.90	0.63	4	0.72	3-4	12	0	10.66	T	3,4	2	0	T	4.0	30.420	30	29.640	2	30.060	AKQ	2400
HDV	1.67	-2.02	0.54	13			9	0	10.44	0.7	3	5	0	1.1	34.2	30.380	30	29.520	1	29.950	AKQ	2400
LYH	3.36	-0.22	0.77	13	0.98	13-14	12	0	10.65	T	3,4	2	0	T	15.6	30.390	30	29.650	1	30.020	RNK	2400
NPN	2.91	-0.93	0.57	25	0.78	3-4	11	0	13.78	0.1	3	1	0	0.1	9.9	30.380	30	29.620	2	30.000	AKQ	2400
FHC	3.54	-0.14	0.79	27	1.34	27-28	12	0	13.16	T	3	1	0	T	5.0	30.387	30	29.651	2	30.047	AKQ	2400
NOR	3.94	-0.12	0.92	27			12	0	15.27	T	3	1	0	T	5.0						AKQ	2400
ORF	3.46	-0.22	0.75	27	1.08	27-28	12	0	14.33	T	3,4	2	0	T	5.0	30.400	30	29.640	2	30.020	AKQ	2400
POR	3.35	-0.64	0.71	27	1.11	27-28	13	0	14.46	T	3	1	0	T	4.6	30.377	30	29.637	2	30.033	AKQ	2400
CTR	2.00	-0.44	0.48	13	0.67	13-14	14	0	10.56	0.3	4	1	0	0.3	17.6	30.340	30	29.560	2	30.002	AKQ	2400
MEC	1.75		0.19	4	0.28	14,15	9	0	10.76	1.8	4	1	1	1.8	20.1						AKQ	2400
RIC	1.02	-3.02	0.17	14	0.25	14-15	12	0	8.67	0.8	4	2	0	1.2	12.0	30.400	30	29.620	2	30.010	AKQ	2400
ROA	2.25	-1.21	1.02	14	1.03	14-15	11	1	10.48	1.0	3	2	1	1.0	23.0	30.380	30	29.680	1	30.030	RNK	2400
SVC	1.76	-2.37	0.48	13	0.65	13-14	10	2	12.24	0.6	3	6	0	1.1	36.3						LWX	2400
WAL	1.87	-2.13	0.60	4	0.60	4	12	0	9.05	0.8	4	3	0	4.4	11.7	30.410	30	29.590	2	30.000	AKQ	2400
WSH	1.36	2.96	0.40	13	0.41	13-14	10	0	9.14	0.5	3	5	3	0.7	27.7	30.440	30	29.580	1	30.010	LWX	2400
Averages	2.17	-0.99	0.58		0.72		11.2	0.4	10.77					1.0	18.5	30.389		29.602		30.018
STATION	T	T1	U	U1	V	V1	W	X	Y	Z	1	2	3	4	5	6	6A	7	7A	8	CWA	TIME RECORDED
STATION	T	T1	U	U1	V	V1	W	X	Y	Z	1	2	3	4	5	6	6A	7	7A	8	CWA	TIME RECORDED
AVL	1.56	-2.27	0.59	13	0.59	13	10	0	10.54	T	3	1	0	T	13.9	30.350	7	29.690	25	30.020	GSP	2400
MRH	2.62	-1.58	1.23	27	1.35	27-28	8	1	14.71					0.0	T	30.400	7	29.720	15	30.060	MHX	2400
CLT	4.50	1.18	1.86	22	2.25	22-23	8	1	6.78	T	5,12	2	0	T	3.3	30.380	7	29.720	14	30.050	GSP	2400
ECG	2.22	-1.76	0.52	28	0.89	27-28	11	0	9.81	0				0.0	1.8	30.390	30	29.690	16	30.040	AKQ	2400
FAY	1.01	-2.54	0.45	27	0.45	27	9	0	8.85									29.680	1		RAH	2400
