Subj : Today's Weather History
To : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu Jan 26 2017 12:10 am
TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid
Today is Thursday January 26, 2017.
This is the 26th day of the year, there are 339 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 1978 A paralyzing blizzard struck the Midwest. One to three
feet of snow fell in Michigan, and 20 to 40 inches was
reported across Indiana. Winds reached 70 mph in
Michigan, and gusted above 100 mph in Ohio. The high
winds produced snow drifts twenty feet high in Michigan
and Indiana stranding thousands on the interstates.
Temperatures in Ohio dropped from the 40s to near zero
during the storm, where 10 inches of snow became 25 foot
drifts.
In 1983 The California coast was battered by a storm which
produced record high tides, thirty-two foot waves,
and mudslides, causing millions of dollars damage.
The storm then moved east and dumped four feet of snow on
Lake Tahoe. (22nd-29th)
In 1987 A winter storm spread heavy snow across the Middle and
Northern Atlantic Coast States, with 18 inches reported
at Vineland NJ, and wind gusts to 65 mph at Chatham MA.
Snow cover in Virginia ranged up to thirty inches
following this second major storm in just one week.
In 1988 A snowstorm in the northeastern U.S. produced 19 inches
at Austerlitz NY and Stillwater NY. A storm in the Great
Lakes Region left 16.5 inches at Marquette MI, for a
total of 43 inches in six days.
In 1989 Snow and high winds created blizzard-like conditions in
northwestern Vermont. Winds at Saint Albins gusted to
88 mph. In Alaska, the town of Cold Foot (located north
of Fairbanks) reported a morning low of 75 degrees below
zero.
In 1990 A winter storm spread high winds from the northwestern
U.S. to Wyoming and Colorado, with heavy snow in some of
the high elevations. Stevens Pass WA received 17 inches
of snow, half of which fell in four hours. In extreme
northwest Wyoming, Togwotee Mountain Lodge received 24
inches of snow. Winds in Colorado gusted to 90 mph at
Rollinsville.
In 2015 (26th-27th) A major winter storm, with blizzard conditions
in some areas, affected much of the northeast United States
and New England. While New York got around 8 inches, and
Philadelphia got around 5 inches...areas from Long Island,
New York to Coastal Maine (including the Boston area), got
over 2 feet of snow. Just southeast toward Cape Cod, sea
water flowed inland during high tide on the 27th. Homes in
Scituate and Marshfield, Massachusetts areas were flooded.
Wind gusts from 30 to 70 mph causing huge drifts of snow.
