Subj : Todays Weather History To : ALL USERS From : DARYL STOUT Date : Sat Mar 26 2016 12:09 am TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid Today is Saturday March 26, 2016. This is the 86th day of the year, there are 280 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 1913 The Ohio River Basin flood reached a climax. Ten inch rains over a wide area of the Ohio River Basin inundated cities in Ohio, drowning 467 persons, and causing 147 million dollars damage. The Miami River at Dayton reached a level eight feet higher than ever before. The flood, caused by warm wather and heavy rains, was the second most deadly of record for the nation. In 1954 The temperature at Allaket AK plunged to 69 degrees below zero. In 1971 Parts of northern and central Georgia experienced their worst snow and ice storm since 1935. Two day power outages ruined two million eggs at poultry hatcheries. Two persons were killed when a tree landed on their car. (25th-26th) In 1987 A cold front crossing the Plateau Region produced high winds in Utah causing some property damage. Winds gusted to 51 mph at Salt Lake City. In 1988 Twenty cities in the southwestern U.S. reported new record high temperatures for the date. Afternoon highs of 73 at Flagstaff AZ, 90 at Sacramento CA, 95 at Santa Maria CA and Los Angeles CA, 99 at Tucson AZ, and 100 degrees at Phoenix AZ set records for March. In 1989 The "Easter Bunny" brought record warm temperatures to the central U.S. while such records were still welcome. A dozen cities reported record warm readings, including Dodge City KS with an afternoon high of 88 degrees. Strong southerly winds gusted to 51 mph at Dodge City, and reached 55 mph at Salina KS. In 1990 Fair weather prevailed across the nation for the second day in a row. Freezing temperatures were reported in the Middle Atlantic Coast Region in the wake of an early spring snowstorm. Afternoon highs were again in the 70s and 80s in the southeastern U.S., and for the ninth day in a row, temperatures in the southwestern U.S. reached the 90s. --- BgNet 1.0a12 - The Thunderbolt BBS wx1der.dyndns.org Little Rock, AR .