GSO	1.96	-1.77	1.25	27	1.26	27-28	11	1	8.10					0.0	4.5			29.680	1		RAH	2400
HSE	5.97	1.20	2.47	4	2.58	3-4	11	1	19.08					0.0	T	30.390	7	29.670	4	30.030	MHX	2400
HKY	0.85	-3.39	0.20	1,27	0.24	26-27	10	0	8.21							30.320	7	29.660	14	29.990	GSP	2400
LBT	1.18	-2.15	0.34	3	0.38	3-4	10	0	9.46							30.390	7	29.730	14	30.060	ILM	2400
EWN	3.33	-1.06	0.59	27	1.01	3-4	12	0	14.35					0.0	T	30.400	7	29.730	15	30.065	MHX	2400
RDU	4.04	-0.07	1.87	14	1.87	14	12	1	10.45	T	13,14	0	0	T	1.4			29.680	1		RAH	2400
RAL	5.09	0.98			1.97	14-15	11	2	12.06					0.0	1.9	30.280	6	29.740	14	30.010	RAH	2400
WHI																					ILM	2400
ILM	2.83	-1.38	0.74	27	1.08	3-4	11	0	14.90					0.0	T	30.400	7	29.750	15	30.075	ILM	2400
Averages	2.86	-1.12	1.01		1.22		10.3	0.5	11.33					0.0	2.7	30.370		29.703		30.040
STATION	T	T1	U	U1	V	V1	W	X	Y	Z	1	2	3	4	5	6	6A	7	7A	8	CWA	TIME RECORDED
STATION	T	T1	U	U1	V	V1	W	X	Y	Z	1	2	3	4	5	6	6A	7	7A	8	CWA	TIME RECORDED
AND	1.24	-3.11	0.39	1	0.39	1	8	0	7.87							30.390	7	29.700	14	30.045	GSP	2400
CAE	1.88	-1.85	0.71	27	0.77	27-28	8	0	8.51					0.0	T	30.400	7	29.740	14	30.070	CAE	2400
CRE	1.47	-2.45	0.62	27	0.66	26-27	7	0	9.54							30.410	7	29.780	15	30.095	ILM	2400
CHS	3.19	-0.52	1.36	27	1.41	26-27	7	1	11.48					0.0	T	30.400	7	29.740	25	30.070	CHS	2400
CXM	3.83	0.53	1.97	27	1.97	27	5	1	11.52									29.650	4		CHS	2400
FLO	1.63	-1.70	0.38	26	0.47	26-27	8	0	9.09							30.400	7	29.740	14	30.070	ILM	2400
GSP	1.69	-2.83	0.66	14	0.66	14	6	0	9.95	T	14	1	0	T	2.6	30.370	7	29.670	14	30.020	GSP	2400
OGB	1.26	-1.59	0.58	22	0.80	1-2	6	0	8.43							30.430	10	29.670	2	30.050	CAE	2400
Averages	2.02	-1.69	0.83		0.89		6.9	0.25	9.55					0.0	0.9	30.400		29.711		30.060
STATION	T	T1	U	U1	V	V1	W	X	Y	Z	1	2	3	4	5	6	6A	7	7A	8	CWA	TIME RECORDED
STATION	T	T1	U	U1	V	V1	W	X	Y	Z	1	2	3	4	5	6	6A	7	7A	8	CWA	TIME RECORDED
TRI	0.94	-2.50	0.34	1	0.34	1	11	0	8.34	T	3,4	2	0	T	18.4	30.320	8	29.630	14	29.975	MRX	2400
DAV	3.28		0.40	14			16	0	12.25	5.1	20	14	6	11.7	102.6						PBX	2400
STATION	T	T1	U	U1	V	V1	W	X	Y	Z	1	2	3	4	5	6	6A	7	7A	8	CWA	TIME RECORDED

