On November 17 in history ..
1869 - All of the cars of a train were blown off the tracks near Boston Corners, New York, by strong winds. The derailed cars fell down a 75-foot embankment. An ensuing fire burned up the mail and baggage car. Three people died. Major losses of timber were reported in New England's Berkshre and Green Mountains as hurricane force winds struck the area.
1927 - A tornado strikes Alexandria, VA and Washington DC injuring 31 people. It struck a Naval Air Station with a wind gust of 93 mph.
1953 - Temperatures soar across the Midwest as Minneapolis, MN reaches 71 degrees.
1987 - A Rockies blizzard produces 21 inches of snow at Monarch Ski Resort in Colorado.
1989 - After a major severe weather outbreak two days before, the southeast has record cold air move in and Gilbert AR reaches 8 degrees.
1999 - Hurricane Lenny was packing winds of 140 mph as it moved just south of the island of St. Croix in the Virgin Islands. A 15-ft. storm surge battered the island washing away homes, boats and roads. Its' winds later increased to 145 mph as the storm moved near St. Maarten. The menacing Category 4 storm was dubbed "left-handed Lenny" because of its unusual motion. Only two other tropical storms have moved west to east across the open waters of the Caribbean like Lenny. The central pressure in the hurricane was down to an amazing 933 mb, making it as strong as 1979's Hurricane David in the Caribbean. Lenny was the fifth major hurricane of the 1999 North Atlantic Hurricane Season. A spokesman for the National Weather Service in Puerto Rico said that Lenny was a "once in a lifetime event" because of its appearance so late in the season and its unusual course across the Caribbean.
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weatherlover427
On November 18 in history ..
1421 - St. Elizabeth's Flood. 10,000 people died as 72 Dutch villages were swept away when dikes were breached by waves from an intense low pressure system.
1873 - A number of ships from fishing fleets are lost from Georgia to Maine and Nova Scotia as a strong coastal storm reeks havoc along the coast. Minimum pressure in Portland, Maine reached 28.49 inches.
1921 - 54 inches of snow and sleet close the Columbia River Highway in the Dalles, Oregon area.
1955 - Helena, Montana ends 138 consecutive hours of subzero temperatures, including a November record low of 29 below zero. Missoula, MT reached 23 below zero and Salt Lake City had 14 below zero. Lincoln, Montana reached -53 degrees at Lincoln, Montana during this time period.
1957 - A tornado 100 yards wide was on the ground 27 miles from Rosa, AL near Albertville, AL killing three people. A home in the Susan Moore community in Blount County was thrown 500 feet killing one person.
1986 - The first of two huge snowstorms strike the northeast US producing up to 20 inches of show in New Hampshire. Two days later another storm would drop 30 inches of snow in Northern Maine.
1988 - Little Rock, AR received 7.01 inches of rain, smashing their previous record.
1999 - Hurricane Lenny stalled near the island of St. Maarten in the nothern Leeward Islands for much of the day, dropping between 25 and 30 inches of rain that led to widespread flooding.
1421 - St. Elizabeth's Flood. 10,000 people died as 72 Dutch villages were swept away when dikes were breached by waves from an intense low pressure system.
1873 - A number of ships from fishing fleets are lost from Georgia to Maine and Nova Scotia as a strong coastal storm reeks havoc along the coast. Minimum pressure in Portland, Maine reached 28.49 inches.
1921 - 54 inches of snow and sleet close the Columbia River Highway in the Dalles, Oregon area.
1955 - Helena, Montana ends 138 consecutive hours of subzero temperatures, including a November record low of 29 below zero. Missoula, MT reached 23 below zero and Salt Lake City had 14 below zero. Lincoln, Montana reached -53 degrees at Lincoln, Montana during this time period.
1957 - A tornado 100 yards wide was on the ground 27 miles from Rosa, AL near Albertville, AL killing three people. A home in the Susan Moore community in Blount County was thrown 500 feet killing one person.
1986 - The first of two huge snowstorms strike the northeast US producing up to 20 inches of show in New Hampshire. Two days later another storm would drop 30 inches of snow in Northern Maine.
1988 - Little Rock, AR received 7.01 inches of rain, smashing their previous record.
