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March 2026 Observations & Discussion

With clear skies the temperature has fallen down to 23 here in MBY. The big issue yesterday was the wind with the highest wind gust at GRR of 60 MPH, winds in the 60 MPH range were common across the area. Today should be a near average mid March day with highs in the low 40’s tonight will see a chance of some snow, tomorrow we should see some warm temperatures here in southern lower Michigan with highs in the 60’s there will be a good chance of rain showers along with rain showers on Sunday night. On Monday it should turn colder with a chance of snow showers. Tuesday will be cold before it warms up later next week. Bottom line here in our area just a taste of winter but not a really big deal. Winds might be the biggest issue this weekend. KEY MESSAGES MULTIPLE HAZARDS WITH STORM SYSTEM SAT NIGHT TO EARLY TUE MODERATING TEMPS AND QUIET CONDITIONS MID-LATE NEXT WEEK Detailed Forecast Today Increasing clouds, with a high near 41. Northwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the morning. Tonight Snow showers before 5am, then snow showers likely, possibly mixed with sleet. Low around 32. Light east wind increasing to 8 to 13 mph in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible. Sunday Showers likely, mainly after 2pm. Cloudy, with a high near 62. East southeast wind 13 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. Sunday Night Showers before 11pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm between 11pm and 2am, then showers after 2am. Low around 29. South wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible. Monday Snow showers, possibly mixed with rain, becoming all snow after 11am. High near 39. Breezy, with a west wind 16 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible. Monday Night Snow showers likely before 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 17. Blustery. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of around an inch possible. Tuesday Mostly cloudy, with a high near 24. Tuesday Night A chance of snow showers after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 18. Wednesday A chance of snow showers before 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 39. Wednesday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. Thursday Partly sunny, with a high near 50. Thursday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. Friday Partly sunny, with a high near 50. The official H/L yesterday was 42/29 there was 0.28” of precipitation with 0.1” of snowfall. The highest wind gust was 60 MPH out of the W. For today the average H/L is 44/26 the record high of 80 was in 2012 the coldest high of 17 was in 1895 the record low of 0 was in 1895 the warmest low of 60 was in 1990. The most rainfall of 0.81” was in 2024 the most snowfall of 10.5” was in 1904 and the most snow on the ground was 11” in 1904. The sunrise time today is 7:56 AM and the sunset time is 7:47 PM. Some weather history for March 14th 1960, Northern Georgia was between snowstorms. Gainesville GA received 17 inches of snow during the month, and reported at least a trace of snow on the ground 22 days in March. Snow was on roofs in Hartwell GA from the 2nd to the 29th. (The Weather Channel) 1990, Fifty-three cities reported record high temperatures for the date as readings warmed into the 70s and 80s from the Gulf coast to the Great Lakes Region. Charleston WV was the hot spot in the nation with a record high of 89 degrees. It was the fourth of five consecutive days with record warm tempeatures for many cities in the eastern U.S. There were 283 daily record highs reported in the central and eastern U.S. during between the 11th and the 15th of March. (The National Weather Summary)