Monday, 29 March 1999
- WEATHER OVER THE WEEKEND
- WEATHER FOR STARTING THE NEW WEEK
- TEMPERATURE EXTREMES IN THE COTERMINOUS U.S.
- ALASKAN WEATHER
- HAWAIIAN WEATHER
- HISTORICAL WEATHER EVENTS
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 at XXX, while Sunday's highest
temperature was XX degrees at XXX.
ALASKAN WEATHER -- ....
The lowest statewide temperature on Sunday was XX degrees below
zero at XXX. The highest temperature as of midafternoon in the
state was XX degrees at XXX.
HAWAIIAN WEATHER -- ....
THE FULL MOON, PASSOVER AND EASTER -- This coming weekend
has significance for many since both Passover and Easter are celebrated.
These festivals depend upon the occurrence of the first full moon
following the vernal equinox. The optional Monday Supplemental Information is
included for those who may be observing the holiday season this
week.
HISTORICAL WEATHER EVENTS - 29 March
From the files of the Aviation Weather Center, Kansas City,
MO and Intellicast
- ...1879...The temperature at Los Angeles, CA climbed to 99
degrees, which is 3 degrees higher than any other March day had
ever reached in the city. (Intellicast)
- ...1886...Atlanta, GA was drenched with a record 7.36 inches
of rain in 24 hours. (The Weather Channel)
- ...1920...Clear Spring, MD received 31 inches of snow in 24
hours to establish a state record. (Sandra and TI Richard Sanders
- 1987)
- ...1921...The temperature in Washington, DC dropped from 82
degrees to 26 degrees thus ending an early "false spring"
in the nation's capital. (David Ludlum)
- ...1935...A severe duststorm blanketed Amarillo, TX for 84
hours. During one six hour period the visibility was near zero.
(28th-31st) (The Weather Channel)
- ...1942...The "Palm Sunday snowstorm" buried Baltimore,
MD under 22 inches of snow in 24 hours. This was the heaviest
24 hour snowfall ever for the city for the month of March as well
as the heaviest snow for so late in the season. (Intellicast)
- ...1945...Providence, RI hit 90 degrees to establish a March
record for the New England area. (The Weather Channel)
- ...1980...Heavy rains produced mudslides in Natchez, MS. The
slides covered two buildings on Silver Street, killing 3 people
and injuring 4. (Intellicast)
- ...1984...A savage "nor'easter" battered New England.
The central pressure of the low dropped to 963 millibars over
the Atlantic east of New Jersey. Winds gusted to 108 mph at Blue
Hill Observatory in Milton, MA and to 97 mph at Martha's Vineyard.
8 to 16 inches of heavy wet snow fell in interior southern New
England. Numerous thunderstorms also accompanied this spring blizzard.
One thunderstorm produced a microburst at Southborough, MA which
flattened about 5 acres of red pines -- a most unusual occurrence
for a nor'easter. (Intellicast)
- ...1987...Thunderstorms spawned tornadoes in Mississippi,
and produced high winds and heavy rain in Louisiana. Thunderstorm
winds gusted to 92 mph at Houma, LA, and caused a million dollars
damage in Terrebonne Parish. Avondale, LA was deluged with 4.52
inches of rain. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
- ...1988...Severe thunderstorms in the Lower Mississippi Valley
spawned a tornado which injured two persons at Bunkie, LA, and
produced high winds which down a large tree onto a trailer at
Bastrop, LA claiming the life of one child and injuring another.
(Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
- ...1989...Thunderstorms produced torrential rains in northeastern
Texas and southwestern Arkansas. Longview, TX reported 14.16 inches
of rain. More than eleven inches of rain at Henderson, TX caused
a dam to give way, and people left stranded in trees had to be
rescued by boat. Total damage in northeastern Texas was estimated
at 10 to 16 million dollars. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm
Data)
- ...1990...Thunderstorms developing ahead of a cold front produced
severe weather in southeastern Texas and southern Louisiana. Thunderstorms
spawned seven tornadoes, including one which injured seven persons
at Gray, LA. Thunderstorms also produced golf ball size hail and
wind gusts to 70 mph at Port O'Connor, TX, and produced up to
six inches of rain in Beauregard Parish, LA. (Storm Data)
- ...1992...A severe thunderstorm dumped 0.73 inches of rain
in a little over an hour at the National Weather Service office
in San Antonio, TX. This brought the march rainfall to 6.11 inches
and this set a new monthly record for rainfall in March. The old
record was 5.91 inches set back in 1921. (Intellicast)
- ...1996...2.9 inches of snow on this day at Newark, NJ brought
its seasonal snowfall to 77.7 inches. This broke the old seasonal
snowfall record of 75.2 inches that had stood for 128 years. (Intellicast)
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