Monday Daily Weather Summary

ONLINE DAILY WEATHER SUMMARY

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)