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Winter Returns Across the Northern Tier; Record Warmth for the Southwest

A large high pressure system will usher in cold air for this first day of March across the northern Plains, Great Lakes, Northeast and mid-Atlantic. Some wintry precipitation may evolve across the mid-Mississippi Valley, Ohio Valley and mid-Atlantic through Monday. Meanwhile, record warmth will spread across the Southwest, southern Plains through early this week. Read More >

TOP INDIVIDUAL DAYS - DECEMBER
ALEXANDRIA
 

Warmest December Highs
Alexandria
1892-2025

t1 85 12/4/1892
t1 85 12/7/1924
t3 84 12/2/1906
t3 84 12/31/2021
t5 83 multiple dates

 

Coolest December Lows
Alexandria
1892-2025

1 7 12/23/1989
2 8 12/24/1989
t3 9 12/25/1983
t3 9 12/26/1983
5 10 12/29/1894
t6 13 12/31/1983
t6 13 12/22/1989
t8 14 multiple dates

 

Wettest December Days
Alexandria
1892-2025

1 7.20 12/26/1982
2 6.10 12/15/1967
3 6.00 12/11/1964
4 5.65 12/22/1920
5 5.58 12/6/1971
6 4.90 12/11/1899
7 4.76 12/25/1926
8 4.63 12/27/1942
9 4.48 12/3/2016
10 4.37 12/3/1897

 


Warmest & Coolest is temperature in degrees Fahrenheit
Wettest is rainfall in inches