Virginia:

Arlington/Washington, D.C. - "WASHINGTON DC...REAGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT... THE MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS WELL ABOVE NORMAL...AND RANKED AS THE FOURTH WARMEST MARCH ON RECORD. MONTHLY PRECIPITATION WAS WELL BELOW NORMAL. MONTHLY SNOWFALL WAS BELOW NORMAL. A RECORD DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 79 DEGREES WAS SET ON THE 10TH...BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 78 SET IN 2006. A RECORD DAILY HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 57 DEGREES WAS SET ON THE 10TH...BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 56 SET IN 2006. A RECORD DAILY HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 57 DEGREES WAS SET ON THE 11TH...BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 53 SET IN 1925. THIS MARCH BROKE THE STRETCH OF CONSECUTIVE COLDER AND SNOWIER THAN NORMAL MARCHES THAT BEGAN IN 2013. NINE DAYS REACHED OR EXCEEDED 70 DEGREES. OVERALL...THIS WAS THE WARMEST AND DRIEST MARCH SINCE 2012. " - [ + - ] - from NWS Sterling, VA

Chantilly - "March temperatures were well above average and precipitation was less than half of normal. The mean monthly temperature was 52.0° (+7.8°). The mean high temperature was 63.8° (+8.3°) and the mean low temperature was 40.2° (+7.3°). A record high temperature was set on the 9th (85°) and 10th (81°), and tied on the 24th (79°). A record high minimum temperature was set on the 10th (57°) and tied on the 11th (49°). March precipitation of 1.43” was below average (-1.95”). Snow was observed on the 3rd (0.7”), 4th (0.3”), and 19th (Trace). Season snowfall for 2015-16 is 33.7”. *Please note, anemometer is currently partially obstructed from the North and East " - [ + - ] - from member Russ Toping

Seven Corners/Fairfax County - from member John Iekel: " MARCH 2016 WAS DRAMATICALLY WARMER THAN MARCH ONE YEAR BEFORE. THE AVERAGE MEAN TEMP FOR THIS MARCH WAS 5.5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND 10 DEGRESS WARMER THAN THE 41.1 MEAN AVERAGE OF COLDER THAN NORMAL MARCH 2015. THIS MARCH WAS DRY, TOO, WHICH PORTENDS WORRISOME THINGS FOR THE GROWING SEASON. " - [ + - ]

Dulles - from NWS Sterling (KLWX): "DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT... THE MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS WELL ABOVE NORMAL...AND RANKED AS THE SECOND WARMEST MARCH ON RECORD. MONTHLY PRECIPITATION WAS WELL BELOW NORMAL. MONTHLY SNOWFALL WAS BELOW NORMAL. A RECORD DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 82 DEGREES WAS SET ON THE 9TH...BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 79 SET IN 2000. A RECORD DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 80 DEGREES WAS SET ON THE 10TH...BREAKING THE OLD RECORD 78 SET IN 2006. A RECORD DAILY HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 59 DEGREES WAS SET ON THE 10TH...BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 56 SET IN 2006. A RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM SNOWFALL OF 0.6 INCHES WAS SET ON THE 4TH...TYING THE OLD RECORD SET IN 1971. THIS MARCH BROKE THE STRETCH OF CONSECUTIVE COLDER AND SNOWIER THAN NORMAL MARCHES THAT BEGIN IN 2013. TWO DAYS REACHED OR EXCEEDED 80 DEGREES. OVERALL...THIS WAS THE WARMEST AND DRIEST MARCH SINCE 2012. " - [ + - ]

Herndon - from member Randy Ashby: " March was above normal for temperature and below for precipitation. The temperatures ranged between a high of 82 and a low of 24 and was 6 degrees above normal. On the precipitation side, the month was 2.02” below normal, with 1.67” measured. We had 1.1” of snow during the month falling on the 2-3rd. The total snow for the year is now 34.2”. " - [ + - ]

Norfolk - from NWS Wakefield (AKQ): "…Above normal temperatures and near normal precipitation characterized Norfolk weather in March… …4th Warmest March on Record… View the NWS AKQ Wakefield March 2016 Climate Summary with a click here " - [ + + ]

Portsmouth - from Bill Trotter: " The month's average temperature of 56.4° was 6.2° ABOVE NORMAL. Precipitation (3.35") was BELOW NORMAL by 0.64" or 84% of the March average rainfall during the period from 1977 to 2015. March 2016 was the 2nd warmest March in the database to 1977. The top 6 warmest March months include: 1) 58.7° 2012 2) 56.4° 2016 3) 54.0° 1977 4) 53.9° 1991 and 5) 53.7° 1985 & 1990. At month's end, rainfall for the year totaled 14.46" (+3.49" or 142% of normal). Frontal passages: 2nd, 11th, 15th, 19th, 25th, and 28th. Frost was noted on the 7th and 22nd. . STATION RECORDS: 9th - TEMPERATURE TIED Maximum 81° [previously 2000], 10th - TEMPERATURE TIED Maximum 81° [previously 2000], 10th - TEMPERATURE Maximum low 61° [previously 2006], 16th - TEMPERATURE Maximum 85° [previously 83° 1990], 20th - TEMPERATURE Minimum high TIED 46° [previously 1992] , 25th - TEMPERATURE Maximum 82° [previously 19° 1988], and 25th - TEMPERATURE Maximum Low 61° [previously 55° 2012]

