Subj : Today's Weather History
To : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Tue Jan 24 2017 12:10 am
TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid
Today is Tuesday January 24, 2017.
This is the 24th day of the year, there are 341 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 1916 The temperature at Browning MT plunged 100 degrees in just
24 hours, from 44 degrees above zero to 56 degrees below
zero. It was a record 24 hour temperature drop for the U.S.
In 1935 Snowstorms hit the northeastern U.S. and the Pacific
Northwest producing record 24 hour snowfall totals of 23
inches at Portland ME and 52 inches at Winthrop MA.
In 1956 Thirty-eight inches of rain deluged the Kilauea Sugar
Plantation of Hawaii in 24 hours, including twelve inches
in just one hour.
In 1963 A great arctic outbreak reached the southern U.S. The cold
wave broke many records for duration of cold weather along
the Gulf Coast. A reading of 15 degrees below zero at
Nashville TN was an all-time record low for that location.
In 1982 Chinook winds plagued the foothills of southeastern Wyoming
and northern and central Colorado for the second straight
Sunday. The winds gusted to 140 mph at Wondervu CO, located
northeast of Denver. Chinook winds a week earlier produced
wind gusts to 137 mph.
In 1987 Temperatures in Minnesota plunged far below the zero mark.
International Falls MN reported a morning low of 35 degrees
below zero, and Warroad MN was the cold spot in the nation
with a low of 45 below zero. A storm developing in
northeastern Texas produced severe thunderstorms with large
hail in Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas. Camden AR reported
golf ball size hail.
In 1988 A blizzard rapidly developed in the north central U.S.
In just one hour weather conditions in eastern North Dakota
switched from sunny skies, light winds and temperature
readings in the 20s, to rapidly falling temperatures and
near zero visibility in snow and blowing snow. High winds
in Wyoming, gusting to 72 mph at Gillette, produced snow
drifts sixteen feet high. Northwestern Iowa experienced
its second blizzard in just 24 hours. High winds in Iowa
produced wind chill readings as cold as 65 degrees below
zero.
In 1989 Heavy snow blanketed the Rockies and the Northern High Plains
Region. Hettinger ND received 12 inches of snow. Wolf Creek
Pass CO was blanketed with 16 inches of snow in just 24
hours. Severe cold prevailed across Alaska. Between the
24th and the 29th of January, a total of thirty stations in
the state report all-time record low temperatures.
In 1990 A deep low pressure system brought high winds and heavy snow
to the western Aleutian Islands of Alaska. Winds gusting to
82 mph at Shemya reduced the visibility to near zero in
blowing snow. Rain and gale force winds lashed the northern
Pacific coast. Thunderstorms produced locally heavy rains
over the central Gulf coast states.
In 2000 Raleigh-Durham, NC was paralyzed by a record 20.4 inches
of snow...which shut the airport down for several days.
