Weather gets a passing grade
Update #698: Old Man Winter appears to be on his last legs in the Hudson Valley.
The weather isn’t going to score a 100 this week, but I think it deserves a passing grade.
It won’t be 70 and sunny every day — sorry — but it could be worse this time of the year. Plus, old Man Winter appears to be on his last legs.
You could be sweltering in 112-degree heat in Arizona and California, where new March national temperature records were set on Friday, or you could be in Juneau, Alaska, where it’s snowed almost every day of the month.
Suddenly, the milder climes of the Hudson Valley don’t sound so bad.
The week ahead
The week ahead will have plenty of wind, a solid dose of sun, and a pinch of rain in the Hudson Valley.
Monday: after rain on Sunday night, it will clear out, but it will be blustery and there could be a passing afternoon shower
Tuesday: a cold, frosty morning followed by a pleasant afternoon
Wednesday: turning windy again with more clouds than sun; a touch of rain possible at night
Thursday: mild with some sun; a soaking rain possible at night
Friday: lingering rain possible early; strong winds usher clearing skies and a cooler air mass
Saturday-Sunday: a chilly start to the weekend finishes milder; probably dry
Looking ahead to the week of March 30, conditions could turn rather warm around the start of April. Some of the hot air that has been baking the West will migrate eastward.
For a little extra reading about that, check out my story in this week’s Washington Post about the new national March temperature record.
Out west, Mother Nature skipped straight to July, but in the Hudson Valley, the weather has been following a more typical March script.