To view the station monthly and year-to-date climatological summary (LCD) for this Portsmouth station, please click here. " - [ + + ]

Glen Allen - from Lowell Koontz: " March was the second warmest after 2012 and the driest on record at Glen Allen. The monthly mean temperature was 54.8°F, a +6.8 °F departure based on a 7 year average. Glen Allen had 5 days the minimum temperature was =32°F. Only the first 5 days of March were really cold. The minimum temperature for March was 23°F on the 3rd. The maximum temperature for March was 84°F degrees on the 16th and the lowest maximum temperature for the month was 44°F on the 5th that was a new record for Glen Allen. During the warm March of 2012, Glen Allen had 6 days that the maximum temperature was =80°F; this month had only two. Also this March had 11 days that the high temperature was =70 °F but March 2012 had 19 days. The maximum temperature range for March was on the 1st with 38.7°F which was the second highest on record for the month at this station. The average ground temperature at one foot for the month was 52.5°F which was a +4.3°F departure. Only 2012 was warmer at Glen Allen with an average ground temperature of 54.4°F. The 1.10 inches of precipitation for March was a -3.06 inch departure on the 7 year average. The most precipitation in a 24 hour period was only 0.33 inches which was the lowest amount for March and the second lowest for any month. Of the 10 days with measurable precipitation, 5 were =0.10 inches. The total snowfall was 1.9 inches for the month, a departure of -2.0 inches for March. The maximum wind gust during March was 40 mph which occurred on the 31st at 1417 hours from the SSW which was the 3rd highest on record. The cloudiness was just a little less than average for the month. The highest barometer was 30.40 inches on the 30th, and the lowest was only 29.60 inches on the 2nd of March which is a new record high minimum monthly pressure for Glen Allen. " - [ + - ]

Richmond - from contributor Lowell Koontz (GAV): " The mean temperature for March was 53.4°F which was the 10th warmest March since 1880. It should also be stated that 2012 was the second warmest March on Richmond’s temperature records which start in 1880. The mean temperature for this March was +4.8°F above the thirty year mean temperature. This March had 14 days that the high temperature was greater than or equal to 70 °F but March 2012 had 19 days. This March had 7 days that the minimum temperature was =32°F but 2012 had only 3 days. The lowest overnight minimum for this month was 23°F on the 3rd. The total precipitation for March, 1.02 inches, was the third driest March since 1871. The average March precipitation is 4.04 inches which was a deficit of 3.02 inches. The total snow for March was 1.2 inches which was a departure of +0.6 inches on the 30 year average. There were no daily records this March even though it was the 10th warmest on record. " - [ + - ]

Richmond - from NWS Wakefield (AKQ): "…Above normal temperatures and below normal precipitation characterized Richmond weather in March… ... 10th Warmest March on Record and 3rd Driest March on Record" View the NWS AKQ Wakefield March 2016 Climate Summary for Richmond with a click here " - [ - + ]

North Carolina:

Raleigh - from member Bob Woodson (RAL): " THE AVERAGE DAILY TEMPERATURE FOR MARCH WAS 57.9 DEGREES WHICH WAS 6.3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE FIRST 80 DEGREE DAY FOR THE YEAR WAS RECORDED ON THE 10TH . PRECIPITATION WAS +0.98 ABOVE NORMAL AND FOR THE YEAR, 1.19” ABOVE NORMAL. SEVERAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WERE ISSUED ON THE 13TH AND 14TH MAINLY FOR LARGE HAIL. " - [ + + ]

South Carolina:

Charleston - from NWS Charleston - KCHS: " RECORDS ESTABLISHED DURING THE MONTH: *3RD WARMEST MARCH ON RECORD, *MAR 14 - RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 64 DEGREES, and *MAR 16 - RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 88 DEGREES. " - [ + - ]

COLUMN DENOTATIONS:

