TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid
Today is Sunday March 29, 2015.
This is the 88th day of the year, there are 277 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 1848 (29th-31st) An ice jam at the neck of Lake Erie and the
Niagara River caused Niagara Falls to ease to a trickle.
In 1886 Atlanta GA was drenched with a record 7.36 inches of
rain in 24 hours.
In 1920 Clear Spring MD received 31 inches of snow in 24 hours
to establish a state record.
In 1921 The temperature in Washington D.C. dropped from
82 degrees to 26 degres thus ending an early spring.
In 1935 A severe duststorm blanketed Amarillo TX for 84 hours.
During one six hour period the visibility was near
zero. (28th-31st)
In 1945 Providence RI hit 90 degrees to establish a March
record for the New England area.
In 1987 Thunderstorms spawned tornadoes in Mississippi, and
produced high winds and heavy rain in Louisiana.
Thunderstorm winds gusted to 92 mph at Houma LA, and
caused a million dollars damage in Terrebonne Parish.
Avondale LA was deluged with 4.52 inches of rain.
In 1988 Severe thunderstorms in the Lower Mississippi Valley
spawned a tornado which injured two persons at Bunkie
LA, and produced high winds, which felled a large tree
onto a trailer at Bastrop LA, claiming the life of one
child and injuring another.
In 1989 Thunderstorms produced torrential rains in northeastern
Texas and southwestern Arkansas. Longview TX reported
14.16 inches of rain. More than 11 inches of rain at
Henderson TX caused a dam to give way, and people left
stranded in trees had to be rescued by boat. Total
damage in northeastern Texas was estimated at 10 to 16
million dollars.
In 1990 Thunderstorms developing ahead of a cold front produced
severe weather in southeastern Texas and southern
Louisiana. Thunderstorms spawned seven tornadoes,
including one which injured seven persons at Gray LA.
Thunderstorms also produced golf ball size hail and
wind gusts to 70 mph at Port O'Conner TX, and produced
up to six inches of rain in Beauregard Parish LA.
In 2002 Three days of heavy rain and severe weather plagued
parts of Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and
(29th-31st). Portions of Arkansas had another 4 inches
or more of rain to fall on ground already saturated by
heavy rains just days earlier.
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