Subj : Today's Weather History
To : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu Mar 16 2017 12:10 am
TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid
Today is Thursday March 16, 2017.
This is the 75th day of the year, there are 290 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 1942 Two tornadoes, 24 minutes apart, struck Baldwin MS
resulting in 65 deaths.
In 1975 A single storm brought 119 inches of snow to Crater
Lake OR establishing a state record.
In 1986 A small but rare tornado touched down perilously close
to Disneyland in Anaheim CA.
In 1987 Softball size hail caused millions of dollars damage to
automobiles in Del Rio TX. Three persons were injured
when hailstones crashed through a shopping mall
skylight.
In 1988 A winter storm produced heavy snow in the Central
Rockies. Winds gusted to 80 mph at Centerville UT.
Eighteen cities in the southeastern U.S. reported
new record low temperatures for the date, including
Tallahassee FL with a reading of 24 degrees.
In 1989 A winter storm brought heavy snow and high winds to the
southwestern U.S. Winds gusted to 60 mph at Lovelock
NV, Salt Lake City UT, and Fort Carson CO. Snow fell
at a rate of three inches per hour in the Lake Tahoe
area of Nevada.
In 1990 Thunderstorms developing ahead of a cold front produced
large hail and damaging winds from northwest Florida to
western South Carolina. Thunderstorm winds gusted to
75 mph at Floridatown FL. Sixteen cities across the
northeastern quarter of the nation reported record high
temperatures for the date. The high of 78 degrees at
Burlington VT smashed their previous record for the
date by 23 degrees. New York City reported a record
high of 82 degrees.
