By Alex Sosnowski, AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist
March 10,2015; 8:34PM,EDT
Temperatures will peak on Wednesday over much of the Northeast, but they will continue to build in much of the North Central states through the end of the week.
Highs are forecast to reach the 60s from New York City to Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. The weather will deliver the highest temperatures since Christmastime in some cases.
A press of chilly air is forecast to dip into the Northeast states Thursday into Friday and will result in temperatures trending to near or slightly below average for the middle of March.
Even with the chilly press, highs will still be in the 40s around New York City, near 50 in Philadelphia and in the 30s over the interior Northeast. Washington, D.C., will have temperatures registering well into the 50s on Thursday before dropping into the 40s on Friday.
A storm is forecast to push up into the chilly air with rain, but also some snow and ice this weekend in New England.
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Meanwhile, in much of the Midwest, temperatures are projected to remain well above average through the weekend. Highs will be well into the 50s, 60s and 70s in some cases.
Temperatures will challenge record highs on one or more days over the northern Plains in Minneapolis; Omaha, Nebraska; Rapid City, South Dakota; and Des Moines, Iowa.
In Fargo, North Dakota, the record of 62 F set in 1910 will be rivaled on Thursday.
Around Chicago, highs will be near or above 50 F through the weekend.
Despite the warmth forecast for the northern Plains, a lack of both snowcover and drenching rainstorms will translate to limited or no concerns for flooding over the upper Mississippi River and the Red River of the North.
A farther-reaching and more substantial push of chilly air will spread out of central Canada and into the Midwest and Northeast during next week.
AccuWeather.com will have more on the return of cold air to the Midwest and Northeast for next week in the coming days.
- Wayne Langhuber · Top Commenter · Tax Specialist at Professional Tax and Accounting Sevices LTDNever fear. national weather service is predicting a hotter than normal summer for the east coast. The last 2 summers have been near normal. It has been over 35 years since we had 3 consecutive normal/below normal summers in southern Pa.. I definitely see a long term reversal but not in March. Probably by late April I think the East Coast will see sustained above normal temps. The Humidity is going to be a factor also. National Weather service is predicting a hot summer for the east coast this summer and this time I think they are correct. Actually I think the summers of from 76-79 were normal to slightly below normal. Since then no more than 2 consecutive summers have been normal to below normal. 1980 was followed by 1983 followed by 1986. The 12 hottest summers on record in Philly have all occurred from 1988-2012. 2013 and 2014 were normal. I am very confident that this is going to be a brutally hot summer as summer temps on the east coast are more dependent on the strength of the Bermuda High and less on Pacific Water water temps. The Bermuda High makes the Northeast a Grave-year for cold fronts in hot summers.
Wayne Langhuber · Top Commenter · Tax Specialist at Professional Tax and Accounting Sevices LTD- Wayne Langhuber · Top Commenter · Tax Specialist at Professional Tax and Accounting Sevices LTDNow areas west of the mountains and New England might not be hot. But what happens when the Bermuda High is in control is cold fronts march east then stall west of here and eventually wash out leading to days and days of hot, humid temps with frequent storms in the afternoon. New England and Ohio Valley may not be hot but the NY-Philly-Balt-DC corrider will roast.
Salvatore del Prete · Top Commenter · Southern Connecticut State UniversityI should have said relative to the seasonal averages, but still a ridge in the west /trough in the east pattern (which I tie into the sea surface temperature distribution in the Pacific Ocean,) is still evident. Sometimes more sometimes less as is the case currently..
Cory Morrison · Follow · Top Commenter · Filing/Labelling/General Assistant with Industrial Supply Products at Independent Distributors Inc.Yes, you are correct, this pattern will likely be our long term pattern for some time. I am just not expecting the persistency of the cold to be as intense as February, especially since teleconnections don't have an impact on our spring weather as much as our winter weather and the PNA is not looking to be as positive as it was in February for at least the next few weeks. I am still expecting below average temperatures overall for the spring though in the East.
- Salvatore del Prete · Top Commenter · Southern Connecticut State UniversityLet us wait to post MAR 15 and see the temperature result for the eastern half of the nation to Mar.31. My bet is the temperatures will be below average due to the pattern that has been intact for most of the winter. The point I had made a few days ago.
Alex Sosnowski · Follow · Top Commenter · Senior Meteorologist / Writer at AccuWeatherI think below-average days will outnumber near- to above-average days during that period in the Northeast (including some snow and perhaps a major storm), but it will not likely be cold every day and nothing like the brutal February just endured. From a temperature departure standpoint, it could be similar to Feb, but normals are trending upward at a rapid rate during March.- Cory Morrison · Follow · Top Commenter · Filing/Labelling/General Assistant with Industrial Supply Products at Independent Distributors Inc.It is unlikely that the cold then will be as persistent as it was in February. Plus, in late March, it can still be below average for temperature and not be cold enough for a big snowfall. After having a February in the GTA where the temperature did not get above freezing at any point, the first time since February 1978 that this has happened, having most days above freezing during the rest of March will actually seem like a pattern change compared to what we went through in February, even if it still averages out below normal overall. The fact that we are having even some days near or above average, even if not a lot, is a big improvement from February.
- Salvatore del Prete · Top Commenter · Southern Connecticut State UniversityRight now that pattern not looking very good but it tends to rejuvenate itself which will likely be evident later this month.
- Cory Morrison · Follow · Top Commenter · Filing/Labelling/General Assistant with Industrial Supply Products at Independent Distributors Inc.I wish the snowpack wasn't so big in the east, so the record warmth could spread east.
- Cory Morrison · Follow · Top Commenter · Filing/Labelling/General Assistant with Industrial Supply Products at Independent Distributors Inc.Bobby Brown I am in Southern Ontario and there is still at least 3 inches on the ground.
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