A  maximum mean temperature	T total precipitation (inches) T1 departure from normal
B  minimum mean temperature	U maximum calendar day precipitation (inches)
C  monthly mean temperature C1 departure from normal	U1 date of maximum calendar day precipitation
D  maximum temperature	V date(s) of maximum daily precipitation
E  date(s) of maximum temperature	V1 maximum 24-hour precip. & date(s)
F  minimum temperature	W number of days with precip. >= .01"
G  date(s) of minimum temperature	X number of days with precip. >= 1.0"
H  days with maximum temperature >=90	Y year-to-date precipitation (inches)
I  days with maximum temperature <=32	Z maximum calendar day snowfall (inches)
J  days with minimum temperature <=32	VRB Variable
K  days with minimum temperature <= 0	1 date of maximum calendar day snowfall (inches)
K1 average relative humidity	2 number of days with snowfall
L  peak wind gust (miles per hour)	3 number of days with snowfall >= 1.0"
M  direction of peak wind gust	4  total snowfall for month (inches)
N  date(s) of peak wind gust	5 total snowfall for 2015-2016 season (inches)
N1   average wind speed (miles per hour)	6 maximum barometric pressure (inches)
N2 dominant wind direction	6A date of maximum barometric pressure
O  number of days with thunder	7 minimum barometric pressure (inches)
P  number of days with hail	7A date of minimum barometric pressure
Q  number of days with glaze	8   average sea-level pressure
R  number of days with ice pellets	STN  Station
	NR not recorded
R1 number of days with dense fog [1/4 mile and less visibility]	(i) incomplete data
S  local observation time for temps/precipitation	(M) missing, if listed in data table
~ "about"	E estimated
+  additional indeterminate number of days	CWA - NWS Office County Warning Area

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     NWS Wakefield, VA
     NWS Blacksburg, VA
     NWS Raleigh, NC
     NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
     NWS Wilmington, NC
     NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
     NWS Columbia, SC
     NWS Charleston, SC
     NWS Morristown, TN

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     National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC

STATION / LOCATION (MILES & DIRECTION FROM MAIN POST OFFICE)/OBSERVER / YEAR RECORDS BEGAN / EMAIL ADDRESS:
[ includes current stations, inactive stations, and closed stations since database inception ]

    

