1950 - A smoke pall from western Canada forest fires covered much of the eastern U.S. Daylight was reduced to nighttime darkness in parts of the Northeast. The color of the sun varied from pink to purple, blue, or lavendar. Yellow to grey-tan was common.
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Day: Showers and thunderstorms before noon, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between noon and 1pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely between 1pm and 3pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 3pm and 5pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 83. West southwest wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely before 8pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8pm and 10pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 66. West wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Day: A slight chance of rain showers after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. North northwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Night: A slight chance of rain showers before 7pm. Mostly clear, with a low around 61. North wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 84. North northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 58. North wind 0 to 5 mph.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 86. North wind 0 to 10 mph.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 58. North northeast wind 0 to 5 mph.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 88. North northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 61.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 89.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 62.
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 89.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 63.
Tue's High Temperature
108 at 16 Miles Southwest Of Tecopa, CA and Death Valley, CA
Wed's Low Temperature
19 at 14 Miles West-southwest Of Mackay, ID