Today in Weather History .... (1940) Florida endured a 3 day long freeze with the lowest temperatures ever in January at Mason, FL as they dropped to 8°. 11 million boxes of citrus were damaged, resulting in a $10 million dollar loss. Georgia’s lowest temperature ever occurred on this date near Calhoun with a reading of -17°.
1/28/13
Today in Weather History .... (1962) Finland's coldest night occurred as the town of Kittilia dropped to -60.7°
1/29/13
Today in Weather History ... (1989) A thunderstorm produced 3 inches of snow in just 45 minutes at Owing Mills, MD just north of Baltimore.
1/30/13
Today in Weather History ... (1989) There were wind gusts of up to 124 mph reported in Choteau, MN.
1/31/13
Today in Weather History ... (1978) South Bend, IN was buried under 86.1 inches of snow for the month, by far the city's snowiest month ever ALSO (in 1958) The first United States satellite was launched.
2/2/13
Today in Weather History .... It is groundhogs day! and today the groundhog saw its shadow - which means and early spring! Also (in 1855) A massive black blizzard, a snowstorm combined with black dust and dirt churned from the earth by strong winds, struck the Southwest and Plains.
2/11/13
Today in Weather History ....(1988) Snow and high winds in Utah resulted in a 50-car pile-up along Interstate 15. Winds in Wyoming gusted to 115 mph at Rendezvous Peak.
2/12/13
Today in Weather History ... (1988) A classic "nor'easter" formed off the Carolina coast and intensified as it moved up the Atlantic coast bringing heavy snow to the northeastern U.S.
2/14/13
Today in Weather History ..... (1940) A "Saint Valentine's Day Blizzard" hit the northeastern U.S. Up to a foot and a half of snow blanketed southern New England
2/16/13
Today in Weather History .... (1899) Washington D.C. received 1.26 inches of rain in six hours atop a snow cover more than 30 inches deep making it the soggiest day of record.
2/18/13
Today in Weather History .... (1899) - While much of the central and eastern U.S. was recovering from the most severe cold wave of modern history, the temperature at San Francisco soared to 80 degrees.
2/20/13
Today in Weather History .... (1898) Eastern Wisconsin experienced their biggest snowstorm of record. Racine received thirty inches, and drifts around Milwaukee measured fifteen feet high.
2/22/13
Today in Weather History .... (1773) The memorable "Cold Sabbath" in New England history. Many persons froze extremities while going to church.
2/24/13
Today in Weather History .... (2004) Heavy snows blanket wide areas of northern New Mexico, closing schools and highways. he mountains east of Santa Fe receive 20 inches.
2/26/13
Today in Weather History .... (1988) Eight cities in the central and western U.S. reported new record high temperatures for the date, including Lamoni IA with a reading of 67 degrees.
2/28/13
Today in Weather History .... (1988) Thunderstorms in California produced severe weather during the early morning hours. Strong thunderstorm winds, gusting to 74 mph
3/2/13
Today in Weather History .... (1988) Thunderstorms produced severe weather in the south central U.S. A tornado at Baton Rouge LA injured two persons, and another tornado caused five million dollars damage at the airport in Lafayette LA.
3/4/13
Today in Weather History ... (1953) Snow was reported on the island of Oahu in Hawaii
3/6/13
Today in Weather History ... (1954) Florida received its greatest modern-day snowfall of record, with 4.0 inches
3/8/13
Today in Weather History .... (2004) The California coast warms up. San Francisco broke a 112-year record by reaching 82 degrees. Los Angeles soared to 93 degrees.
3/20/13
Today in Weather History .... (1984) A severe three day winter storm came to an end over the Central Plains. The storm produced up to twenty inches of snow in Colorado, Nebraska and Kansas, and left a thick coat of ice from eastern Kansas across northwestern Missouri into Iowa
3/24/13
Today in Weather History ... (1988) Thunderstorms developing along a cold front produced severe weather from Minnesota to northeastern Texas. The thunderstorms spawned ten tornadoes, including one which injured five persons near Raymondville MO
4/2/13
Today in Weather History .... (1989) Strong and gusty winds prevailed from California to Colorado and Wyoming. Winds gusted to 50 mph at Lancaster CA, and reached 85 mph at Berthoud Pass CO.
4/8/13
Today in WeatherHistory ... (1919) A tornado swarm in northern Texas resulted in the deaths of 64 persons.
4/12/13
Today in Weather History ... (1934) Winds atop Mount Washington, NH, averaged 186 mph for five minutes, with a peak gust of 231 mph, the highest wind speed ever clocked in the world.
4/16/13
Today in Weather History .... (1933) Franklin Lake, NH, was buried under 35 inches of snow.
4/20/13
Today in Weather History ... (2006) Up to five feet of snow falls in the Dakotas. I-94 and other highways were closed, power was out for thousands and caused at least four deaths.
4/26/13
Today in Weather History ... (1978) An unusually strong occluded front swept out of the Gulf of Alaska and produced the first April thunderstorm of record at Fairbanks
4/28/13
Today in Weather History ... (1987) Twenty cities in the western and central U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. Highs of 95 degrees at Houston TX, 95 degrees at Lake Charles LA, and 94 degrees at Port Arthur TX, were April records
5/7/13
Today in Weather History .... (1987) Thirty-one cities in the western U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. Highs of 93 degrees at Portland OR
5/8/13
Today in Weather History ....(1988) Thunderstorms in the Mississippi Valley spawned a total of 57 tornadoes, including 24 in Wisconsin, and a record 22 tornadoes in one day in Iowa.
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