AKQ    Wakefield, VA NWS Wakefield Municipal Airport 36-58-53N 077-00-04W 33M	SVC    Seven Corner, Fairfax County, VA John Iekel Latitude 38.857404 Longitude -77.151696
DCA    Arlington, VA Washington, DC, Reagan Washington National Airport 38-50-54N 077-02-03W 18M	WSH   Washington, VA  David Yowell runamok@runamok.com
BCB    Blacksburg, VA NWS Virginia Tech Airport 37-13N 080-25W
	WOO  Woodstock, VA 5NW Lauck Walton 12/1/85 STATION CLOSED 08/2014
	LDY Ladysmith, VA Danny Jessee 2003 STATION CLOSED 8/31/2010 danny@dannyjessee.com
BRI     Bridgewater, VA Clayton Towers Ctowers19@aol.com	WAL   Wallops Island, VA 37° 56'26" N 75° 27'47" W Wallops Flight Facility Airport
CEN  Centreville, VA Paul Bassett 1985, 38° 50.9788' N LAT. 77° 25.6374' W LON. | Elevation 324' | STATION CLOSED	AVL    Asheville, NC  Asheville Regional Airport 35-25-55N 082-32-15W 670M
CHO   Charlottesville, VA  Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport ASOS  (Rappahannock County) 38-08-18N 078-27-21W 192M	MRH    Beaufort, NC  Michael J. Field Airport 34-44-01N 076-39-38W 3M
DAN  Danville, VA, Danville Regional Airport, 36-34-22N 079-20 10W 175M	CLT    Charlotte, NC NWS Charlotte/Douglas International Airport 35-12-48N 080-56-55W 220M
IAD   Dulles - Washington-Dulles International Airport  38-56-05N 077-26-51W 93M
FCH    Falls Church, VA Erica Page 3/7/94 Windie1970@aol.com	HKY  Hickory, NC
HAM    Hampton, VA 5NE Dave Kessel 1989 kesseld1@cox.net	ECG  Elizabeth City, NC,  Coast Guard Air Station 36-15-47N 076 10-58W 11M
LYH     Lynchburg, VA NWS Lynchburg Regional Airport 37-19-15N 079-12-24W 295M	ILM     Wilmington, NC NWS New Hanover International Airport 34-16-06N 077-54-22W 9M
CTR  Winterpock in Chesterfield County, VA Albert Arnold 06/03	FAY  Fayetteville, NC Fayetteville Regional Airport, 34-59-22N 078-52-48W 55M
	GSO   Greensboro, NC NWS Piedmont Triad International Airport 36-05-51N 079-56-37W 275M
CHT   Chantilly, VA Russ Topping -  12/2006  russ.topping@gmail.com	HSE   Cape Hatteras, NC  Mitchell Field 35-13-56N 075-27-21W 3M
HDV    Herndon, VA  Randoplh W. Ashby, 3.3 SM South, Lat: 38.922127, Lon: -77.38015, Elev: 390'. 1993 randy_ashby@msn.com	LBT    Lumberton, NC  Lumberton Municipal Airport 34-36-26N 079-03-36W 37M
GAV - Glen Allen, Henrico County, VA - Lowell Koontz  8/1/08  wwkoontz@verizon.net	EWN    New Bern, NC  Craven County Regional Airport 36-04-03N 077-02-50W 3M
	MON    Moncure, NC  Chatham County - Mac McIlwain mac.mcilwain@embarqmail.com
	RAL    Raleigh, NC 7NNW  Bob Woodson -  6/1/93 kf4mmm@qsl.net
LKU     Louisa, VA 1N Joseph Bowers 1944 - NWS ID  44-5050-02 STATION CLOSED	RDU   Raleigh-Durham, NC Raleigh-Durham International Airport 35-52-14N 078-47-11W 130M
LOU     Louisa, VA 6S John Bullock (about 1970) STATION CLOSED	ROX    Roxboro, NC 2SE Merriell A. Jay 1/93 ending 12/13
	WHI   North Whiteville, NC Christopher Crawley 12/10 34.413744N / 078.751908W ccawley.kk4csr@gmail.com
LYH     Lynchburg, VA NWS Lynchburg Regional Airport 37-19-15N 079-12-24W 295M	ILM     Wilmington, NC NWS New Hanover International Airport 34-16-06N 077-54-22W 9M
NEW    Newmarket, VA 2W Joyce Winfree STATION CLOSED 5/31/10	CHS   Charleston, SC NWS Charleston Air Force Base 32-53-56N 080-02-26W 13M
	CXM    Downtown Charleston, SC NWS 32.77° N 79.93 W
NPN     Newport News, VA 7N Gary Leonard -  6/91 mikey0781@cox.net	CAE    Columbia, SC NWS Columbia Metropolitan Airport 33-56-31N 081-07-05W 73M
NOR     Norfolk, VA 3NE Jim Fentress 6/1/77	FLO    Florence, SC Florence Regional Airport 34-11-16N 079-43-51W 44M
ORF     Norfolk, VA 5NE 36-54-13N 076-11-31W 14M  1871	GSP   Greenville-Spartanburg, SC NWS Greenville-Spartanburg Airport 34-53-02N 082-13-15W 286M
POR     Portsmouth, VA 36.81° North 76.33° West 3S Bill Trotter -  7/1/76 wxr@cox.net	CRE    North Myrtle Beach, SC Grand Strand Airport 33-48-42N 078-43-26W 10M
MEC     Mechanicsville, VA Glen Martin 11/19/91	OGB   Orangeburg, SC  Orangeburg Municipal Airport 33-27-50N 080-51-13W 59M
FHC    Norfolk, VA  Fred Heutte Center 36° 54'N 76° 16'W 01/01/03 fhcgarden@cox.net	AND   Anderson, SC
RIC     Richmond, VA Richmond International Airport 37-30-40N 077-19-24W 50M	TRI     Tri-cities, TN  (Bristol / Johnson / Kingsport), Tri-City Regional Airport 36-28-47N 082-23-56W 474M
ROA    Roanoke, VA Roanoke Regional Airport 37-19-01N 079-58-27W 362M	DAV  Davis, WV Dave Lesher canaanwx@yahoo.com