March 10, 1939 – One of the world’s worst hailstorms damaged 17 villages in India. March 10, 1986 – A swarm of 19 tornadoes slam parts of Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio. Eight tornadoes touched down in central and southern Indiana, killing one person. Three of the tornadoes in Indiana reached F3 intensity. A densely populated […]
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March 9, 1956 – A whopping 367 inches of snow was measured on the ground at the Ranier Paradise Ranger Station in Washington. The snow depth was a state record and the second highest total of record for the continental U.S. March 9, 1960 – Winter storms dumps heavy snow from mountains of North Carolina […]
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March 8, 1909 – The town of Brinkley AR was struck by a tornado which killed 49 and caused 600,000 dollars damage. The tornado, which was 2/3s of a mile wide , destroyed 860 buildings. Entire families were killed as houses were completely swept away by the tornado. Tornadoes killed 64 persons and injured 671 […]
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March 7, 1987 – Forty-five cities in the north central and northeastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. Huron SD hit 80 degrees, and Pickstown SD reached 81 degrees. Rochester MN and Rockford IL smashed their previous record for the date by sixteen degrees. March 7, 1989 – In 1989…Blustery northwest winds ushered […]
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March 6, 1961 – A tornado in Kokomo IN picked up a mobile home and hurled it into a 2 story house. March 6, 1956 – A tornado produced F4 damage across the northwest side of Marion, Indiana around 10pm. Nearly 400 homes were damaged and 45 were completely destroyed. Several schools were badly damaged. […]
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March 3, 2003 – A day to remind us how big the USA is. Miami reached a high temperature of 90 degrees, the earliest observed 90 degree temperature since 1964. Meanwhile Marquette, MI, dropped to 30 degrees below zero, the lowest March temperature that had ever recorded in the city. March 3, 1988 – A […]
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March 1, 1910 – Indianapolis recorded .02 inches of rain. And then there was only .05 inches the rest of the month. That made March 1910 the driest month on record for the city. March 1, 1910 – A deadly avalanche struck in the mountains near Wellington Station WA, killing 100 people. The avalanche swept […]
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February 17, 1936 – It fell to 58 below in McIntosh South Dakota, the all time record for the state. February 17, 1958 – A huge snow storm struck the northeastern US. It was one of the biggest of the 20th century. Boston Airport got 19 inches of snow in 24 hours. DC got 14 […]
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February 16, 2006 – A tornado stuck the Hulman Field Airport in Terre Haute, damaging several buildings. February 16, 1989 – At least your joints wouldn’t hurt. A deep arctic high pressure system produced all-time record high barometric pressure readings of 31.08 inches at Duluth MN, 30.97 inches at Chicago IL and 30.94 inches at […]
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Today’s snow in Indianapolis breaks a Valentines Day record. The old record was 3.2 inches of snow on February 14, 1970. Today’s total is over five inches. February 14, 2007 – Longtime Indianapolis florists probably remember this day. Central Indiana was wrapping up a two-day storm that was the biggest of the winter season. There […]
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February 13, 1889 – Coldest temp ever in Florida, as Tallahassee dropped to -2. BTW: the coldest temp ever in Miami was 30. Snow’s only been recorded there once, officially. Flurries were noted on January 19, 1977 (ah, those late 70s winters!) Area observers reported seeing flurries again on January 9, 2010. Today In Weather […]
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As we’ve seen this year, Alaska isn’t always uniformly cold in Winter. February 12, 1989 – The low was 24 in Anchorage and 25 in Fairbanks. That same morning the low was close to that in Tallahassee, Flordia: 28 degrees. Of course, Tallahassee went on to a high of 71 later in the day. The […]