1999 - Hurricane Lenny stalled near the island of St. Maarten in the nothern Leeward Islands for much of the day, dropping between 25 and 30 inches of rain that led to widespread flooding.
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weatherlover427
On November 19 in history ..
1921 - The Columbia Gorge ice storm finally came to an end. In Oregon, 54 inches of snow, sleet and glaze blocked the Columbia River Highway at the Dalles. Apart from traffic on the river itself, all transportation between Walla Walla WA and Portland OR came to a halt. Nine trains were stopped as railroads were blocked for several days.
1930 - 23 people died in an unusually strong (F4) November Oklahoma tornado that carved a seven mile path at 9:30 in the morning from west of the Oklahoma City metro area through Bethany. Five students and a teacher were killed as they dove for cover in the Canal Creek School. This twister ranks ninth in the list of Ten most deadly Oklahoma tornadoes.
1957 - Nineteen inches of snow covered the ground at Cresco IA, a record November snow depth for the state.
1978 - A waterspout moved onshore in the Hilo HI harbor causing damage.
1981 - An unusually early snowstorm struck the Twin Cities of Minnesota, with as much as a foot of snow reported. The weight of the heavy snow caused the newly inflated fabric dome of the Hubert Humphrey Metrodome in downtown Minneapolis to collapse and rip.
1988 - Strong thunderstorms developed during the mid morning hours and produced severe weather across eastern Texas and the Lower Mississippi Valley into the wee hours of the night. Thunderstorms spawned twenty-one tornadoes, including thirteen in Mississippi. One tornado killed two persons and injured eleven others at Nettleton MS, and another tornado injured eight persons at Tuscaloosa AL. Thunderstorms produced baseball size hail in east Texas and northern Louisiana, and Summit MS was deluged with six inches of rain in four hours.
1989 - Gale force winds continued to produce squalls in the Lower Great Lakes Region early in the day. Snowfall totals in western New York State reached 24 inches in southern Lewis County, with 21 inches reported at Highmarket. Unseasonably warm weather prevailed across the Northern and Central Plains Region. Eight cities reported record high temperatures for the date, including Denver CO with a reading of 79 degrees.
1996 - The first in a series of wet and wintry storms strike the West Coast as the Pineapple Connection, a long fetch of moisture reached from the Hawaiian Islands to the U.S. Pacific Coast, fed moisture into the powerful storms. Rain fell over southern Oregon, with snow in the Seattle area. Spokane experienced freezing rain and snow and more than 75,000 people were without power for weeks.
1998 - "Mr. Tornado," Famed tornado researcher Theodore Fujita passed away after a long illness on this date. Fujita was 78. He developed the famous Fujita scale which is used to classify the damage caused by tornadoes. Fujita also discovered microbursts - sudden, severe downdrafts that can result in 150 mph winds on or near the ground - after studying the starburst patterns of trees uprooted by tornadoes. He blamed microbursts for the 1975 Eastern Airlines Flight 66 crash at New York's Kennedy Airport. The discovery, controversial for years before it became accepted among meteorologists, led to installation of Doppler radar at airports to improve safety.
1999 - Lenny weakened to a tropical storm over the Virgin Islands after wreaking havoc for several days on an unusual west to east trek across the Caribbean. The storm was fifth major November hurricane on record. Its atypical west-east track made it a once-in-a-century event. Typically, when a tropical storm forms in the Caribbean this late in the season, it heads northward, rarely making it to hurricane status. Other major November hurricanes included: a catergory 4 storm in 1912, a caegory 4 hurricane in 1932, Category 4 Greta in 1956, Category 3 Kate in 1985 and Lenny.
1921 - The Columbia Gorge ice storm finally came to an end. In Oregon, 54 inches of snow, sleet and glaze blocked the Columbia River Highway at the Dalles. Apart from traffic on the river itself, all transportation between Walla Walla WA and Portland OR came to a halt. Nine trains were stopped as railroads were blocked for several days.
1930 - 23 people died in an unusually strong (F4) November Oklahoma tornado that carved a seven mile path at 9:30 in the morning from west of the Oklahoma City metro area through Bethany. Five students and a teacher were killed as they dove for cover in the Canal Creek School. This twister ranks ninth in the list of Ten most deadly Oklahoma tornadoes.
