Portal:Weather/On this day list/March 23

1913: A tornado struck the city of Omaha, Nebraska on Easter Sunday, killing more than 100 people.

1923: Joanne Simpson, renowned research meteorologist and the first woman to receive a PhD in meteorology, was born in Boston, Massachusetts.

2014: Cyclone Gillian reached peak intensity over the southeastern Indian Ocean, with wind gusts of up to 315 kilometres per hour (195 mph).