Monday Daily Weather Summary

ONLINE DAILY WEATHER SUMMARY

Monday 1 March 1999

WEATHER OVER THE WEEKEND
WEATHER FOR STARTING THE NEW WEEK
TEMPERATURE EXTREMES IN THE COTERMINOUS U.S.
ALASKAN WEATHER
HAWAIIAN WEATHER
LOOKING FOR SIGNS OF SPRING
HISTORICAL WEATHER EVENTS

Welcome to the month of March. According to meteorological convention, spring has begun its run with the three month interval, March, April and May. The name March apparently comes from "Maritus", named for "Mars", a mythical Roman god of war, in honor of the end of winter and the resumption of military campaigns.

WEATHER OVER THE WEEKEND -- ...

WEATHER FOR STARTING THE NEW WEEK -- ...

TEMPERATURE EXTREMES IN THE COTERMINOUS U.S. -- The lowest temperature on Sunday was XX degrees below zero at XXX while Sunday's highest temperature was XX degrees at XXX.

ALASKAN WEATHER -- ....

The coldest overnight temperatures in the state on Sunday morning were XX degrees below zero at XXX. The highest mid-afternoon temperature in the state was XX degrees at XXX.

HAWAIIAN WEATHER -- ....

Modify the following for current weather.

LOOKING FOR SIGNS OF SPRING -- After a relatively mild winter, some signs of an early spring began to appear across the country at the beginning of last week. However, the events of this weekend may provide a momentary setback for spring. Check the Monday optional Supplemental Information for a discussion of various spring-time phenological observations.

HISTORICAL WEATHER EVENTS - 1 March

From the files of the Aviation Weather Center, Kansas City, MO and Intellicast

...1910...The deadliest avalanche of record in the U.S. thundered down the mountains near Wellington Station, WA sweeping three huge locomotive train engines and some passenger cars, snowbound on the grade leading to Stevens Pass, over the side and into a canyon, and burying them under tons of snow. The avalanche claimed the lives of more than 100 people. The station house at Wellington was also swept away. (The Weather Channel)
...1914...High winds and heavy snow "the worst since '88", crippled New Jersey and New York State. Two feet of snow were reported at Ashbury Park , NJ and at New York City the barometric pressure dropped to a record low reading of 28.38 inches. The storm caused complete disruption of electric power and communications in New Jersey with many downed wires and telephone poles. The Congressional Limited was lost.(David Ludlum) (Intellicast)
...1962...A record March cold wave occurred in the upper midwest, with Couderay, WI dropping to 48 degrees below zero and places in Iowa bottoming out at 35 degrees below zero. (Intellicast)
...1980...A snowstorm with near blizzard conditions struck eastern North Carolina and southeastern Virginia. By the time the storm ended on the 2nd, Elizabeth City, North Carolina was buried under 25 inches of snow. Norfolk, VA received 13.7 inches of snow to push their season total to a record 41.9 inches exceeding their previous record by more than four inches. (David Ludlum) (Intellicast)
An unusually large Florida tornado, 500 yards in width at times, killed one person and caused six million dollars damage near Fort Lauderdale. (The Weather Channel)
...1983...A ferocious storm battered the Pacific coast. The storm produced heavy rain and gale force winds resulting in flooding and beach erosion, and in the mountains produced up to seven feet of snow in five days. An F2 tornado hit Los Angeles. Thirty people were injured and 100 homes were damaged.(The Weather Channel) (Intellicast)
...1987...A storm crossing the Great Lakes Region produced heavy snow and gale force winds from Wisconsin to northern New England, with eight inches of snow reported at Ironwood, MI. (The National Weather Summary)
...1988...Thunderstorms produced large hail and damaging winds in north central Texas. Baseball size hail was reported at Lake Kickapoo. Hail fell continuously for thirty minutes in the Iowa Park area of Wichita Falls. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1989...March came in like a lion, with snow and high winds, in the northwestern U.S. Winds gusted to 86 mph in the Rosario Strait of western Washington State. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1990...A series of low pressure systems moving out of the Gulf of Alaska spread high winds and heavy snow across western Alaska. Winds in the Anchorage area gusted to 69 mph at Glen Alps, and Talkeetna was buried under three feet of snow in two days. Valdez received 21.4 inches of snow, raising their total for the winter season to 482.4 inches. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1991...A very strong Pacific storm dumped heavy snows in the mountains of northern Arizona starting the 28th and continuing into this day. 31.5 inches of snow fell at Flagstaff and the Fairfield Snowbowl reported 50 inches. (Intellicast)
...1993...4.5 inches of snow fell at Dodge City, KS on this date to raise its seasonal snowfall total to 58.8 inches. This set a new all-time seasonal snowfall record for the city. The old record was 57.5 inches set back in the winter of 1911-12. (Intellicast)