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Waning gibbous


Rise: 6:03AM | Set:  6:28PM
12hrs 25mins


Rise:9:58PM | Set:11:20AM
Waning gibbous

MARCH 10TH, 1912-The barometric pressure reached 29.26 inches at Los Angeles CA, and 29.46 inches at San Diego CA, setting all-time records for those two locations.

MARCH 10TH, 1912 The barometric pressure reached 29.26 inches at Los Angeles CA, and 29.46 inches at San Diego CA, setting all-time records for those two locations.
 
MARCH 10TH, 1922 Dodge City KS reported a record 24 hour total of 17.5 inches of snow.
 
MARCH 9TH, 1888 For three days the "Great Blizzard" bombards the East Coast with heavy snows; 58 in. (147 cm) at Saratoga, NY; 50 in. (127 cm), Middletown, CT; 46.7 in. (119 cm), Albany, NY; 44.7 in. (114 cm), New Haven CT; 20.9 in. (53 cm), New York City and 10 in. (25 cm) at Boston.
 
MARCH 9TH, 1960 A winter storm produced a narrow band of heavy snow from north central Kentucky into Virginia and the mountains of North Carolina. Snowfall amounts ranged from 12 to 24 inches, with drifts up to eleven feet high in western Virginia.
 
MARCH 8TH, 1717 On Fishers Island in Long Island Sound, 1200 sheep were discovered to have been buried under a snow drift for four weeks. When finally uncovered, one hundred sheep were still alive.
 
MARCH 8TH, 1984 A freak "thunder snowstorm" produced high winds, vivid lightning, and up to seven inches of snow in the northern suburbs of Washington D.C.
 
MARCH 7TH, 1987 Forty-five cities in the north central and northeastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. Huron SD hit 80 degrees, and Pickstown SD reached 81 degrees. Rochester MN and Rockford IL smashed their previous record for the date by sixteen degrees.
 
MARCH 7TH, 1717 The "Great Snow", a composite of four winter storms to hit the eastern U.S. in nine days, finally came to an end. Snow depths averaged 60 inches following the storm. Up to four feet of snow fell around Boston MA, and snow drifts 25 feet high were reported around Dorchester MA.
 
MARCH 6TH, 1954 Florida received its greatest modern-day snowfall of record, with 4.0 inches at the Milton Experimental Station. Pensacola FL equalled their 24-hour record with 2.1 inches of snow.
 
MARCH 6TH, 1987 Twenty-eight cities in the north central U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. Pickstown SD was the hot spot in the nation with a reading of 83 degrees. The high of 71 at Saint Cloud MN smashed their previous record by 21 degrees.
 
MARCH 5TH, 1962 A tremendous storm raged along the Atlantic coast. The great Atlantic storm caused more than 200 million dollars property damage from Florida to New England. Winds along the Middle Atlantic Coast reached 70 mph raising forty foot waves, and as much as 33 inches of snow blanketed the mountains of Virginia. The Virginia shoreline was rearranged by historic tidal flooding caused by the combination of the long stretch of strong onshore winds and the "Spring Tides".