1878 (Monday)
A milder than average March was interrupted by one day of mid-winter temperatures as the high/low was only 30°/13° (twenty-one degrees below average); before this, the last high that was freezing or colder was five weeks earlier. The low was a record for the date (which still stands).
1899 (Saturday)
The 0.5" of snow that fell tonight was the last time measurable fell on this date (through 2025).
1906 (Sunday)
This was the thirteenth day in a row with a high colder than 40° (at a time when the average high is around 50°). The average high/low during this period was 36°/24°. Three days had highs of 32° or colder, eight days had lows of 25° or colder. There were also two significant snowfalls of 6.5" and 5.0" four days apart (on 3/15 and 3/19).
1911 (Saturday)
On the day of New York's deadly fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in Greenwich Village (147 mostly female laborers died), skies were clear and temperatures cold, with a high/low of 40°/20°.
1940 (Monday)
This was the third day in a row with very cold temperatures. Today's high/low of 33°/17° followed 31°/17° yesterday (Easter Sunday), and 28°/18° the day before that. These temperatures were 21 degrees below average. Winds that gusted between 20-27 mph throughout the three days produced wind chills in the low teens.
1956 (Sunday)
Today's high/low of 34°/18° was eighteen degrees below average. Wind chills were in the single digits and teens.
1970 (Wednesday)
Today's high of 56° was the mildest reading this month - the coolest temperature in March to have this distinction since March 1906's mildest reading was 55°. Typically, the warmest reading in March is close to 70° (one in four have had a warmest reading of 75°+).
1973 (Sunday)
Rain moved in late, with 0.20" falling between 10 PM and midnight - the first measurable precipitation on this date in 15 years. This rain was from a nor'easter that produced a hard rain overnight (1.35" fell after midnight) that was over by daybreak on 3/26.
1974 (Monday)
Today's low of 20°, 17 degrees below average, was the coldest reading in March and came three weeks after the month's mildest reading (70°). It was also the coldest temperature since mid-February.
1992 (Wednesday)
Today was the 15th consecutive day with a low of 32° or colder, the longest such streak during March in the 1950-2025 period.
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