Weather is an undoubtedly fascinating event that occurs each and every day. It’s not only obviously happening right now as you read this article, but it has also happened for hundreds of years on this very day. It’s intriguing to look at what happened to the world in history and compare it to what’s happening around you right now. Let’s look at the historic weather events that have occurred historically on January 14th.
1863 – Cincinnati, Ohio had a record amount of snowfall which is still the highest amount on record as of today. The area was covered with 21 inches of snow from a single storm.
1882 – San Bernardino was blanketed with a whopping 15 inches of snow! If you thought it doesn’t snow in California – you’re wrong.
1979 – In just thirty hours, Chicago, Illinois was buried under 20.7 inches of snow. When the snow finally stopped, the city had a record-setting twenty-nine inches of snow on the ground.
1987 – According to the National Weather Summary, Grand Forks, North Dakota was blasted with winds causing temperatures to plummet to 50 degrees below zero.
1988 – A Pacific storm produced wind gusts of 90 miles per hour in Reno, Nevada which is higher than they’ve ever seen. On that same day, rainfall totals in Oregon were up to six inches at the Wilson River.
1989 – The Middle Mississippi Valley to the northeastern United States was hit by a winter storm spreading snow, sleet, and freezing rain. The freezing rain caused 15 accidents in just a few minutes in West Virginia. Tennessee received 7.5 inches of rain. The amount of rain caused not only traffic accidents but also flooding in many areas on this day in history.
1990 – The mountains southwest of Utah got blasted by a winter storm dropping 18 to 24 inches of snow. Sunshine and strong winds from the south kept the Central Plains Region in the 60s. Five cities reported record-high temperatures within the same region. North Platte, Nebraska had a record high temperature of 63 degrees. The average high for January in North Platte is only 37 degrees.
