Subj : Today's Weather History To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Tue Jan 10 2017 12:10 am TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid Today is Tuesday January 10, 2017. This is the 10th day of the year, there are 355 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 1800 Savannah GA received a foot and a half of snow, and 10 inches blanketed Charleston SC. It was the heaviest snowfall of record for the immediate Coastal Plain of the southeastern United States. In 1911 The temperature at Rapid City, South Dakota, plummeted 47 degrees in just 15 minutes. In 1918 (10th-12th) Arkansas was hit by a massive snowstorm that produced huge snow totals, just before a severe Arctic cold outbreak settled in over the state. Up to 30 inches of snow was reported on the ground in Calico Rock (north central Arkansas) after the storm; and deep snow generally covered the northern half of the state. Searcy, in central Arkansas fell to -20 degrees, and Little Rock fell to -8 on the 12th. The Arkansas River reportedly froze over to the point where cars and wagons could cross the river on the ice. In 1949 Snow was reported at San Diego CA for the first and only time since 1882. Snow was noted even on some of the beaches in parts of the Los Angeles metropolitan area. Burbank reported 4.7 inches, and Long Beach and Laguna Beach received one inch of snow. In 1975 The "Storm of the Century" hit Minnesota. A severe blizzard moved northward across the state producing up to two feet of snow. High winds drove wind chill readings to 80 degrees below zero, and at Duluth MN the barometric pressure dipped to 28.55 inches. The storm, which claimed 35 lives, occurred on the 102nd anniversary of the infamous "Pioneer Blizzard" in Minnesota. In 1982 The temperature at O'Hare Airport in Chicago IL plunged to an all-time record of 26 degrees below zero, and high winds drove the wind chill reading to 77 degrees below zero. The temperature in Downtown Chicago reached 23 degrees below zero. A week later, a second arctic surge sent the temperature plunging back down to 25 degrees below zero. In 1987 Bitter cold air invaded the Rocky Mountain Region, with subzero readings reported as far south as Gallop NM. Pocatello ID reported a record low rading of 14 degrees below zero. In 1988 A storm in the northwestern U.S. produced wind gusts to 97 mph at Netarts OR, and up to two feet of snow in the mountains of Oregon. In 1989 The first documented January tornado of record in Utah struck the south part of Sandy. Asphalt shingles were driven one half inch into a fence. Clear skies, light winds, and up to 24 inches of snow cover, allowed the temperature to plunge to 45 degrees below zero at Roseau MN, and to -43 degrees at Warroad MN. The afternoon high at Grand Forks ND was 16 degrees below zero. In 1990 Strong southerly winds ahead of a Pacific cold front helped temperatures in the central U.S. soar as much as 50 degrees during the day. A total of fifty cities in the central U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date, with afternoon highs in the 70s reported as far north as Nebraska and eastern Colorado. Highs of 53 at Devils Lake ND, 76 at Grand Island NE, 73 at Lincoln NE, and 73 at North Platte NE, established records for the month of January. Posted by VPost v1.7.081019 .