TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Friday  March 25, 2016.   
    This is the 85th day of the year, there are 281 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 1843 A second great snowstorm hit the northeastern U.S.  The   
               storm produced snow from Maine all the way to the Gulf   
               of Mexico.  Natchez MS received three inches of snow,   
               and up to 15 inches buried eastern Tennessee.  Coastal   
               Maine received 204 inches of snow that winter.   
       In 1914 Society Hill SC was buried under 18 inches of snow,   
               establishing a state record.   
       In 1934 A spring storm produced 21 inches of snow at Amarillo   
               TX in 24 hours.  However, much of the snow melted as it   
               fell, and as a result, the snow cover was never any   
               deeper than 4.5 inches.   
       In 1948 For the second time in less than a week airplanes were   
               destroyed by a tornado at Tinker AFB in Oklahoma City   
               OK.  A March 20th tornado destroyed fifty planes at   
               Tinker AFB causing more than ten million dollars   
               damage, and the March 25th tornado destroyed another   
               thirty-five planes causing six million dollars damage.   
               The first tornado struck without warning, and caused   
               more damage than any previous tornado in the state of   
               Oklahoma.  The second tornado was predicted by Fawbush   
               and Miller of the United States Air Force, and their   
               accurate tornado forecast ushered in the modern era of   
               severe weather forecasting.   
       In 1975 The town of Sandberg reported a wind gust to 101 mph,   
               a record for the state of California.   
       In 1987 Heavy rain left rivers and streams swollen in Kansas   
               and Nebraska, causing considerable crop damage due to   
               flooding of agricultural areas.  The Saline River near   
               Wilson Reservoir in central Kansas reached its highest   
               level since 1951.  March rainfall at Grand Island NE   
               exceeded their previous record of 5.57 inches.   
       In 1988 An early season heat wave prevailed in the southwestern   
               U.S.  The high of 93 degrees at Tucson AZ was a new   
               record for March.  Windy conditions prevailed across   
               the central and eastern U.S.  Winds gusted to 60 mph   
               at Minneapolis MN, and reached 120 mph atop Rendezvous   
               Peak WY.   
       In 1989 A Pacific storm brought wet weather to much of the   
               western third of the country, with heavy snow in some   
               of the higher elevations.  La Porte CA was drenched   
               with 3.56 inches of rain in 24 hours.  Up to 24 inches   
               of snow blanketed the Sierra Nevada Range.   
       In 1990 Temperatures dipped below zero in the Northern Rocky   
               Mountain Region.  Hardin MT was the cold spot in the   
               nation with a morning low of 10 degrees below zero.   
               Freezing drizzle was reported in the Southern Plains   
               Region, with afternoon highs only in the 30s from the   
               Southern High Plains to Missouri and Arkansas.   
      
      
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