Friday Daily Summary

ONLINE DAILY WEATHER SUMMARY

Friday, 12 February 1999

A REMINDER
YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURE EXTREMES IN THE LOWER 48
ALASKAN WEATHER
HAWAIIAN WEATHER
HISTORICAL WEATHER EVENTS

A REMINDER -- Sunday is St. Valentine's Day! Do something nice for someone special.

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YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURE EXTREMES IN THE LOWER 48 -- The lowest temperature on Thursday was XX degrees below zero at XXX, while the day's highest was XX degrees at XXX.

ALASKAN WEATHER -- ....

The state's overnight lowest temperature on Thursday was XX degrees below zero at XXX. The midday highest temperature was XX degrees at XXX.

HAWAIIAN WEATHER -- ...

HISTORICAL WEATHER EVENTS - 12 February

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

...1899...Texas and the eastern Great Plains experienced their coldest morning of modern record. The mercury dipped to 8 degrees below zero at Fort Worth, TX, and to 22 degrees below zero at Kansas City, MO. The temperature at Camp Clarke, NE plunged to 47 degrees below zero to establish a record for the state. In the eastern U.S., Washington, DC hit 15 degrees below zero, while Charleston, SC received a record 3.9 inches of snow. (David Ludlum)
...1945...An F4 tornado hit a 41 car train in Sumter County, Alabama. Thirty nine cars were derailed. The conductor and fireman were killed and many others on the train were injured. The northern part of Montgomery, Alabama was hit by a F3 tornado on this day as well with 26 people killed. (Intellicast)
...1958...Snow blanketed northern Florida, with Tallahassee reporting a record 2.8 inches. A ship in the Gulf of Mexico, 25 miles south of Fort Morgan AL, reported zero visibility in heavy snow on the afternoon of the 12th. (12th-13th) (The Weather Channel)
...1988...A classic "nor'easter" formed off the Carolina coast and intensified as it moved up the Atlantic coast bringing heavy snow to the northeastern U.S. Totals ranged up to 26.1 inches at Camden, NY, 26 inches at Chester, MA and 24 inches at Berlin, NH and Rochester, VT. Arctic cold gripped the north central U.S. Duluth, MN was the cold spot in the nation with a low of 32 degrees below zero. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) (Intellicast)
...1989...Unseasonably mild weather prevailed across Alaska. Morning lows of 29 degrees at Anchorage and 31 degrees at Fairbanks were actually warmer than those in northern Florida. (The National Weather Summary)
...1990...Strong southerly winds ahead of an arctic cold front pushed temperatures into the 70s as far north as Iowa and Nebraska. Twenty-one cities in the central U.S., seven in Iowa, reported record high temperatures for the date. Lincoln, NE reported a record high of 73 degrees, and the afternoon high of 59 degrees at Minneapolis, MN smashed their previous record for the date by twelve degrees. Springfield, IL reported a record forty-eight consecutive days with above normal temperatures. (The National Weather Summary)

13 February

...1784...Ice floes blocked the Mississippi River at New Orleans, then passed into the Gulf of Mexico. The only other time this occurred was during the "Great Arctic Outbreak" of 1899. (David Ludlum)
...1885...The "Friday the 13th" avalanche at Alva, UT killed sixteen persons, and left thirteen others buried for twelve hours before being rescued. (David Ludlum)
...1899...It was the coldest morning of record along the Gulf Coast. The temperature dipped to 6.8 degrees above zero at New Orleans, LA and Pensacola, FL, and plunged to 1 degree below zero at Mobile, AL. The mercury dipped to 2 degrees below zero at Tallahassee, the coldest reading of record for the state of Florida. The record low temperature for the state of Louisiana was set at Minden, when the thermometer fell to 16 degrees below zero. A trace of snow fell at Fort Myers, FL. This was the farthest south snow has ever been observed in the U.S. until 1977. The coldest temperature ever recorded at Dayton, OH occurred when it dropped to 28 degrees below zero. On the edge of the greatest arctic outbreak of all time, a vicious blizzard pounded the mid-Atlantic and New England states. Twenty inches of snow fell at Washington, DC and 34 inches fell at Cape May, NJ. The central pressure of the storm was estimated to be 966 millibars (28.53 inches) just southeast of Nantucket, MA. (David Ludlum) (Intellicast)
...1905...Morning lows of 29 degrees below zero at Pond, AR, 40 degrees below at Lebanon, KS, and 40 below at Warsaw, MO established all-time records for those three states. (The Weather Channel)
...1958...Snow fell along coastal sections from Louisiana to Florida. Vermillion Locks, LA measured 5 inches, Burrwood, LA had 2 inches, and Tallahassee, FL recorded 3 inches. Jacksonville, FL recorded 1.5 inches which was the first measurable snowfall in 59 years. (Intellicast)
...1989...Showers and thunderstorms produced locally heavy rain and flash flooding from central Texas to western Pennsylvania. Up to ten inches of rain deluged western Kentucky in two days, with five day totals ranging up to 13.16 inches at Gilbertsville Dam, KY. Flooding caused tens of millions of dollars damage, including 18 million dollars damage at Frankfort, KY. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

14 February

...1899...A great blizzard struck the eastern U.S. Washington, DC received 20.5 inches of snow to bring their total snow depth to nearly three feet. The storm produced 36 inches of snow at Cape May, NJ. (David Ludlum)
...1940...A "Saint Valentine's Day Blizzard" hit the northeastern U.S. Up to a foot and a half of snow blanketed southern New England, and whole gales accompanied the heavy snow stranding many in downtown Boston. (David Ludlum)
...1988...Strong northerly winds ushered arctic air into the north central U.S. Snow and high winds created blizzard conditions in Minnesota and the Dakotas. Winds gusted to 56 mph at Rapid City, SD, and reached 65 mph at Cody, WY. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1990...Valentine's Day was a snowy one for many parts of the western and central U.S. Five to ten inches of snow fell across Iowa, and 6 to 12 inches of snow blanketed northern Illinois, and strong northeasterly winds accompanied the heavy snow. Air traffic came to a halt during the evening at O'Hare Airport in Chicago, where 9.7 inches of snow was reported. More than 250 traffic accidents were reported around Des Moines, IA during the evening rush hour. An icestorm glazed east central sections of Illinois, causing twelve million dollars damage in Champaign County alone. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)