Heat, Eastern Norfolk
- When
- March 31, 1:42 PM EST
- Where
- Eastern Norfolk forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.171, -71.184 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat in Massachusetts, March 31, 1998
On March 31st, the temperature at Logan International Airport in Boston soared to an all-time record for the month of March when a high temperature of 89 degrees was recorded. The previous high reading was 86 degrees on March 29, 1945.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS BOX wrote it up.
On March 31st, the temperature at Logan International Airport in Boston soared to an all-time record for the month of March when a high temperature of 89 degrees was recorded. The previous high reading was 86 degrees on March 29, 1945. At the Worcester Airport, the high temperature of 84 degrees tied the warmest temperature ever recorded in the month of March...again on March 29, 1945. However, the daily high temperature record for March 31st in Worcester was shattered by a wide margin--the previous record was only 70 degrees set on March 31, 1918. At the Blue Hill Observatory in Milton, the high temperature reached 89 degrees, breaking the all-time high temperature record for the month, which had just been set on March 28th of this year at 86 degrees. It also broke the high temperature record for the date of March 31st, which was only 69 degrees recorded in 1986. Also, at many weather stations, the high temperatures on March 31st were the highest readings ever observed so early in the season.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Heat, Southern Worcester
- When
- March 31, 1:52 PM EST
- Where
- Southern Worcester forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.351, -71.908 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Suffolk / Also Part of Norfolk
- When
- March 31, 1:53 PM EST
- Where
- Suffolk / Also Part of Norfolk forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.264, -71.125 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heat
- Heat below excessive heat criteria that still caused deaths, injuries or significant impacts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, March 31, 1998
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, March 31, 1998
- Flash Flood in Vermont, March 31, 1998
- Blizzard in South Dakota, March 31, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Texas, March 31, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, March 31, 1998
- Heavy Rain in New Jersey, March 31, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, March 31, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 31, 1998
- Funnel Clouds and Waterspouts in California, March 31, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, March 31, 1998
- Heavy Rain in Maryland, March 31, 1998
More
Every storm in Massachusetts in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Massachusetts, March 1998
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5643081, 5643079, 5643080.