JANUARY 13TH
HISTORICAL WEATHER FACTS
...1886...
A great blizzard struck the state of Kansas without warning. The storm
claimed 50 to 100 lives, and eighty percent of the cattle in the state.
(David Ludlum)
...1888...
The mercury plunged to 65 degrees below zero at Fort Keough, located near
Miles City MT. The reading stood as a record for the continental U.S. for
sixty-six years. (David Ludlum)
...1912...
The temperature at Oakland MD plunged to 40 degrees below zero to establish
a state record. (Sandra and TI Richard Sanders - 1987)
...1987...
Dry and mild weather prevailed across the country. Nineteen cities in the
Upper Midwest reported record high temperatures for the date, including
Grand Island NE with a reading of 67 degrees. (National Weather Summary)
...1988...
A fast moving cold front ushered arctic cold into the north central and
northeastern U.S. Mason City IA reported a wind chill reading of 51 degrees
below zero, and Greenville ME reported a wind chill of 63 degrees below
zero. Winds along the cold front gusted to 63 mph at Rochester NY, and a
thunderstorm along the cold front produced wind gusts to 62 mph at Buffalo
NY, along with snow and sleet. (National Weather Summary)
...1989...
Friday the 13th was bad luck primarily for the south central U.S. as an
upper level weather disturbance spread a mixture of snow and sleet and
freezing rain across Texas and Oklahoma. Snowfall totals in central
Oklahoma ranged up to 8.5 inches at Norman. (National Weather Summary)
(Storm Data)
...1990...
A winter storm in the southwestern U.S. produced more than a twelve inches
of snow in the mountains of California and Nevada. In northern California,
Huntington Lake was buried under 40 inches of snow, and up to 20 inches was
reported in northeastern Nevada. Heavy rain soaked some of the lower
elevations of California. Gibraltar Dam CA was drenched with 5.33 inches of
rain in two days. (National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)