TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid
Today is Sunday November 13, 2016.
This is the 318th day of the year, there are 48 days left.
On this day...
Weather data after 1990 is PARTIAL. For more current
weather history, go to the National Climate Data Center
website at www.ncdc.noaa.gov
In 1933 The first dust storm of the great dust bowl era of the
1930s occurred. The dust storm, which had spread from
Montana to the Ohio Valley the day before, prevailed from
Georgia to Maine resulting in a black rain over New York
and a brown snow in Vermont. Parts of South Dakota,
Minnesota and Iowa reported zero visibility on the 12th.
On the 13th, dust reduced the visibility to half a mile
in Tennessee.
In 1946 General Electric scientists produced snow in the
Massachusetts Berkshires in the first modern day cloud
seeding experiment.
In 1953 Strong southeasterly winds associated with a Pacific cold
front reached 70 mph at Sacramento CA to equal their all-
time record. The previous record had been established in
a similar weather pattern on December 12th of the
previous year.
In 1981 A powerful cyclone brought high winds to Oregon and
Washington. The cyclone, which formed about 1000 miles
west of San Francisco, intensified rapidly as it
approached the Oregon coast with the central pressure
reaching 28.22 inches (956 millibars). A wind trace from
the Whiskey Run Turbine Site, about 12 miles south of
Coos Bay in Oregon, showed peak gusts to 97 mph fifty
feet above ground level. The wind caused widespread
damage in Washington and Oregon, with 12 deaths reported.
As much as four feet of snow fell in the Sierra Nevada
Range of northern California.
In 1987 A storm moving off the Pacific Ocean produced rain and
gale force winds along the northern and central Pacific
coast, and heavy snow in the Cascade Mountains. Cold
weather prevailed in the southeastern U.S. Five cities
reported record low temperatures for the date, including
Asheville NC with a reading of 21 degrees.
In 1988 Low pressure brought rain and snow and gusty winds to the
northeastern U.S. A thunderstorm drenched Agawam MA with
1.25 inches of rain in fifteen minutes. Winds gusted to
58 mph at Nantucket MA.
In 1989 Thirty-two cities in the central and eastern U.S.
reported record high temperatures for the date as
readings warmed into the 70s as far north as Michigan and
Pennsylvania. Afternoon highs in the 80s were reported
from the Southern Plains to the southern Atlantic coast.
Columbia SC reported a record high of 86 degrees, and the
high of 71 degrees at Flint MI was their warmest of
record for so late in the season.
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