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 >

MOST DAYS OF EXTREME WEATHER
ALEXANDRIA

Highest # of Days (single summer) with High Temps >=100°F
Alexandria
1892-2025

	# Days	Season	High Temp	Avg Temp
1	45	2023	110	103.9
2	44	1906	105	101.1
3	42	1907	105	101.4
4	38	1924	105	101.2
t5	33	1902	107	101.9
t5	33	2011	106	101.0
7	26	1901	109	102.4
8	24	1930	104	101.5
9	22	1925	105	101.8
t10	19	1948	104	101.8
t10	19	2000	109	102.6

Highest # of Days (single summer) with High Temps >=90°F
Alexandria
1892-2025

	# Days	Season	High Temp	Avg Temp
1	143	1907	105	96.6
2	138	1925	105	95.7
t3	133	1902	107	96.4
t3	133	2023	110	97.8
5	132	2010	105	94.4
6	131	1906	105	97.4
7	130	2005	101	94.4
t8	129	1899	103	95.0
t8	129	2018	100	94.4
10	127	1954	105	96.0

Highest # of Days (single winter) with Low Temps <=28°F
Alexandria
1892-2025

	# Days	Season	Low Temp	Avg Temp
1	37	1911-1912	15	22.4
2	36	1903-1904	20	24.4
3	31	1904-1905	12	22.5
4	30	1962-1963	11	22.3
t5	29	1901-1902	15	23.4
t5	29	1909-1910	18	23.8
t5	29	1977-1978	21	25.6
8	28	1939-1940	8	22.1
t9	27	1898-1899	3	22.4
t9	27	1963-1964	17	23.5
t9	27	1976-1977	11	23.4

Highest # of Days (single winter) with Low Temps <=32°F
Alexandria
1892-2025

	# Days	Season	Low Temp	Avg Temp
1	58	1903-1904	20	26.7
2	56	1901-1902	15	26.3
t3	53	1917-1918	9	26.8
t3	53	1963-1964	17	27.0
t3	53	1977-1978	21	27.9
6	52	1911-1912	15	26.1
7	51	1904-1905	12	25.8
t8	47	1898-1899	3	25.8
t8	47	1909-1910	18	26.5
t10	45	1939-1940	8	25.4
t10	45	1976-1977	11	26.5

Highest # of Days (single year) with Rain Totals >=1.00"
Alexandria
1892-2025

	# Days	Year	High Amt	Avg Amt
t1	32	1919	3.05	1.68
t1	32	1961	3.52	1.67
t1	32	1991	4.00	1.89
4	31	1923	5.65	2.08
5	27	2024	4.52	1.95
t6	26	1905	7.00	1.95
t6	26	1957	3.66	1.73
t6	26	1983	6.90	2.08
t9	25	1933	9.75	2.09
t9	25	1973	4.65	1.86
t9	25	1973	4.65	1.86

Highest # of Days (single year) with Rain Totals >=.01"
Alexandria
1892-2025

	# Days	Year	High Amt	Avg Amt
1	150	1898	3.15	0.39
2	136	1905	7.00	0.58
3	132	2021	3.93	0.41
4	131	1900	3.79	0.54
5	129	2020	8.62	0.63
6	127	1949	3.47	0.50
7	125	2004	3.91	0.51
8	124	1991	4.00	0.70
9	122	2018	4.16	0.54
10	121	1968	2.93	0.46

Temperatures in degrees Fahrenheit
Precipitation in inches
'High Temp'/'Low Temp'/'High Amt' denotes highest/lowest temperature or highest amount recorded during that season
'Avg Temp'/'Avg Amt' denotes the average high/low or average amount of all included days during that season
(Example: during the 44 100° days in 1906, their average high temperature was 101.1°)

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

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