TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid
Today is Sunday March 12, 2017.
This is the 71st day of the year, there are 294 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 1888 A blizzard paralyzed southeastern New York State and
western New England. The storm produced 58 inches of
snow at Saratoga NY, and 50 inches at Middletown CT.
The blizzard was followed by record cold temperatures,
and the cold and snow claimed 400 lives. New York City
received 20.9 inches of snow, Albany NY reported 46.7
inches.
In 1954 A blizzard raged from eastern Wyoming into the Black
Hills of western South Dakota, while a severe ice storm
was in progress from northeastern Nebraska to central
Iowa. The ice storm isolated 153 towns in Iowa. Dust
from the Great Plains caused brown snow, and hail and
muddy rain over parts of Wisconsin and Michigan.
(11th-13th)
In 1967 A tremendous four day storm raged across California.
Winds of 90 mph closed mountain passes, heavy rains
flooded the lowlands, and in sixty hours Squaw Valley
received 96 inches (eight feet) of snow.
In 1987 Unseasonably cold weather prevailed in the southeastern
U.S., with gale force winds along the Middle Atlantic
Coast. A storm in the Pacific Northwest produced rain
and gale force winds. Crescent City CA received 2.27
inches of rain in 24 hours.
In 1988 A powerful storm produced high winds and heavy snow in
the Upper Mississippi Valley and the Upper Great Lakes
Region. Winds gusting to 70 mph produced snow drifts
six feet high in Minnesota, and sent twelve foot waves
on Lake Superior over the breakwalls of the ship canal
at Duluth MN.
In 1989 An early season heat wave continued in the central and
southwestern U.S. Nineteen cities reported record high
temperatures for the date. Wichita Falls TX, which six
days earlier reported a record low of 8 above, reported
a record high of 95 degrees. Childress TX was the
first spot in the country to hit the 100 degree mark.
In 1990 Unseasonably warm weather prevailed from the Southern
and Central Plains to the Southern and Middle Atlantic
Coast, with afternoon highs in the 70s and 80s.
Seventy-six cities reported record high temperatures
for the date. Downtown Baltimore MD was the hot spot
in the nation with a record high of 95 degrees, which
smashed their previous record for the date by nineteen
degrees. Other record highs included 89 degrees at
Washington D.C. and 90 degrees at Raleigh NC.
In 2004 Big Bay Lake Dam, an earthen structure about 7 miles
north of Baxterville, MS, failed. The lake originally
covered 1100 areas...the break flooded over 50 homes.
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