TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid
Today is Monday February 6, 2017.
This is the 37th day of the year, there are 328 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 1807 The famous "Cold Friday" in the Midwest and South.
The temperature did not rise above zero in Ohio and
Kentucky.
In 1978 A massive nor'easter buried the cities of the
northeastern U.S. Storm totals included 18 inches at New
York City, 16 inches at Philadelphia, and 14 inches at
Baltimore. Boston received 25 to 30 inches in "The Great
New England Blizzard", and the mayor outlawed travel in
the city for an entire week.
In 1987 Brownsville TX was deluged with seven inches of rain in
just two hours, and flooding in some parts of the city
was worse than that caused by Hurricane Beulah in 1967.
In 1988 Arctic cold invaded the south central and eastern U.S.
Sixteen cities reported new record low temperatures for
the date. Squalls in the Great Lakes Region produced a
foot of snow at Arcade NY in three hours.
In 1989 Forty-one cities in the western U.S. reported new record
low temperatures for the date. Lows of 30 below zero at
Ely NV and 33 below zero at Richfield UT were all-time
records. Lows of 31 above at San Francisco CA and 15
below zero at Reno NV were records for February. Logan
Canyon UT was the cold spot in the nation with a low of
54 degrees below zero. Craig CO hit 51 degrees below
zero.
In 1990 A second cold front brought more heavy snow to the high
elevations of Oregon, with 12 inches reported at Sunset
Summit. Ten inches of snow blanketed Crater Lake and
Mount Bachelor. Heavy snow also blanketed northeastern
Nevada and parts of Washington State. In Nevada, up to
a foot of snow was reported between Spring Creek and
Lamoille. Stevens Pass WA received 14 inches of snow in
24 hours.
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