March 2026 - Climate Impact Company

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03/12/2026, 5:33 am EDT

High Wind Events Northern U.S. Through Early Next Week

A major high wind event extends from the Northern Rockies to the Midwest U.S. today and tonight featuring wind gusts above hurricane force in the northwest Great Plains today, near 70 mph Midwest tonight, and gusting 55-65 mph in the Ohio Valley midday tomorrow. A second storm brings wind gusts to 45-60 mph Sunday night across the Midwest and Ohio Valley shifting across the Northeast Corridor with severe storms on Monday.

03/11/2026, 9:51 am EDT

Winter 2025-26 State Temperature/Precipitation Rankings. Record Warm West/South; Scarry Dry Mid-south U.S.

U.S. meteorological winter 2025-26 was the warmest on record for 9 western U.S. states from Oregon to Texas. The western half of the U.S. finished MUCH ABOVE or RECORD warm. The only colder than normal states were Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Massachusetts. Delaware was the coldest state (historically). U.S. county temperature rankings reveal much of the Southwest U.S. including the southern half of California were record warm during 2025-26 meteorological winter. Much of the Northeast U.S. Corridor was marginally colder than normal during the winter season.

03/11/2026, 5:37 am EDT

-PNA Pattern Rules U.S. Weather Pattern Next 15 Days

The pick of the day climate signal is the Pacific North America (PNA) regime. The 15-day outlook reveals ongoing negative phase into the weekend helping to fuel a Pineapple Express into Washington, shift to positive phase next week causing an amplified upper ridge to roast the Southwest U.S., and return to negative phase sustaining the cool/stormy North and warm/dry South split pattern.

03/11/2026, 4:44 am EDT

Dry Concerns West/Southwest Great Plains Emerging

A combination of zonal flow in the 1-5-day and 11-15-day period and titanic Southwest U.S. high pressure ridging in the 6-10-day period leaves the west and southwest Great Plains without rain and increasingly very warm in the latest ECM 15-day forecast. Texas to Oklahoma shift wetter in the 16-30-day period while the western Great Plains stay dry and very warm. U.S. hard red winter wheat becomes a hot spot for drought development.