Subj : Today's Weather History
To : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu Jan 12 2017 12:10 am
TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid
Today is Thursday January 12, 2017.
This is the 12th day of the year, there are 353 days left.
On this day...
Weather data after 1990 is PARTIAL. For more current
weather history, go to the National Climate Data Center
website at www.ncdc.noaa.gov
In 1888 A sharp cold front swept southward from the Dakotas to Texas
in just 24 hours spawning a severe blizzard over the Great
Plains. More than 200 pioneers perished in the storm.
Subzero temperatures and mountainous snow drifts killed
tens of thousands of cattle.
In 1912 The morning low of 47 degrees below zero at Washta IA
established a state record.
In 1985 A record snowstorm struck portions of western and south
central Texas. The palm trees of San Antonio were
blanketed with up to thirteen and a half inches of snow,
more snow than was ever previously received in an entire
winter season.
In 1987 Twenty-seven cities in the Upper Midwest reported new record
high temperatures for the date. Afternoon highs of 72
degrees at Valentine NE and 76 degrees at Rapid City SD set
records for the month of January.
In 1988 Parts of North Dakota finally got their first snow of the
winter season, and it came with a fury as a blizzard raged
across the north central U.S. Snowfall totals ranged up to
14 inches at Fargo ND, winds gusted to 65 mph at Windom MN,
and wind chill readings in North Dakota reached 60 degrees
below zero.
In 1989 A dozen cities in the southeastern U.S. reported record high
temperatures for the date as readings warmed into the 70s
and 80s. Fort Myers FL reported a record high of 86 degrees.
In 1990 Gale force winds produce squalls with heavy snow in the Great
Lakes Region. Totals in northwest Pennsylvania ranged up to
eleven inches at Conneautville and Meadville. Barnes Corners,
in western New York State, was buried under 27 inches of snow
in two days.
In 2003 The Lake Effect Snow Machine was in full force (11th-12th),
with some parts of western New York state getting over 50
inches of snow (just over 4 feet) in only 2 days.
In 2005 Severe thunderstorms erupted along a cold front from Texas
northeast into Oklahoma, Missouri, and Illinois. As much
as a 40 degree temperature contrast was noted along the
front, and as it plowed into the unstable airmass ahead of
it, several reports of severe weather were noted. An F-2
tornado struck Langston and Homer, Louisiana...while an F-3
tornado struck Junction City and Lawson, Arkansas...killing
two people, and injuring many others. Flooding from heavy
rains indunated areas around Pine Bluff, Arkansas...and
there were several reports of wind damage across the area.
Severe weather continued in areas of Mississippi, and
Alabama, among others.
