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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Night: Patchy fog and a slight chance of rain showers before 1am, then rain showers likely and patchy fog between 1am and 5am, then patchy fog and showers and thunderstorms likely. Cloudy, with a low around 60. East wind 3 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Day: Patchy fog and showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a high near 73. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Night: Areas of fog and showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a low around 64. South wind 7 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Day: Rain showers likely and patchy fog before 2pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 2pm and 5pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 80. Southwest wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 58. Northwest wind around 5 mph.
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 75. Northeast wind around 6 mph.
Night: A slight chance of rain showers after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58. Southeast wind 1 to 5 mph.
Day: A slight chance of rain showers before 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 74. Southeast wind 2 to 6 mph.
Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59. Southwest wind around 5 mph.
Day: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 77. North wind 2 to 6 mph.
Night: A slight chance of rain showers after 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 57. East wind 2 to 6 mph.
Day: Partly sunny, with a high near 69. Northeast wind 7 to 10 mph.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 50. Northeast wind 5 to 9 mph.
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 63. Northeast wind 9 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.
Wed's High Temperature
110 at 4 Miles South Of Tolleson, AZ
Wed's Low Temperature
19 at 14 Miles West-southwest Of Mackay, ID