In Baltimore, the low temperature Tuesday morning dipped to 4 degrees, breaking the all-time coldest March low temperature on record – previously 5 degrees on March 4, 1873.
Atlantic City, N.J. broke its record coldest March low temperature late Monday night, dipping to a shivering 2 degrees. The actual location of this record is at the Atlantic City International Airport, which is located just inland from Atlantic City in Pomona, N.J.
Dulles International Airport, just west of Washington, D.C., reached 1 degree below zero Tuesday morning, tying the all-time March low previously set after the Superstorm on March 15, 1993. However, weather records at Dulles have a relatively short history, only dating back to 1962.
In Charlottesville, Va. the low temperature bottomed out at 1 degree above zero Tuesday morning, shattering the city's all-time March record low of 7 degrees.
Below are some of the other records and notable temperatures recorded during this extreme cold spell.
All-Time March Record Lows
- All-time March lows set late Monday night or Tuesday morning at Baltimore; Atlantic City, N.J.; Dulles Airport in Virginia; and Charlottesville, Va. (See above.)
- Flint, Mich. reached 16 below zero Monday morning, March 3, breaking the March record of -12 set March 2, 1978. Rockford, Ill., reached
- Rockford, Ill. reached 11 below zero Monday morning, March 3, tying the March record set March 1, 1962.
- Billings, Mont. reached 21 below zero Sunday, March 2, breaking the March record of -19 set March 4, 1989 and March 6 and 7, 1951.
- Pierre, S.D. reached 20 below zero both Saturday and Sunday, March 1-2, breaking the March record of -19 set March 11, 1998.
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