| Today |
FEBRUARY 20TH, 1898-Eastern Wisconsin experienced their biggest snowstorm of record. Racine received thirty inches, and drifts around Milwaukee measured fifteen feet high.
FEBRUARY 20TH, 1953-A snowstorm in Nebraska, South Dakota, Iowa and Minnesota produced drifts ten feet high which derailed trains.
|
 |
| Previously |
|
Feb 19 |
FEBRUARY 19TH, 1884-Severe thunderstorms spawned sixty tornadoes in the southeastern U.S., killing more than 420 persons and causing three million dollars damage. Georgia and the Carolinas hardest were hit in the tornado outbreak.
FEBRUARY 19TH, 1888-A tornado struck Mount Vernon IL. The tornado killed sixteen persons along its 62 mile path.
|
|
Feb 18 |
FEBRUARY 18TH, 1959-Some of the higher elevations of California were in the midst of a five day storm which produced 189 inches of snow, a single storm record for North America.
FEBRUARY 18TH, 1988-Thunderstorms soaked the Central Gulf Coast Region with heavy rain. Totals in southern Louisiana ranged up to 8.50 inches near the town of Ridge, with 6.55 inches at Plaguemine. Thunderstorms in northern Florida drenched Apalachicola with 5.41 inches of rain in 24 hours, and produced wind gusts to 75 mph at Mayo.
|
|
Feb 17 |
FEBRUARY 17TH, 1930-Eureka CA reported an all-time record high of 85 degrees, a record which lasted until September of 1983.
FEBRUARY 17TH, 1958-The greatest snowstorm of the mid 20th century struck the northeastern U.S. The storm produced 30 inches of snow in interior New England, including more than 19 inches in 24 hours at the Boston Airport. The same storm produced up to three feet of snow in the Middle Atlantic Coast Region, with 14 inches at Washington D.C., and 15.5 inches at Baltimore MD. The storm resulted in 43 deaths and 500 million dollars damage over the Middle Atlantic Coast States.
|
|
Feb 16 |
FEBRUARY 16TH, 1899-Washington D.C. received 1.26 inches of rain in six hours atop a snow cover more than 30 inches deep making it the soggiest day of record.
FEBRUARY 16TH, 1943-Record cold prevailed in the northeastern U.S. The mercury plunged to 43 degrees below zero at Concord NH, and to -39 degrees at Portland ME. The morning low of -32 degrees at Falls Village CT established a state record, yet the afternoon high that day was 20 degrees above zero.
|
|
Feb 15 |
FEBRUARY 15TH, 1982-An intense cyclone off the Atlantic coast capsized a drilling rig killing 84 persons, and sank a Soviet freighter resulting in 33 more deaths. The cyclone produced 80 mph winds which whipped the water into waves fifty feet high.
FEBRUARY 15TH, 1895-A big Gulf snowstorm produced six inches at Brownsville TX and Mobile AL, 15 inches at Galveston TX, and 24 inches of snow at Rayne LA in 24 hours. Snow fell at the very mouth of the Mississippi River. Houston TX received 22 inches of snow, and nine inches blanketed New Orleans LA.
|
|