Subj : Today's Weather History
To : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Mon Mar 20 2017 12:10 am
TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid
Today is Monday March 20, 2017.
This is the 79th day of the year, there are 286 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 1924 A late winter storm in Oklahoma produced nearly a foot
of snow at Oklahoma City and at Tulsa.
In 1948 The city of Juneau received 31 inches of snow in 24
hours, a record for the Alaska capitol. (20th-21st)
In 1984 A severe three day winter storm came to an end over the
Central Plains. The storm produced up to twenty inches
of snow in Colorado, Nebraska and Kansas, and left a
thick coat of ice from eastern Kansas across
northwestern Missouri into Iowa.
In 1987 A storm produced blizzard conditions in Wyoming and
eastern Nebraska, and severe thunderstorms in central
Nebraska. Snowfall totals ranged up to 12 inches at
Glenrock WY and Chadron NE. Thunderstorms in central
Nebraska produced wind gusts to 69 mph at Valentine,
and wind gusts to 76 mph at Bartley.
In 1988 Squalls in the Great Lakes Region left up to eight
inches of new snow on the ground in time for the
official start of spring. Unseasonably warm weather
prevailed in the western U.S. Seven cities reported
new record high temperatures for the date, including
Tucson AZ with a reading of 89 degrees.
In 1989 Snow and high winds created blizzard conditions in
western Kansas to usher in the official start of the
spring season. Thunderstorms produced severe weather
from east Texas to Alabama and northwest Florida, with
nearly fifty reports of large hail and damaging winds
during the afternoon and evening hours.
In 1990 The northeastern U.S. was in the midst of a snowstorm
as spring officially began at 4:19 PM. Snowfall totals
in the Green Mountains of Vermont ranged up to thirty
inches, and up to 15 inches of snow was reported in the
Catskills and Adirondacks of eastern New York State.
Totals in eastern Pennsylvania ranged up to 12 inches
at Armenia Mountain. The storm resulted in one death,
and forty-nine injuries.
