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Severe Thunderstorms Possible Thursday

A Look Back at March

Daily Weather Summary

A line of showers and thunderstorms can be expected Thursday afternoon and evening. Any stronger storms could contain damaging wind gusts and/or large hail.

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.