JANUARY 15TH
HISTORICAL WEATHER FACTS
...1852...
Between January 15th and February 24th a total of 1378 railroad cars were
drawn by horses across the frozen Susquehanna River to engines waiting at
Havre De Grace MD. (The Weather Channel)
...1932...
Up to two inches of snow whitened the Los Angeles basin of California. The
Los Angeles Civic Center reported an inch of snow, and even the beaches of
Santa Monica were whitened with snow, in what proved to be a record
snowstorm for Los Angeles. (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel)
...1952...
A six day snowstorm was in progress in the western U.S. The storm produced
44 inches of snow at Marlette Lake NV, 52 inches at Sun Valley ID, and 149
inches at Tahoe CA, establishing single storm records for each of those
three states. In addition, 24 hour snowfall totals of 22 inches at the
University of Nevada, and 26 inches at Arco ID, established records for
those two states. The streamliner, 'City of San Francisco' was snowbound in
the Sierra Nevada Range, near Donner Summit. (David Ludlum)
...1987...
A powerful storm over the Southern Plateau and the Southern Rockies
produced 24 inches of snow at Colorado Springs CO, including 22 inches in
24 hours, a January record. High winds in the southwestern U.S. gusted to
65 mph in the Yosemite Valley of California. (National Weather Summary)
(Storm Data)
...1988...
A small storm over the Atlantic Ocean produced heavy snow along the coast
of North Carolina. The five inch total at Wilmington NC was their third
highest for any storm in January in 117 years of records. (National Weather
Summary)
...1989...
A storm in the northwestern U.S. produced up to 14 inches of snow in the
Cascade Mountain Range. Light snow in the north central U.S. was just
enough to push the snowfall total for January at Fargo ND past their
previous all-time monthly record of 30.7 inches.
...1990...
While one Pacific storm crossed the Central Rockies, another approached the
west coast. The northern mountains of Utah were buried under 17 to 35
inches of snow while the mountains of southern Utah received another 12 to
16 inches. Eighteen cities in the central U.S. reported record high
temperatures for the date as readings warmed into the 50s and 60s. Wichita
KS reported a record high of 68 degrees. (National Weather Summary) (Storm
Data)