Subj : Today's Weather History
To : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Mon Jan 16 2017 08:57 am
TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid
Today is Monday January 16, 2017.
This is the 16th day of the year, there are 349 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 1831 A great snowstorm raged from Georgia to Maine. Snowfall
totals greater than 30 inches were reported from Pennsylvania
across southern New England.
In 1964 Fort Worth TX received 7.5 inches of snow, and Dallas
reported a foot of snow.
In 1987 A winter storm produced a total of 61 inches of snow at
Rye CO, and wind gusts to 100 mph in Utah. The storm then
spread heavy snow from the Texas panhandle to Indiana. Tulia
TX received 16 inches of snow, and up to 14 inches was
reported in western Oklahoma.
In 1988 A small storm in the western U.S. produced a foot of snow and
wind gusts to 70 mph in the Lake Tahoe Basin of Nevada.
Showers and thunderstorms produced 2.28 inches of rain at
Brownsville TX, their third highest total for any day in
January.
In 1989 Strong chinook winds plagued much of the state of Wyoming.
Winds gusted to 80 mph at Cody, and wind gusts to 100 mph
were reported in eastern and northwestern Wyoming.
In 1990 Heavy snow fell across the Prince Williams Sound area and
the Susitna Valley of southern Alaska. Valdez was buried
under 64.9 inches of snow in less than two days, including
a record 47.5 inches in 24 hours. Up to 44 inches of snow
was reported in the Susitna Valley. The heavy snow blocked
roads, closed schools, and sank half a dozen vessels in the
harbor.
In 2003 (15th-17th) A mid-winter storm dumped heavy snow across
several states. Among those receiving significant snow were
Kansas City, MO, St. Louis, MO, Nashville, TN, Richmond,
VA, and Washington, DC.
