1996: An F0 tornado touched down in northwest Hanford demolishing a small farm structure and shredded some bushes.
A second tornado touched down in northeast Hanford 18 minutes later, and may have been a regeneration of the earlier tornado.
The other tornado knocked down trees and toppled fences.
1996: A storm that started on this day and ended on 3.13 brought eight to 12" of snow to the San Bernardino Mountains.
1990: A funnel cloud was observed five miles south of Lindbergh Field in San Diego.
1982: A thunderstorm produced lightning strikes and hail that piled up in La Mesa and along Interstate 8 near Pine Valley.
Lightning smashed a huge hole in a La Mesa home, throwing a resident, breaking a window and burning carpet.
Another bolt struck and splintered a nearby flagpole.
Other strikes started a small fire in Alpine.
Hail caused accidents along Interstate 8 in Pine Valley.
1969: It was -8° in Big Bear Lake, the lowest temperature on record for March.
1968: Strong winds sweeping down the eastern slopes of the Carson Range caused over $1 million damage to homes and businesses in the Reno area.
At the Stead airport wind gusts reached 100 mph before the anemometer was destroyed.
At the Stead airport wind gusts reached 100 mph before the anemometer was destroyed.
1967: A series of storms brought heavy rain starting on 3.11 and ending on 3.14.
Total precipitation was 8.52" in Lake Arrowhead and 8.06" in Lytle Creek.
Only about 1" fell in the San Bernardino area during this time, and none in Victorville.
The Mojave River flooded a couple of roads and washed out construction sites in the desert.
Heavy snow fell in the higher mountains, up to two feet in Big Bear Lake.
But only one inch at Lake Arrowhead and Idyllwild.
1967: 22" of snow fell at Portola.
1965: Fresno received 1.55" of rain, setting a daily rainfall record.
Most of the rain fell in a 5 hour window from 4 PM to 9 PM, inundating streets and poor drainage areas with water described as up to hip deep.
A number of transformers in the city shorted out plunging many homes and businesses into darkness.
1950: Coldest ever so late in the season: Fresno had a low of 28°, setting a record for the date.
This was also the lowest ever in March in 62 years.
A number of truck crops suffered damage and buds suffered on fruit and nut trees.
1941: A heavy storm hit the San Gabriel Mountains and Mojave Desert on this day through 3.14. Victorville received 1.78".
The Mojave River flooded homes in the Oro Grande Wash.
In Wrightwood three houses were destroyed from a mudslide in Heath Canyon.
Mud and debris six feet deep covered Lone Pine Road.
1934: It was 98° in Escondido, the highest temperature on record for March.
Source: NWS Hanford, Reno, & San Diego
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