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: Patchy fog and showers and thunderstorms likely. Cloudy, with a high near 70. East wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Night: A chance of rain showers before 7pm, then rain showers likely and patchy fog between 7pm and 5am, then patchy fog and showers and thunderstorms likely. Cloudy, with a low around 62. Northeast wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Day: Patchy fog and showers and thunderstorms before 2pm, then patchy fog and showers and thunderstorms between 2pm and 5pm, then patchy fog and a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a high near 73. East wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
Night: Patchy fog and a chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then patchy fog and showers and thunderstorms between 8pm and 11pm, then patchy fog and showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a low around 64. Southwest wind 6 to 12 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Day: A chance of rain showers and patchy fog before 8am, then patchy fog and a slight chance of rain showers between 8am and 11am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 80. West wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 57. Northwest wind 2 to 7 mph.
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. Northeast wind around 3 mph.
Night: A slight chance of rain showers after 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59. South wind around 3 mph.
Day: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 77. South wind 1 to 6 mph.
Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58. West wind 1 to 5 mph.
Day: Partly sunny, with a high near 80. North wind 2 to 6 mph.
Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 57. North wind around 6 mph.
Day: Partly sunny, with a high near 73. North wind around 8 mph.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 48. North wind around 8 mph.
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