This Day in Weather History: March 5th

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March 5th

Local and Regional Events:

March 5, 1966:

The historic blizzard of 1966, which started on March 2, comes to an end in the Dakotas. North Dakota saw severe livestock losses with an estimated 18,500 cattle, 7,500 sheep, and 600 hogs killed. On a farm in eastern North Dakota, 7,000 turkeys perished. The total loss of livestock was estimated at near $4 million dollars. In South Dakota, an estimated 50,000 cattle, 46,000 sheep, and 1,800 hogs were killed. Most of the deaths occurred in the central and norther central part of the state.

The snowfall map above is courtesy from the NWS Office in Rapid City, South Dakota.

Local Climate Information:

Click HERE for daily climate information for Aberdeen, Mobridge, Pierre, Sisseton, and Watertown.

Click HERE for daily climate information for Sioux Falls, Huron, Mitchell, and Sioux City.

U.S.A and Global Events for March 5th:

1894: The low temperature of 36 degrees at San Diego, California on this day was their lowest on record for March.

1959: Near blizzard conditions occurred over northern and central Oklahoma. Up to seven inches of snow fell, and winds up to 50 mph created snow drifts 4 to 8 feet deep. In Edmond, a bus slid off the road into a ditch and overturned, injuring 16 people. 

1966: A plan crashes near Mount Fuji in Japan after encountering severe turbulence. The pilot veered a few miles off course to give the passengers a better view of Mount Fuji when it tremendous wind gusts. All 124 people on board the aircraft were killed.

The image above shows the crash of the Boeing 707. This image is courtesy of the BBC.com

1972: Palm Springs, California recorded a high of 100 degrees, the earliest the city has ever hit the century mark. 

1989: A F2 tornado killed one person and injured six others in Heard County, Georgia. A stronger, F3 tornado injured 23 persons and caused more than $5 million dollars damage around Grantville, Georgia.

The information above is courtesy from Storm Data.

2007: The morning temperature dropped to 51 degrees below zero at Key Lake, Saskatchewan Canada.

Click HERE for more This Day in Weather History from the Southeast Regional Climate Center.