Tuesday Daily Summary

ONLINE DAILY WEATHER SUMMARY

Tuesday, 9 February 1999

TEMPERATURE EXTREMES IN THE LOWER 48
ALASKAN WEATHER
HAWAIIAN WEATHER
CONCEPT OF THE DAY
HISTORICAL WEATHER EVENTS

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TEMPERATURE EXTREMES IN THE LOWER 48 -- The lowest temperature in the lower 48 states on Monday was XX degrees below zero at XXX and the highest temperature for Monday was XX degrees at XXX.

ALASKAN WEATHER -- ....

Monday morning's overnight lowest temperature in the state was XX degrees below zero at XXX. The state's highest temperature as of mid-afternoon on Monday was XX degrees at XXX.

HAWAIIAN WEATHER -- ....

DECIPHERING THE SURFACE WEATHER MAP -- Local observations are depicted on weather maps as numbers and symbols plotted in, on, and around circles drawn at each station location, forming a "station model". The station model on which Online Weather maps are based can by seen by clicking on the Online Weather Homepage "Online Weather Map Symbols" . More details are provided in Tuesday's optional electronic Supplemental Information.

HISTORICAL WEATHER EVENTS - 9 February

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

...1933...The temperature at Moran, WY, located next to Teton National Park, plunged to 63 degrees below zero to establish a state record. The temperature at the Riverside Ranger Station in Montana dipped to 66 below zero to establish a record for the state, and a record for the nation which stood until 1954. (David Ludlum)
...1934...The mercury dipped to 51 degrees below zero at Vanderbilt to establish a record for the state of Michigan. The temperature at Stillwater Reservoir plunged to 52 degrees below zero to establish a record for the state of New York. (David Ludlum)
It was the coldest recent morning in the Northeast with readings of 14 degrees below zero at New York City and 17 degrees below zero at Boston. (Intellicast)
...1969...The so-called "Lindsay storm" pounded the northeast. Bedford, MA recorded 25 inches of snow, New York City had 20 inches, and Portland, Maine ended up with 22 inches. The storm got its name from New York Mayor John Lindsay who ran into political misfortune after sections of New York City remained unplowed for a week after the storm. (Intellicast)
...1987...A storm off the Atlantic coast produced high winds and heavy snow in the northeastern U.S., with blizzard conditions in eastern Massachusetts. Wind gusted to 80 mph and 23.4 inches of snow produced drifts eight feet high at Chatham, MA. For a time during the storm Nantucket Island was without power. This was the worst blizzard in thirty years for the Cape Cod area. Winds in some of the mountains and ridges of the Appalachian Region gusted to 100 mph. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1988...Arctic cold invaded the north central U.S. Alliance, NE plunged from 44 degrees to 12 above in just two hours, and Mobridge, SD reported a wind chill of 64 degrees below zero. Winds along the eastern slopes of the Rockies gusted to 90 mph at Cheyenne, WY, and reached 96 mph at Boulder, CO. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1990...Thunderstorms developing ahead of a cold front erupted over eastern Texas late in the morning, and produced severe weather as they swept across the southeastern states. Early evening thunderstorms spawned a tornado which injured one person at Nat, TX, and produced tennis ball size hail which caused more than half a million dollars damage around Shreveport, LA. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1994...A long duration overrunning snowstorm combined with ocean effect snow resulted in big snowfall accumulations across east-coastal Massachusetts. Boston checked in with a two day total of 18.7 inches for its greatest single storm snowfall since the great blizzard of 1978. 27.7 inches was recorded at Manchester-by-the-Sea and 24 inches fell at South Weymouth. Farther to the southwest, a foot of snow blanketed Newark, NJ. (Intellicast)