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Local Weather History For November 1st...

In 1987, the second worst forest and brush fire season on record for area forests. According to the forestry division of WV Dept. of Agriculture, there was a total of 1099 fires for the whole season, burning around 398,000 acres or over 600 square miles. Damage estimated at 119 million dollars to timber alone. There were 760 fires in November, with over 100,00 acres burned on just the 4th and 5th. Fires occurred in Mingo, Logan, Boone, McDowell, Kanawha, Raleigh, Wayne, Fayette, and Lincoln counties. Three quarters of the fires were intentionally set by arsonists. A smoke plume engulfed the state from 7th to 9th with visibility less than 1 mile at Charleston for 48 consecutive hours. Smoke reached Philadelphia, New York City, and Boston on the 8th and 9th. Fires were finally doused by 1 to 2 inches of rain on the 9th and 10th.

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Daily temperature and precipitation maps covering the past 24 hours from 7 A.M. to 7 A.M. EST/EDT. Snow depth is based on measurement at 7 A.M. of the day shown. Maps are generally updated around 10:30 A.M. each day. Ranked listings by state of the individual station reports is provided on our full climate maps page at http://www.weather.gov/rlx/climatemaps.