Temperatures in the single digits. with the windchill, the feel like temperature was negative for. it s set the tone for what turned out to be a frigid, stormy winter. down south, typically warm areas like tallahassee were hammered with dangerous freezing rain and covered in ice. then, temperatures skyrocketed in late february, reaching the high 70s and setting new records in much of the north and the midwest. but what goes up must come down. plunging temperatures led to a whopping four nor easters and marshall on. we had the hottest month of may in recorded history. west of baltimore was hit with pounding rain, leading to rushing floodwaters. as much as 8 inches of rain fell in just two hours. tropical storm alberto unleashed deadly winds and rain on north carolina and virginia.