On this date in 1980, four inches of snow fell and the high temperature of 21 degrees was the coldest on record. The low temperature of 14 degrees was just one degree shy of a record. Yet one week later, the high leaped to 73 degrees on March 8.
Here are other notables for the day:
- Average high: 52
- Average low: 35
- Record high: 80 (2017)
- Record low: 13 (1884)
- Record precipitation: 0.92 inches (1954)
- Record snowfall: 4.8 inches (1905)
