Historical Weather Events

HISTORICAL WEATHER EVENTS - 9 January

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

...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 Northwest 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. While wind measurements were limited, there were widespread reports of wind damage. Heavy snows blocked railroads for days. (Intellicast) (National Weather Service files)
...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 26 December to 8 January was 19 degrees above normal. (Intellicast)
...1993...A big snowstorm dumped 17.2 inches of snow on Topeka, KS in 24 hours. (Intellicast)
...1997...A snowstorm caused the wings of Comair Flight 3272 to ice over. The plane, heading from Cincinnati to Detroit, crashed near Ida, MI and all 29 people aboard died. (National Weather Service files)
...2011...Heavy snow spread across Dixie, dumping up to a foot of snow from northern Mississippi to South Carolina. Atlanta was brought to a standstill by 5 inches of snow plus a coating of ice. (National Weather Service files)

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