FEBRUARY 14TH
HISTORIC WEATHER EVENTS
...1895...
Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana were paralyzed during the Gulf Coast 
Blizzard that dumped 31 inches of snow in twenty-four hours in some areas. Some 
snow drifts were 6 feet deep. Galveston recorded an incredible 15.4 inches of 
snow and both Houston and Beaumont had a whopping 20 inches.
...1899...
A great blizzard struck the eastern U.S. Washington D.C. 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)
...1947...
The first weather radar was installed, at Washington DC.
...2007...
Blizzard weather conditions and heavy snow had departed the Ohio Valley where 8 
to 14 inches of snow in sections of northern KY, to Chicage, IL was received. 
The low pressure system that the blizzard was associated with had moved up the 
east coast U.S. on this date as a "Nor-easter" and dumped 2 to 3 feet of snow in 
the New England states. (Priddy, UKAWC)