1936 - A forest fire burned several miles east of the town of Bandon, Oregon. The fire was far enough away that residents were not particularly worried. A sudden shift in the winds drove the flames westward and through town. The fire, caused by summer drought and fueled by the abundant Gorse Weed found in many of the empty spaces between buildings in Bandon, caused so much destruction that only a handful of structures were left standing when the fire finally died down.
More on this and other weather history
Day: Sunny, with a high near 64. West southwest wind around 13 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Night: Patchy smoke after 4am. Mostly clear, with a low around 32. South wind 6 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Day: Areas of frost and areas of smoke. Mostly sunny, with a high near 72. South wind 6 to 9 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.
Night: Smoke. Mostly clear, with a low around 37. South wind 3 to 8 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.
Day: Patchy smoke before 7am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. East southeast wind around 6 mph.
Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41.
Day: A slight chance of rain after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 77.
Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 39.
Day: A chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 64.
Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34.
Day: A chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 61.
Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33.
Day: A slight chance of rain after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 58.
Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33.
Thu's High Temperature
108 at 4 Miles South Of Tolleson, AZ and 4 Miles Northwest Of Topock, AZ and Gila Bend, AZ
Fri's Low Temperature
25 at 16 Miles West Of Redfeather Lakes, CO
Polebridge is an unincorporated community in Flathead County, Montana, United States, 35 miles (56 km) northwest of Columbia Falls in the northwestern part of the state. This community was named in 1920 for the log bridge that formerly connected the "inner" North Fork Road in Glacier National Park to the "outer" North Fork Road which leads to Montana Secondary Highway 486, over the North Fork Flathead River. Polebridge is approximately 22 miles south of the Canada–United States border.
The W.L. Adair General Mercantile Historic District is a National Register of Historic Places-listed historic district in Polebridge. It contains the Polebridge Mercantile, which has been in operation since 1914. The store is open from May through October.
Residents do not have electricity or any form of communication other than mail or media other than newspapers. Candles and whale oil lamps are used for lighting at night. From May through October, the population is just under 100, but during the colder months it falls to the single digits.
Content from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.