Weather History
For Friday,March 25,2016
For Friday,March 25,2016
1843
- A second great snowstorm hit the northeastern U.S. The storm produced
snow from Maine all the way to the Gulf of Mexico. Natchez MS received
three inches of snow, and up to 15 inches buried eastern Tennessee.
Coastal Maine received 204 inches of snow that winter. (David Ludlum)
1914 - Society Hill, SC, was buried under 18 inches of snow, establishing a state record. (Sandra and TI Richard Sanders - 1987)
1934
- A spring storm produced 21 inches of snow at Amarillo TX in 24 hours.
However, much of the snow melted as it fell, and as a result, the snow
cover was never any deeper than 4.5 inches. (David Ludlum)
1948
- For the second time in less than a week airplanes were destroyed by a
tornado at Tinker AFB in Oklahoma City OK. A March 20th tornado
destroyed fifty planes at Tinker AFB causing more than ten million
dollars damage, and the March 25th tornado destroyed another thirty-five
planes causing six million dollars damage. The first tornado struck
without warning, and caused more damage than any previous tornado in the
state of Oklahoma. The second tornado was predicted by Fawbush and
Miller of the United States Air Force, and their accurate tornado
forecast ushered in the modern era of severe weather forecasting. (The
Weather Channel) (Storm Data) (The National Severe Storms Forecast
Center)
1975 - The town of Sandberg reported a wind gust to 101 mph, a record for the state of California. (The Weather Channel)
1987
- Heavy rain left rivers and streams swollen in Kansas and Nebraska,
causing considerable crop damage due to flooding of agricultural areas.
The Saline River near Wilson Reservoir in central Kansas reached its
highest level since 1951. March rainfall at Grand Island NE exceeded
their previous record of 5.57 inches. (The National Weather Summary)
(Storm Data)
1988
- An early season heat wave prevailed in the southwestern U.S. The high
of 93 degrees at Tucson, AZ, was a new record for March. Windy
conditions prevailed across the central and eastern U.S. Winds gusted to
60 mph at Minneapolis MN, and reached 120 mph atop Rendezvous Peak WY.
(The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1989
- A Pacific storm brought wet weather to much of the western third of
the country, with heavy snow in some of the higher elevations. La Porte
CA was drenched with 3.56 inches of rain in 24 hours. Up to 24 inches of
snow blanketed the Sierra Nevada Range. (The National Weather Summary)
(Storm Data)
1990
- Temperatures dipped below zero in the Northern Rocky Mountain Region.
Hardin MT was the cold spot in the nation with a morning low of 10
degrees below zero. Freezing drizzle was reported in the Southern Plains
Region, with afternoon highs only in the 30s from the Southern High
Plains to Missouri and Arkansas. (The National Weather Summary)
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