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March 2026 Weather Summary - Very Warm with Varying Precipitation Departures
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Strong to Severe Storms Possible

A Look Back at March

Daily Weather Summary

For the next few days there are some areas that will be susceptible to strong to severe storms for mainly the afternoons and Thursday evening as well. The main threat will be damaging wind however we cannot rule out large hail from any severe storms.

It was a very warm March across the NWS Charleston forecast area. Average temperatures for the month generally ranged between 6 to 10 degrees above normal, with all 6 climate sites making the top 10 in terms of their warmest average temperature on record. Precipitation totals across the region varied significantly, generally ranging from 2 to 6 inches, with the highest totals being across the northern portion of the forecast area where above normal precipitation occurred. Totals steadily lessened further southward with below normal precipitation occurring across the central and southern portion of the forecast area. By and large, snowfall was below normal across the area.