April 1, 1912 – Weather reports from ships at sea began to be received by the Weather Bureau (today, the National Weather Service) on a regular basis.
April 1, 1960 – The first weather satellite (TIROS 1) starts sending pictures back to earth. Nearly 20,000 satellite images would be transmitted back to earth during its two and one half month lifetime.
April 1, 1987 – A tornado touched down briefly during a snow squall on the south shore of White Fish Bay (six miles northwest of Bay Mills WI). A mobile home was unroofed and insulation was sucked from its walls.
April 1, 1988 – A powerful spring storm produced 34 inches of snow at Rye CO, 22 inches at Timpas OK, 19 inches at Sharon Springs KS, and up to 35 inches in New Mexico.
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