Subj : Todays Weather History To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Thu Jan 12 2023 08:40:52 TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid Today is Thursday January 12, 2023. This is the 12th day of the year, there are 353 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 1888 A sharp cold front swept southward from the Dakotas to Texas in just 24 hours spawning a severe blizzard over the Great Plains. More than 200 pioneers perished in the storm. Subzero temperatures and mountainous snow drifts killed tens of thousands of cattle. In 1912 The morning low of 47 degrees below zero at Washta IA established a state record. In 1985 A record snowstorm struck portions of western and south central Texas. The palm trees of San Antonio were blanketed with up to thirteen and a half inches of snow, more snow than was ever previously received in an entire winter season. In 1987 Twenty-seven cities in the Upper Midwest reported new record high temperatures for the date. Afternoon highs of 72 degrees at Valentine NE and 76 degrees at Rapid City SD set records for the month of January. In 1988 Parts of North Dakota finally got their first snow of the winter season, and it came with a fury as a blizzard raged across the north central U.S. Snowfall totals ranged up to 14 inches at Fargo ND, winds gusted to 65 mph at Windom MN, and wind chill readings in North Dakota reached 60 degrees below zero. In 1989 A dozen cities in the southeastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date as readings warmed into the 70s and 80s. Fort Myers FL reported a record high of 86 degrees. In 1990 Gale force winds produce squalls with heavy snow in the Great Lakes Region. Totals in northwest Pennsylvania ranged up to eleven inches at Conneautville and Meadville. Barnes Corners, in western New York State, was buried under 27 inches of snow in two days. In 2003 The Lake Effect Snow Machine was in full force (11th-12th), with some parts of western New York state getting over 50 inches of snow (just over 4 feet) in only 2 days. In 2005 Severe thunderstorms erupted along a cold front from Texas northeast into Oklahoma, Missouri, and Illinois. As much as a 40 degree temperature contrast was noted along the front, and as it plowed into the unstable airmass ahead of it, several reports of severe weather were noted. An F-2 tornado struck Langston and Homer, Louisiana...while an F-3 tornado struck Junction City and Lawson, Arkansas...killing two people, and injuring many others. Flooding from heavy rains indunated areas around Pine Bluff, Arkansas...and there were several reports of wind damage across the area. Severe weather continued in areas of Mississippi, and Alabama, among others. --- * Synchronet * The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas * Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (1:2320/105) .