Friday Daily Summary

DATASTREME ATMOSPHERE DAILY SUMMARY

Friday, 7 January 2005

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Eastern Orthodox Christmas -- Today (7 January 2005) is the religious feast of Christmas in Eastern Orthodox Churches. This celebration is defined as occurring 12 days after the canonical solstice on 25 December. The Orthodox Churches of eastern and central Europe continue to observe the Julian calendar rather than the modern western Gregorian calendar.

HISTORICAL WEATHER EVENTS - 7 January

From the files of the Aviation Weather Center, Kansas City, MO and Intellicast

...1821...A big snowstorm from Virginia to southern New England came to an end, leaving a foot of snow at Washington, DC, 14 inches at Baltimore, MD, 18 inches at Philadelphia, PA, and 14 inches at New York City. (Intellicast)
...1873...A blizzard raged across the Great Plains. Many pioneers, unprepared for the cold and snow, perished in southwest Minnesota and northwestern Iowa. (David Ludlum)
...1886...A severe cold wave in the southern section of the country brought the worst freeze since 1835 in Florida. (Intellicast)
...1913...Tucson, AZ set its all time record low temperature with a frigid zero degrees. (Intellicast)
...1971...The temperature at Hawley Lake, located southeast of McNary, AZ, plunged to 40 degrees below zero to establish a state record low temperature for the Grand Canyon State. (The Weather Channel)
...1987...A storm in the southwestern U.S. produced 30 inches of snow north of Zion National Park in southern Utah, with 18 inches reported at Cedar Canyon, UT. (National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1988...A winter storm in the southeastern U.S. produced 27 inches of snow in the Bad Creek area of South Carolina, and claimed the lives of two million chickens in Alabama. (National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1989...Severe thunderstorms produced six tornadoes in southern Illinois and Indiana. A tornado (reaching F-4 intensity) in southern Illinois obliterated half the community of Allendale, injuring fifty persons and causing more than five million dollars damage, while thunderstorm winds gusting higher than 100 mph caused ten million dollars damage at Franklin, KY. Twenty-five cities, from the Gulf coast to Michigan, reported record high temperatures for the date. Fargo, ND was in the middle of a 3-day snowstorm over which time 24.4 inches of snow fell on the city -- the greatest single storm total ever for the location. (National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) (Intellicast)
...1990...A rapidly intensifying low pressure system and a vigorous cold front brought heavy rain and high winds to the Pacific Northwest. Two to five inches rains soaked western Washington and western Oregon, and winds gusting above 70 mph caused extensive damage. Wind gusts on Rattlesnake Ridge in Washington State reached 130 mph. (National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1992...A rare January thunderstorm rumbled over Sioux Falls, SD. This was the first January thunderstorm recorded in the city since 1939. Meanwhile, thunderstorms produced six tornadoes (one F2 and five F1) near Grand Island, NE -- the first tornadoes ever recorded in Nebraska during January. (Intellicast)
...1995...A severe thunderstorm produced a downburst wind gust to 146 mph at Seymour-Johnson AFB in Goldsboro, NC. (Intellicast)
...1996...The "blizzard of '96" clobbered a huge area from the Ohio Valley to the mid-Atlantic and Northeast with record snows. The storm began over the mid-Atlantic on the 6^th, and ended over New England on the 8^th. Low pressure developed over the southeast on the 6^th, and eventually became a 983-millibar storm center off the Del-Mar-Va Peninsula. 42.5 inches of snow was recorded at Bayard, WV while 39 inches fell at Snowshoe, WV. A new snowfall record for New Jersey was set when 35 was measured at White House. All the big cities were buried: Washington/Dulles - 24.6 inches, Baltimore - 22.5 inches, Philadelphia - 30.7 inches (biggest snowfall ever), New York City - 27.5 inches, and Boston - 18.2 inches. Other snowfall totals included 38 inches at Upper Strasburg, PA, 37 inches at Shenandoah, VA, 36 inches at Standfordville, NY, 32 inches at Great Barrington, MA, 28 inches in the Pine Mountains in KY, 27 inches at Coventry, RI, and 26 inches at Milford, CT. Cincinnati, Ohio had 14.4 inches for its greatest single storm snowfall on record. This event was the second in an unrelenting, paralyzing "siege of snowstorms" along the East Coast during a ten-day period. (Intellicast)

