Sartell East Weather

   1950 - A snow and ice storm hit Minnesota. Fifty-two electrical poles were down in Norman County with ice up to 1 ½ inches on wires. All communication lines out of Fargo were out. During the snowstorm that followed later in the day, a Northwest Airlines plane crashed into three homes in Minneapolis killing all 13 on the plane and two on the ground.

   1987 - Forty-five cities in the north central and northeastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. Huron, SD, hit 80 degrees.

   1987 - A heat wave across Minnesota brought the earliest 70 degree readings on record to the Twin Cities. The record high for the day was 73, breaking the old record by 13 degrees. Shorts were common and people were turning over dirt in their gardens for planting.

   1990 - Up to two inches of ice coated much of western and central Iowa, with three inches reported in Crawford and Carroll counties.  As much as five inches of ice was reported on some electrical lines. The ice downed 78 towers in a 17-mile stretch of a high voltage feeder near Boone, costing three electric utilities $15 million. Damage to trees was incredible, and clean-up costs alone ran into the millions. Total damage from the storm was more than $50 million.