On This Day In Weather History...



FEBRUARY 10TH
HISTORIC WEATHER EVENTS
...1899...
The temperature at Monterey plunged to 29 degrees below zero, establishing
record for the state of Virginia. (Sandra and TI Richard Sanders - 1987)
...1973...
A major snowstorm struck the southeastern U.S. It produced as much as 18
inches in Georgia, and up to two feet of snow in South Carolina. (David
Ludlum)
...1978...
As much as eight inches of rain drenched southern California resulting in
widespread flooding and mudslides. The heavy rainfall produced a wall of
water which ripped through the mountain resort community of Hidden Springs
drowning at least thirteen persons. The storm was one of the most
destructive of record causing fifty million dollars damage. (David Ludlum)
...1982...
Bismarck ND experienced its 45th consecutive day of subzero temperature
readings which tied the previous record long string of subzero daily lows
ending on the same date in 1937. (David Ludlum)
...1987...
A storm in the northeastern U.S. produced heavy snow in southeastern Maine.
Grand Falls and Woodland received 15 inches, mainly during the early
morning hours, while most of the rest of the state did not even see a flake
of snow. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1988...
Bitter cold arctic air gripped the north central U.S. International Falls
MN was the cold spot in the nation with a low of 35 degrees below zero.
Record warm readings were reported in southern California, with highs of 78
at San Francisco and 88 at Los Angeles. San Juan Capistrano CA was the hot
spot in the nation with a high of 92 degrees. (The National Weather
Summary)
...1989...
For the first time all month winter relaxed its grip on the nation. The
temperature at Brownsville TX warmed above 60 degrees for the first time in
six days, ending their second longest such cold spell of record. (The
National Weather Summary)
...1990...
Thunderstorms developing ahead of a cold front continued to produce severe
weather across the southeastern U.S. through the morning hours and into the
late afternoon. There were a total of twenty-nine tornadoes in twenty-nine
hours, and 245 reports of large hail or damaging winds. Pre-dawn
thunderstorms produced high winds which injured at least seventy persons in
Alabama and Georgia, and caused more than twelve million dollars property
damage. A tornado at Austell GA prior to daybreak injured two persons and
caused two million dollars damage. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm
Data)

Ag Weather Center, Department of Biosystems & Agricultural Engineering, University of Kentucky