CXUS52 KRAH 011320 CLMRDU CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 920 AM EDT WED APR 01 2026 ................................... ...THE RALEIGH NC CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2026... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1887 TO 2026 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 94 03/29/1907 LOW 11 03/02/1980 03/06/1960 HIGHEST 89 03/11 83 LOWEST 29 03/18 26 AVG. MAXIMUM 72.5 63.3 9.2 70.2 AVG. MINIMUM 45.9 40.3 5.6 46.0 MEAN 59.2 51.8 7.4 58.1 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 3 1 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 7.78 1983 TOTALS 1.61 4.10 -2.49 3.03 DAYS >= .01 5 DAYS >= .10 3 DAYS >= .50 1 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.68 03/16 TO 03/16 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 17.8 1927 SNOW DEPTH 11 03/03/1980 TOTALS 0.0 0.3 -0.3 0.0 SINCE 7/1 3.6 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 DAYS >= TRACE 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.1 -0.1 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 235 421 -186 236 SINCE 7/1 2810 2924 -114 MM COOLING TOTAL 61 12 49 30 SINCE 1/1 65 14 51 MM .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.6 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 39/240 DATE 03/16 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 55/240 DATE 03/16 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.56 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 7 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 19 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 5 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 62 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 2 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 3 LIGHT RAIN 6 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 8 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 2 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 84 DEGREES WAS SET AT RALEIGH NC ON MARCH 6. THIS BROKE THE OLD RECORD OF 82 DEGREES SET IN 1918. A RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 64 DEGREES WAS TIED AT RALEIGH NC ON MARCH 7. THIS TIED THE OLD RECORD OF 64 DEGREES SET IN 1956. A RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 62 DEGREES WAS TIED AT RALEIGH ON MARCH 8. THIS TIED THE OLD RECORD OF 60 DEGREES SET IN 1946. A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 86 DEGREES WAS SET AT RALEIGH NC MARCH 10.THIS BROKE THE OLD RECORD OF 81 DEGREES SET IN 1974. A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 89 DEGREES WAS SET AT RALEIGH NC ON MARCH 11. THIS BROKE THE OLD RECORD OF 85 DEGREES SET IN 1925. A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 87 DEGREES WAS SET AT RALEIGH NC ON MARCH 27. THIS TIED THE OLD RECORD OF 87 DEGREES SET IN 2007. WITH A MEAN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 59.2 DEGREES AT RALEIGH NC, MARCH 2026 TIED WITH MARCH 1921 AS THE 3RD WARMEST MARCH ON RECORD. WITH A TOTAL PRECIPITATION OF 1.61 INCHES, MARCH 2026 WAS THE 8TH DRIEST MARCH ON RECORD AT RALEIGH, NC. $$