March 14, 1989 – High winds in Colorado and Wyoming gusted above 120 mph at Horsetooth Heights CO. High winds in the Central Plains sharply reduced visibilities in blowing dust as far east as Kansas City MO. Winds gusting to 72 mph at Hill City KS reduced the visibility to a city block in blowing dust. Soil erosion in northwest Kansas damaged nearly five million acres of wheat.
March 14, 1993 – Storm of the Century roars up the East Coast. Record low temperatures left in its wake from Texas to Florida to the Great Lakes. record cold followed in the wake of the “Blizzard of ’93” over the eastern US with 57 daily record low temperatures broken. Birmingham, Alabama plunged to 2 degrees, by far breaking its previous march record low of 11 degrees. Orlando, Florida recorded 33 degrees to smash its old daily record low by 9 degrees. It was also the coldest temperature ever recorded for so late in the season.
March 14, 1999 – An intense storm dumped 8 to 14 inches of snow over parts of southeast Missouri, southern Illinois, and southwest Indiana. A stretch of Interstate 57 in southern Illinois was shut down due to the large amounts of snow.
March 14, 2012 – Indianapolis recorded a record high of 81, set during the sizzling streak of March 2012. There were 11 consecutive days with highs in the 70s and 80s.
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