A band of rain showers extended from Texas to Vermont on Friday, and rain also fell along the northern Pacific Coast. A cold snap in Alaska streched into its 15th day with no relief expected until at least Monday. The overnight low was minus 58 degrees at Fort Yukon. Rain showers and thunderstorms reached from west-central Texas across northern Texas, southeast Oklahoma, northern Arkansas and southwest Missouri. Thunderstorms in Texas brought hail to Waxahachee, Granview, Ferris and Peoria. Rain showers stretched from northeast Louisiana to eastern Mississippi, across northern Alabama, northern Georgia, northwestern South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, northern Virginia, Ohio, western Pennsylvania, parts of New York state, and Vermont. Rain reached over the northern Pacific Coast, changing to snow in the higher elevations and extending into the northern half of the Rockies. Heavier rainfall during the 6 hours ending at 1 p.m. EST included 1.22 inches at Quillayute, Wash., about three quarters of an inch at Louisville, Ky., Tuscaloosa, Ala., Meridian, Miss., and Astoria, Ore. There were no reports of measurable snowfall during the same 6 hours. High temperature records were set for the date in Baltimore, 65; Beckley, W. Va., 64; Boston, 60; Bridgeport, Conn., 54; Cape Hatteras, N.C., 72; Mansfield, Ohio, 54; New York, 63; Philadelphia, 64; Portland, Maine, 55 and Richmond, Va., 72. The nation's low in the Lower 48 states was 12 below zero at Gunnison, Colo. Temperatures around the nation at 3 p.m. EST ranged from 13 degrees at Warroad, Minn., to 84 degrees at Fort Myers, Fla.
