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The nor'easter continued its way further into New England and the Maritimes throughout the day of March 15, before subsiding the next day as it moved away onto Newfoundland. After the blizzard, a short cold-wave hit the East U.S., while a minor snow storm hit Cape Cod on March 19, causing 1–4 inches (2.5–10.2 cm) of snow.
The first tropical cyclone of the year was a tropical disturbance in the South Pacific, which formed on January 2 over the Solomon Islands.It was the first of 20 tropical cyclones in the South Pacific during the year, [57] [58] including Cyclone Donna, which became the strongest cyclone on record in the basin in the month of May, with 10 minute sustained winds of 205 km/h (125 mph). [59]
29 March 2017 [34] Madagascar: 43.6 °C (110.5 °F) ... Khasab weather station 17 June 2017: Highest overnight low temperature ... 15 January 1885 5, 7 February 1892 ...
The latest of these events to affect Britain's east coast occurred on November 30, 2017; February 28, 2018; and March 17, 2018; in connection with the 2018 Great Britain and Ireland cold wave. [49] The second event of winter 2017/18 was particularly severe, with up to 27.5 inches (70 cm) falling in total over the 27th–28th. [50]
[15] 1027 – Avicenna publishes The Book of Healing, in which Part 2, Section 5, contains his essay on mineralogy and meteorology in six chapters: formation of mountains; the advantages of mountains in the formation of clouds; sources of water; origin of earthquakes; formation of minerals; and the diversity of earth's terrain. [16]
1957 Leura bushfire, Blue Mountains New South Wales 0 170 [c] 0 [citation needed] January – March 1961 1961 Western Australian bushfires: Western Australia: 1,800,000 4,400,000 0 160 0 [19] 14 – 16 January 1962 1962 Victorian bushfires Victoria 32 450 0 [13] 16 February – 13 March 1965 1965 Gippsland bushfires: Victoria 315,000 780,000 0 ...
The Blue Mountains include several mountain ranges, from the Ochoco Mountains and Maury Mountains in the west near Prineville, Oregon, through the Greenhorn Mountains, the Aldrich Mountains, and the Strawberry Range, to the Elkhorn Mountains. [4] [15] The tallest peaks are Rock Creek Butte at 9,106 feet (2,776 m) in the Elkhorn Mountains, and ...
The average temperature was 27.95 °F (−2.25 °C), which was 4.47 °F (2.48 °C) colder than the 1895-2017 average of 32.42 °F (0.23 °C) and 1.34 °F (0.74 °C) warmer than the 1978/79 winter. [5] November 1898 through March 1899 was the coldest November to March period on record in the contiguous U.S.