Subj : Today's Weather History
To : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Mon Feb 13 2017 12:10 am
TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid
Today is Monday February 13, 2017.
This is the 44th day of the year, there are 321 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 1784 Ice floes blocked the Mississippi River at New Orleans,
then passed into the Gulf of Mexico. The only other time
this occurred was during the "Great Arctic Outbreak" of
1899.
In 1853 Purple ball lightning crashed through windows to interrupt
a snowstorm on Mount Desert Island, Maine.
In 1899 The "Friday the 13th" avalanche at Alva UT killed sixteen
persons, and left thirteen others buried for twelve hours
before being rescued.
The coldest morning of record along the Gulf Coast. The
temperature dipped to 7 above zero at New Orleans LA and
Pensacola FL, and plunged to one below zero at Mobile AL.
The mercury dipped to two degrees below zero at
Tallahassee, the coldest reading of record for the state
of Florida.
In 1905 Morning lows of -29 at Pond AR, -40 at Lebanon KS, and -
40 at Warsaw MO, established all-time records for those
three states.
In 1987 A storm in the western U.S. produced heavy rain over
central California. Chews Ridge reported nearly eleven
inches of rain in 24 hours, and extensive flooding
occurred in San Benito County. The Mount Rose ski resort
in Nevada experienced a "white-out" with 60 mph winds and
36 inches of snow.
In 1988 Strong winds in the wake of a storm in the northeastern
U.S., gusting to 60 mph at Oswego NY, produced six foot
snow drifts in northeastern Ohio. High winds in the
mountains of Utah, gusting to 106 mph at the Snowbird ski
resort, contributed to a forty car pile-up on Interstate
15, near the town of Bluffdale.
In 1989 Showers and thunderstorms produced locally heavy rain and
flash flooding from central Texas to western
Pennsylvania. Up to ten inches of rain deluged western
Kentucky in two days, with five day totals ranging up to
13.16 inches at Gilbertsville Dam KY. Flooding caused
tens of millions of dollars damage, including 18 million
dollars damage at Frankfort KY.
In 1990 A slow moving cold front brought heavy snow to Utah,
Colorado and Wyoming. Totals in Wyoming ranged up to 15
inches at Big Horn, and up to 22 inches was reported in
Utah. In Colorado, 8 to 12 inches of snow fell over the
northwest suburbs of Denver, while 16 to 22 inches was
reported in the high mountain elevations west of Fort
Collins. Strong winds accompanied the heavy snow, and
bitter cold weather followed in its wake.
In 1997 Little Rock, Arkansas would have its last measurable snowfall
for a record 1078 days. The next time Little Rock received
snowfall would be Jan. 27, 2000.
