Last night it was 55 degrees and felt like May. I just returned from walking against a 30 mph wind in heavy snow, with a temperature around 25. You just have to love March, a favorite month of mine for weather.

March is notoriously eventful for a reason: warm air starts to build up over the south, creating more of a contrast with Arctic air to the north. Storms love contrasts. The greater the temperature clash, generally, the more potent the storm. This is why so many of the great blizzards and coastal storms have occurred in March. It's also why you get crazy temperature swings. Who can forget March 13, 1990, when we had drizzle, fog and a temperature of 38 at 8am, before a warm front pushed through and lifted temperatures to near 80 that afternoon?

Between sea breezes, coastal storms and temperature swings, March has excitement like no other month. Add the NCAA tournament, baseball's spring training, and my birthday, and you get what is consistently one of the most exciting months of the year.