ONLINE DAILY WEATHER SUMMARY
Thursday, 4 February 1999
- YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURE EXTREMES ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL US
- ALASKAN WEATHER
- HAWAIIAN WEATHER
- AIR MASSES
- HISTORICAL WEATHER EVENTS
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YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURE EXTREMES ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL US
-- The lowest temperature on Wednesday was XX degrees below
zero at XXX and Wednesday's highest temperature was XX degrees
at XXX.
ALASKAN WEATHER -- ...
The state's lowest overnight temperature on Wednesday was XX degrees
below zero at XXX while the highest temperature in Alaska as of
mid-afternoon was XX degrees at XXX.
HAWAIIAN WEATHER -- ...
AIR MASSES -- For an additional explanation of air masses
and their properties, call up the Thursday's optional Supplemental Information .
HISTORICAL WEATHER EVENTS - 4 February
From the files of the Aviation Weather Center, Kansas City,
MO and Intellicast
- ...1961...The third great snowstorm of the winter season struck
the northeastern U.S. Cortland, NY received 40 inches of snow,
24 inches at New York City, 23 inches at Newark, NJ, and 19 inches
at Worcester, MA. A wind gust of 96 mph was recorded at the Blue
Hill Observatory in Milton, MA. (David Ludlum) (Intellicast)
- ...1964...A great blizzard was in progress across the Texas
Panhandle. This blizzard, which began on the 2nd and ended on
the 5th, dumped 26 inches of snow on Borger, 23.8 inches on Miami,
and 23.5 inches on Claude. (Intellicast)
- ...1987...Gales lashed the northern Pacific coast and the
coast of northern New England. A storm in the central U.S. produced
five inches of snow at Rapid City, SD. (The National Weather Summary)
- ...1988...A winter storm produced heavy snow from the Upper
Ohio Valley to New England, with up to 12 inches reported in Vermont
and New Hampshire. Strong northerly winds in the Upper Midwest
produced wind chill readings as cold as 60 degrees below zero.
(The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
- ...1989...Two dozen cities in the south central and northwestern
U.S. reported new record low temperatures for the date. The low
of 14 below zero at Boise, ID was a February record. A winter
storm continued in the southwestern U.S. Alta, UT reported 49
inches of snow in four days, Wolf Creek, CO reported 66 inches
in six days, including 28 inches in 24 hours, and up to 84 inches
buried the ski resorts of northern New Mexico in three days. (The
National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
- ...1990...A winter storm produced heavy snow in the northeastern
U.S. Snowfall totals in Maine ranged up to 13 inches at Gorham,
with 11 inches reported at Portland. Totals in New Hampshire ranged
up to 14 inches at Franconia, with 13 inches reported at Portsmouth.
A mixture of snow, sleet and freezing rain caused numerous traffic
accidents in eastern New York State resulting in three deaths
and fourteen injuries. Subzero cold also gripped parts of the
northeastern U.S. Caribou, ME and Houlton, ME reported morning
lows of 15 degrees below zero. (The National Weather Summary)
(Storm Data)
- ...1996...Frigid temperatures continued over the northern
US and spread southward to the Gulf Coast. Amasa, MI checked in
with 51 degrees below zero. Tulsa, OK had a morning low of 11
below for its coldest temperature in 66 years. Muskegon, MI recorded
an all-time low of 19 below. La Crosse, WI completed it longest
stretch of subzero temperatures ever (144 hours). The center of
the frigid arctic high moved over Louisiana, setting an all-time
record high barometric pressure of 30.82 inches (1043.6 millibars
) at Baton Rouge. (Intellicast)
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Prepared by Edward J. Hopkins, Ph.D., email hopkins@meteor.wisc.edu
© Copyright, 1999, The American Meteorological Society.