8 January

...1859...This is the only day New York City's temperature stayed below zero the entire day. (Intellicast)
...1923...The all-time January record high temperature reading was reached at Los Angeles when the mercury climbed to 90 degrees. (Intellicast)
...1937...The record low temperature for the state of Nevada was set at San Jacinto when the temperature dropped to 50 degrees below zero. (Intellicast)
...1953...A severe ice storm in the northeastern U.S. produced up to four inches of ice in Pennsylvania, and two to three inches in southeastern New York State. In southern New England, the ice coated a layer of snow up to 20 inches deep. The storm resulted in 31 deaths and 2.5 million dollars damage. (David Ludlum)
...1973...A severe ice storm struck Atlanta, GA. The storm paralyzed the city closing schools and businesses, and damage from the storm was estimated at 25 million dollars. One to four inches of ice coated northern Georgia leaving 300,000 persons without electricity for up to a week. Between 7 PM and 9 PM on the 7^th, 2.27 inches (liquid content) of freezing rain, sleet and snow coated Atlanta, as the temperature hovered at 32 degrees. (7^th-8^th) (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel)
...1987...A winter storm moving out of the Southern Rockies into the Central Plains Region produced 14 inches of snow at Red River, NM, and 17 inches in the Wolf Creek ski area of Colorado. Wichita, KS was blanketed with seven inches of snow. (National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1988...A winter storm spread heavy snow across the northeastern U.S., with up to ten inches reported in southern New Jersey. (National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1989...Strong northwesterly winds and bitterly cold temperatures prevailed in the north central U.S. Winds in the Great Lakes Region gusted to 58 mph at Chicago, IL, and reached 63 mph at Niagara Falls, NY. Squalls in western New York State produced 20 inches of snow at Barnes Corners and Lowville. Snow squalls in Upper Michigan produced 26 inches around Keweenaw. (National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1990... A strong Pacific storm slammed into the coast of Oregon late Sunday night into this morning with winds gusting up to near 80 mph. Portland airport reported a gust of 63 mph, while Pendleton airport clocked winds at 76 mph. An observer at Pacific City on the Oregon coast reported a gust of 76 mph. Two persons were killed in Oregon, and nine others were injured, and the high winds downed fifty-five million board feet of timber, valued at more than twenty million dollars. Winds gusted to 90 mph near Pinehurst, ID, and wind gusts reached 96 mph at Stevenson, WA. (National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) (Intellicast)
...1997...Thundersnow was reported at Kodiak, AK. Thunder is a rare, warm season occurrence at Kodiak, which averages only two thunderstorm days per year. Thundersnow was once again reported on 23 February 1997. (Accord's Weather Calendar)

9 January

...1875...The temperature at Cheyenne, WY dipped to an all-time record low reading of 38 degrees below zero. (The Weather Channel)
...1880...The second great storm to hit the Pacific Coast within three days brought barometer readings of 28.48 inches of mercury (964.5 millibars) at Olympia, WA and 28.51 inches (965.5 millibars) at Portland, OR. Heavy snows blocked railroads for days. (Intellicast)
...1888...Severe cold gripped much of the western U.S. At Portland, OR, the Columbia River was frozen for two weeks, and in southern California temperatures dipped below freezing in some of the citrus growing areas. (David Ludlum)
...1976...Lake effect snow squalls buried the town of Adams, NY under 68 inches of snow. (David Ludlum)
...1977...The lowest temperature ever recorded in St. Cloud, MN was recorded on this day. At 8:00 AM CST, the temperature dropped to 43 degrees below zero! Between 3 January and 19 January of this year, the low temperature was 15 degrees below zero or lower on 14 out of 17 days (Intellicast).
...1987...A winter storm spread heavy snow from the Central Plains into the Great Lakes Region. Heavier totals included 9 inches at Sun City, KS, 7 inches at Columbia, MO, 11 inches at Terre Haute, IN, and up to 10 inches in the southern suburbs of Chicago, IL. (National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1988...A storm in the northeastern U.S. produced ten inches of snow at Boston, MA, and 14 inches at Worcester, MA. A winter storm in the northwestern U.S. produced a foot of snow in three hours at McCall, ID. (National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1989...Strong winds prevailed along the eastern slopes of the Rockies in Colorado. Winds gusted to 113 mph at the Air Force Academy near Colorado Springs, and reached 115 mph at Boulder. (National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1990...A third storm in four days hit the Pacific Northwest. Winds in Oregon gusted above 100 mph at Netarts and at Oceanside. Up to 8.16 inches of rain was reported around Seaside, OR, and the total of 4.53 inches of rain at Astoria, OR was a record for the date. Twelve cities in the western U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. The high of 70 degrees at Cedar City, UT was a record for January. (National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1992...An unbelievable 14 consecutive days of cloudy skies finally ended at Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN. Every single weather observation during this time period showed overcast conditions -- 350 consecutive hours of cloudy skies! There was not even a "mostly cloudy" -- all observations were completely cloudy. During this cloudy period, it was very mild. The average temperature from December 26th to January 8th was 19 degrees above normal. (Intellicast)
...1993...A big snowstorm dumped 17.2 inches of snow on Topeka, KS in 24 hours. (Intellicast)