Today is the first day of spring or the Vernal Equinox, the sun crossed the equator at 10:48pm last night, here on the west coast. Equinox means “equal night”, and today is a day with equal hours of light and dark.
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On this day in…
1936: It was 29° in Palm Springs, the lowest temperature on record for March. This also occurred on 3.4.1952. This is also the latest date of a freezing temperature on record.

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For the past 2 weeks we’ve seen nothing but nice weather here in the desert. With temperatures in the mid 70’s to mid 80’s it couldn’t be nicer. High pressure over the Southwest has dominated bring us these seasonal temps. But all good things must end. This coming weekend the jet stream is [...]

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On this day in…
1995: Heavy rain that started on this day and ended on 3.6 dropped six inches in 24 hours and 10.34 inches in 48 hours at Idyllwild. The six inches gave this day the third greatest daily amount on record (but only the second greatest daily amount for March). 8.57 inches fell in [...]

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