Wednesday Daily Weather Summary

ONLINE DAILY WEATHER SUMMARY

Wednesday, 24 March 1999

TEMPERATURE EXTREMES IN THE LOWER 48
ALASKAN WEATHER
HAWAIIAN WEATHER
REPORTS FROM THE FIELD
PARTLY CLOUDY OR PARTLY SUNNY?
HISTORICAL WEATHER EVENTS

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TEMPERATURE EXTREMES ACROSS THE LOWER 48 -- On Tuesday, the lowest temperature reported in the continental U.S. was XX degrees at XXX, while Tuesday's high was XX degrees at XXX.

ALASKAN WEATHER -- ....

On Tuesday morning, the lowest overnight temperature across the state was XX degrees below zero at XXX, while the highest temperature as of midafternoon was XX degrees at XXX.

HAWAIIAN WEATHER -- ....

PARTLY SUNNY OR PARTLY CLOUDY? You have probably wondered if a distinction exists. If you are curious, refer to the optional electronic Supplemental Information for Wednesday.

HISTORICAL WEATHER EVENTS - 24 March

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

...1912...Residents of Kansas City began to dig out from a storm that produced 25 inches of snow in 24 hours. The snowfall total was nearly twice that of any other storm of modern record in Kansas City before or since that time. A record 40 inches of snow fell during the month of March that year, and the total for the winter season of 67 inches was also a record. By late February of that year Kansas City had received just six inches of snow. Olathe, KS received 37 inches of snow in the snowstorm, establishing a single storm record for the state of Kansas. (23rd-24th) (The Kansas City Weather Almanac) (The Weather Channel)
...1983...Record late snow fell in Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina. Atlanta, GA measured 7.9 inches, Athens, GA recorded 8.7 inches, and Charlotte, NC checked in with 10 inches. (Intellicast)
...1987...A winter-like storm in the central U.S. produced blizzard conditions from South Dakota to western Kansas. Snowfall totals ranged up to 24 inches at Neligh, NE, with 19 inches at Winner, SD. Winds gusting to 60 mph created twelve foot snow drifts in Nebraska stranding thousands on the highways. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
...1988...Thunderstorms developing along a cold front produced severe weather from Minnesota to northeastern Texas. The thunderstorms spawned ten tornadoes, including one which injured five persons near Raymondville, MO. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1990...The storm system which produced heavy snow in the Lower Missouri Valley the previous day, spread heavy snow across parts of the Upper Ohio Valley and the Middle Atlantic Coast Region. Snowfall totals of 2.2 inches at Philadelphia, PA and 2.4 inches at Atlantic City, NJ were records for the date. Up to six inches of snow blanketed southern Ohio. In the Middle Atlantic Coast Region, snow coated the blossoms of cherry trees which had bloomed in 80 degree weather the previous week. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
...1993...What was to be called "the winter of the return of the big snows" continued to set records. Boston, MA had 8.6 inches of snow on this day to push its monthly total to 38.9 inches which set a new march monthly snowfall record. The old record was 33.0 inches set in 1916. Boston's seasonal snowfall total now stood at 81.7 inches, the third snowiest winter season on record. (Intellicast)