1957 - Nineteen inches of snow covered the ground at Cresco IA, a record November snow depth for the state.
1978 - A waterspout moved onshore in the Hilo HI harbor causing damage.
1981 - An unusually early snowstorm struck the Twin Cities of Minnesota, with as much as a foot of snow reported. The weight of the heavy snow caused the newly inflated fabric dome of the Hubert Humphrey Metrodome in downtown Minneapolis to collapse and rip.
1988 - Strong thunderstorms developed during the mid morning hours and produced severe weather across eastern Texas and the Lower Mississippi Valley into the wee hours of the night. Thunderstorms spawned twenty-one tornadoes, including thirteen in Mississippi. One tornado killed two persons and injured eleven others at Nettleton MS, and another tornado injured eight persons at Tuscaloosa AL. Thunderstorms produced baseball size hail in east Texas and northern Louisiana, and Summit MS was deluged with six inches of rain in four hours.
1989 - Gale force winds continued to produce squalls in the Lower Great Lakes Region early in the day. Snowfall totals in western New York State reached 24 inches in southern Lewis County, with 21 inches reported at Highmarket. Unseasonably warm weather prevailed across the Northern and Central Plains Region. Eight cities reported record high temperatures for the date, including Denver CO with a reading of 79 degrees.
1996 - The first in a series of wet and wintry storms strike the West Coast as the Pineapple Connection, a long fetch of moisture reached from the Hawaiian Islands to the U.S. Pacific Coast, fed moisture into the powerful storms. Rain fell over southern Oregon, with snow in the Seattle area. Spokane experienced freezing rain and snow and more than 75,000 people were without power for weeks.
1998 - "Mr. Tornado," Famed tornado researcher Theodore Fujita passed away after a long illness on this date. Fujita was 78. He developed the famous Fujita scale which is used to classify the damage caused by tornadoes. Fujita also discovered microbursts - sudden, severe downdrafts that can result in 150 mph winds on or near the ground - after studying the starburst patterns of trees uprooted by tornadoes. He blamed microbursts for the 1975 Eastern Airlines Flight 66 crash at New York's Kennedy Airport. The discovery, controversial for years before it became accepted among meteorologists, led to installation of Doppler radar at airports to improve safety.
1999 - Lenny weakened to a tropical storm over the Virgin Islands after wreaking havoc for several days on an unusual west to east trek across the Caribbean. The storm was fifth major November hurricane on record. Its atypical west-east track made it a once-in-a-century event. Typically, when a tropical storm forms in the Caribbean this late in the season, it heads northward, rarely making it to hurricane status. Other major November hurricanes included: a catergory 4 storm in 1912, a caegory 4 hurricane in 1932, Category 4 Greta in 1956, Category 3 Kate in 1985 and Lenny.
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weatherlover427
On November 20 in history ..
1869 - The second great windstorm in three days struck New York and Vermont. A railroad train was blown from its tracks.
1900 - A late season outbreak of tornadoes kills 77 people in Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee. A group of students and a teacher trying to escape an approaching tornado in Arkansas were injured when the twister overtook them. It had missed the school building entirely.
1914 - Atlanta, GA only reached a high of 28 for the day, earliest daily high below 32.
1979 - A blizzard struck Cheyenne, WY producing a record 19.8 inches of snow in 24 hours and 25.6 inches in 40 hours.
1979 - Unusual electrical storm hit Yukutat AK.
1987 - Blustery northwest winds created snow squalls in the Great Lakes Region and the Upper Ohio Valley. Snowfall totals in Upper Michigan ranged up to 18 inches at Paradise. Lake City MI received 9.5 inches of snow in four and a half hours. Up to a foot of snow blanketed Oswego County in western New York State. Strong winds produced wind chill readings as cold as 22 degrees below zero at Duluth MN.
1989 - Low pressure brought thunderstorms and high winds to the northeastern U.S. There were 193 reports of damaging winds with thunderstorms in New York State, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Tornadoes touched down near Seaside Park NJ and McAlevys Port PA. Winds with thunderstorms gusted to 92 mph at Poughkeepsie NY, and reached 94 mph at Newburgh NY. High winds in the Washington D.C. area, gusting to 73 mph, resulted in one death
1869 - The second great windstorm in three days struck New York and Vermont. A railroad train was blown from its tracks.
