The vernal equinox occurred Tuesday evening and it's now "officially" spring. Today being the first full day certainly didn't feel like it. Temperatures were stuck in the 40s with lots of cloud cover due to a breeze off the Atlantic. I thought I'd take a look back at some statistics from March 21st over the last ten years in Richmond (the average high is 60 degrees). Here's what I came up with:
2006 - temps in the mid 40s with up to 1" of snow at night!
2005 - a high around 60 with plenty of sunshine
2004 - a high of 61 with gusty winds and periods of sunshine
2003 - a high of 63 with lots of clouds and a few showers around
2002 - a high of 60, but record cold two days later
2001 - a high of 55 with plenty of rain and wind
2000 - a high of 50 with rain and drizzle
1999 - a high of 57 with a lot of rain
1998 - temps in the mid 40s with light rain
1997 - a high of 69 with plenty of sunshine
It turns out that most of these days have been near or below average temperature-wise. You have to go back to 1997 to find a very mild March 21st. Certainly interesting...
The latest on our outlook for the next week or so...
The weather is in for a big change over the next several days, as surface high pressure shifts off the East Coast and our wind turns to the southwest. That along with the return of the sun tomorrow should boost afternoon temperatures into the 70s and to around 80 on Friday. Another cold front will slide in from the north by the weekend. It won't produce much rain, although a few scattered showers are possible. The front will struggle to get very far south and won't offer the dramatic change in temperature we've had with this last front. We should be in the 60s Sunday and probably again on Monday. Then it looks like we could jump into the 70s again by Tuesday and the longer range data is showing a prominent upper level ridge dominating the East later next week, so more warm weather is in our future to finish the month.
If you have a question or comment to share about the weather, e-mail me at mgoldberg@wtvr.com.
Mike
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