It’s 26 degrees as of 2:12 pm today under full sunshine. That is damn impressive for March considering my average high is 54.6 degrees on this date. I got down to 19 this morning and supposed to go even lower tonight. I didn’t get any accumulating snow but I did have constant flurries from around 4pm yesterday until sometime in the wee hours of this morning.
That's what's giving the opportunity for a wintry treat for some in the SE, being on the bottom of an historic early March cold airmass. Folks, Chicago at 4 PM CST is only at 12F with sunny skies and no snowcover!!! That's some 17 F colder than the normal for mid Jan!! The low was -3. In late Feb/Mar 1960, the coldest low was 2 and the coldest high was 18. In late Feb/March 1980, the coldest low/high was -1/17. So, it is actually slightly colder than those two years there.
On another note, any Weeklies guesses? I almost forgot again!