Subj : Today's Weather History
To : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Wed Mar 01 2017 12:10 am
TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid
Today is Wednesday March 1, 2017.
This is the 60th day of the year, there are 305 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
First day of meteorological spring.
In 1910 The deadliest avalanche of record in the U.S. thundered
down the mountains near Wellington Station WA sweeping
three huge locomotive train engines and some passenger
cars, snowbound on the grade leading to Stevens Pass,
over the side and into a canyon, and burying them under
tons of snow. The avalanche claimed the lives of more
than 100 people. The station house at Wellington was
also swept away.
In 1914 High winds and heavy snow crippled New Jersey and New
York State. Two feet of snow were reported at Ashbury
Park, and at New York City the barometric pressure
dropped to a record 28.38 inches. The storm caused
complete disruption of electric power in New Jersey.
In 1980 Norfolk VA received 13.7 inches of snow to push their
season total to a record 41.9 inches exceeding their
previous record by more than four inches.
An unusually large Florida tornado, 500 yards in width
at times, killed one person and caused six million
dollars damage near Fort Lauderdale.
In 1983 A ferocious storm battered the Pacific coast.
The storm produced heavy rain and gale force winds
resulting in flooding and beach erosion, and in the
mountains produced up to seven feet of snow in five days.
In 1987 A storm crossing the Great Lakes Region produced heavy
snow and gale force winds from Wisconsin to northern
New England, with eight inches of snow reported at
Ironwood MI.
In 1988 Thunderstorms produced large hail and damaging winds in
north central Texas. Baseball size hail was reported
at Lake Kickapoo. Hail fell continuously for thirty
minutes in the Iowa Park area of Wichita Falls.
In 1989 March came in like a lion, with snow and high winds, in
the northwestern U.S. Winds gusted to 86 mph in the
Rosario Strait of western Washington State.
In 1990 A series of low pressure systems moving out of the
Gulf of Alaska spread high winds and heavy snow across
western Alaska. Winds in the Anchorage area gusted
to 69 mph at Glen Alps, and Talkeetna was buried
under three feet of snow in two days. Valdez received
21.4 inches of snow, raising their total for the
winter season to 482.4 inches.
In 1997 Arkansas' Tornado Season started violenty with F4 tornadoes
hitting Arkadelphia and College Station, just southeast of
Little Rock, just before Arkansas' Severe Weather Awareness
Week for the year was to begin. Tornadoes also affected
parts of Mississippi...including Randolph, Martintown, and
New Albany. As with the tornadoes that hit Arkansas, these
tornadoes also were responsibile for fatalities as well.
In 2004 Tropical Cyclone Monte deluged large areas of Austrailia,
with heavy rain and widespread flooding.
