March was a turbulent month weather-wise across the United States, as a series of western storms brought record amounts of precipitation and tornadoes ripped through parts of the South and the nation’s midsection.
March was a turbulent month weather-wise across the United States, as a series of western storms brought record amounts of precipitation and tornadoes ripped through parts of the South and the nation’s midsection.
Below are more takeaways from NOAA’s latest monthly U.S. climate report:
Climate by the numbers
March 2023
The average monthly temperature across the contiguous U.S. was 40.7 degrees F (0.8 of a degree above the 20th-century average), which ranked in the middle third of the 129-year climate record.
Temperatures were above average from the southern Plains to New England and in parts of the Great Lakes. Florida had its eighth-warmest March on record.
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