LibertyBell

I remember both of these historical occurrences really well! It's crazy they both occurred on the same date, 3 years apart! 1990 - Unseasonably warm weather prevailed from the Southern and Central Plains to the Southern and Middle Atlantic Coast, with afternoon highs in the 70s and 80s. Seventy-six cities reported record high temperatures for the date. Downtown Baltimore MD was the hot spot in the nation with a record high of 95 degrees, which smashed their previous record for the date by nineteen degrees. Other record highs included 89 degrees at Washington D.C. and 90 degrees at Raleigh NC. (The National Weather Summary) 1993: An incredible blizzard known as "The Superstorm" struck the eastern United States on this date through the 15th. The storm was described as the most costly non-tropical storm ever to hit the U.S., doing an estimated $6 billion in damage. The storm was as strong as a hurricane regarding winds and low pressure. The pressure dropped to an incredible 28.35 inches of mercury or 960 millibars when then the storm was located over the Chesapeake Bay. Boston, Massachusetts, recorded a wind gust to 81 mph, the most substantial wind they had recorded since Hurricane Edna in 1954. Also, as the storm was intensifying over the Gulf of Mexico, a wind gust to 99 mph was recorded by an offshore oil rig. It dumped incredible amounts of snow from Alabama to New England. The snow amounts were significant everywhere, but for places like Birmingham, Alabama, the 17 inches recorded brought the city to a standstill for three days. Mount Leconte, North Carolina, recorded 60 inches of snow. Practically every weather station in West Virginia established a new 24-hour snowfall record during the event. Syracuse, New York was buried under 43 inches of snow. The storm killed 220 people, and another 48 lost at sea. The storm also brought a 12-foot storm surge and 15 tornadoes to Florida, where 51 people were killed. Air travel was brought to a halt as every major airport from Atlanta north was closed during the height of the storm. During the late evening into the early morning hours of the 13th, a vicious squall line swept through Florida and spawned 11 tornadoes resulting in five fatalities. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 110 mph at Alligator Point and 109 mph at Dry Tortugas. Exceptionally high tides occurred along the western Florida coast. A 13-foot storm surge occurred in Taylor County, Florida, resulting in 10 deaths with 57 residences destroyed. A 5 to 8-foot storm surge moved ashore in Dixie County. Over 500 homes were destroyed, with major damage to another 700 structures. Click HERE for more information from the University of Illinois.

why doesn't someone correct these models?

cool and dry? 40s and sunshine next week is fine by me.

It's going to happen this week

I'm wondering if we can get NW flow at least a few days each week we'll be okay. If this same thing happens during the summer, this is when we'll make a run at 100 degrees. During the 50s, what caused all those 100 degree days and such long heatwaves? I think there was a year in there (was it 1953 or 1954), when NYC hit 100+ degrees 4 or maybe even 5 times? We had many more major TC coming up the east coast back then too as well as big severe outbreaks like the one which caused the F5 Worcester Tornado.) Really the period between 1944 and 1960 was pretty amazing for long extreme heatwaves and big east coast tropical cyclones.

It would be hard for JB to do worse than 2001-02 lol a lot of people canceled after that disaster.

He always dances as St Paddy's Day approaches because he knows winter is over lol

when it's sunny yes, there is no real warmth when it's raining-- that's the one kind of weather I can't tolerate unless it only happens like one day a week.

Yes a second day of really good weather.

love the sunshine

China is right, there shouldn't be any time zones.

Hopefully more sunny days like yesterday, I saw starting next Monday we'll have a long stretch of dry sunny weather. "warm" weather without sunshine is useless and shouldn't count as warm weather.

Yesterday was about as great a day as I've ever seen this early. We broke 1991's record and 1991 was the year with the most 90 degree days until that record was tied in 1993.

But today was the best day, every day should be just like today was, Don. It was the perfect day, every day in spring should be like this! No allergies, no winds, low humidity and clear blue skies from horizon to horizon! If we ever start regulating weather, it should be like this 6 days out of 7. Let it rain on each 7th day.

I'd rather have warm sunny cloudless weather every day than a bust like March 2001 ever again.

It was the perfect day, every day in spring should be like this! No allergies, no winds, low humidity and clear blue skies from horizon to horizon! If we ever start regulating weather, it should be like this 6 days out of 7. Let it rain on each 7th day.

yep the 68s across the board were all records today prior record of 65 was from 1991, a nice hot summer

It was the perfect day! 68 here

why not just keep us 30 minutes ahead of Standard time year round?

It was the perfect day, every day in spring should be like this! No allergies, no winds, low humidity and clear blue skies from horizon to horizon! If we ever start regulating weather, it should be like this 6 days out of 7. Let it rain on each 7th day.

People would kill even for 20 inches of snow here (which is much less than our 30 inch average.)

the results are of course mixed, but some of those winters were truly godawful lol.

I thought he meant Moderate* La Nina

It's pretty horrifying to see all these wildfires all over the middle of the country.

It's interesting because sunlight makes most people happier, because sunlight increases dopamine levels and makes everyone happier. If I'm hot I simply turn on the a/c, grab a nice cold drink, etc. The driving issue is understandable, but say between 10 AM and and 4 PM is ideal for sunlight.