1900 - A late season outbreak of tornadoes kills 77 people in Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee. A group of students and a teacher trying to escape an approaching tornado in Arkansas were injured when the twister overtook them. It had missed the school building entirely.
1914 - Atlanta, GA only reached a high of 28 for the day, earliest daily high below 32.
1979 - A blizzard struck Cheyenne, WY producing a record 19.8 inches of snow in 24 hours and 25.6 inches in 40 hours.
1979 - Unusual electrical storm hit Yukutat AK.
1987 - Blustery northwest winds created snow squalls in the Great Lakes Region and the Upper Ohio Valley. Snowfall totals in Upper Michigan ranged up to 18 inches at Paradise. Lake City MI received 9.5 inches of snow in four and a half hours. Up to a foot of snow blanketed Oswego County in western New York State. Strong winds produced wind chill readings as cold as 22 degrees below zero at Duluth MN.
1989 - Low pressure brought thunderstorms and high winds to the northeastern U.S. There were 193 reports of damaging winds with thunderstorms in New York State, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Tornadoes touched down near Seaside Park NJ and McAlevys Port PA. Winds with thunderstorms gusted to 92 mph at Poughkeepsie NY, and reached 94 mph at Newburgh NY. High winds in the Washington D.C. area, gusting to 73 mph, resulted in one death
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weatherlover427
On November 21 in history ..
1798 - An early season storm, nicknamed "The Long Storm", dropped 18 inches of snow on New York City and 36 inches in New Hampshire and Maine. This storm was the beginning of long severe winter and in some places the ground remained covered with snow until the following May.
1967 - 14 inches of rain fall in the mountains of Southern California cause the worst flooding in 33 years. Los Angeles got 7.96 inches causing flooding and mudslides.
1984 - It was a wet Thansgiving indeed in parts of South Florida. Palm Beach FL picked up over 4 inches of rain in just 4 hours.
1985 - Hurricane Kate made landfall at Mexico Beach, Florida with sustained winds of 100 mph. Six named tropical cyclones made landfall in the United States in 1985, setting a new record.
1987 - Most of the buildings on the island of Truk were destroyed by a tropical storm. Unusual in the regard that tropical cyclones rarely are so intense that close to the equator.
1992 - The November 21-23 tornado outbreak was the third largest outbreak in recorded history and was one of the longest continuous outbreak ever recorded. There was no break in tornado activity from 1:30 p.m. on the 21st when tornadoes started in Texas until 7:30 am on the 23rd, when the last tornadoes lifted up in North Carolina. On this date, 6 tornadoes were spawned in the Houston metro area with 3 on the ground at one time in Harris county. An F4 tornado struck the eastern suburbs of Houston destroying 200 homes and damaged 1000. The track of the F4 tornado was more than 20 miles. 23 tornadoes rumbled through Alabama and Mississippi. Another F4 tornado had a 128 mile track through 7 Mississippi counties and killed 12.
1999 - The calendar said mid-November, but you wouldn't have known it by the summery temperatures and lack of rain from Texas to Nebraska, across the South to Georgia and even in Indiana. Forests across the east were becoming tinderboxes, with up to 60,000 acres burned in the Appalachians. The dry, mild weather expected this winter was being attributed in part to La Nina, the global weather phenomenon marked by cooler-than-normal water in the eastern Pacific. Moist air from the Pacific shifted farther north than usual, leaving the South and Southwest drier and warmer than normal. Crawfish farmers in Louisiana were feeling the effect as their ponds were drying up. Hunters also reported that waterfowl were bypassing dry central Louisiana in favor of coastal areas.
1798 - An early season storm, nicknamed "The Long Storm", dropped 18 inches of snow on New York City and 36 inches in New Hampshire and Maine. This storm was the beginning of long severe winter and in some places the ground remained covered with snow until the following May.
1967 - 14 inches of rain fall in the mountains of Southern California cause the worst flooding in 33 years. Los Angeles got 7.96 inches causing flooding and mudslides.
1984 - It was a wet Thansgiving indeed in parts of South Florida. Palm Beach FL picked up over 4 inches of rain in just 4 hours.
1985 - Hurricane Kate made landfall at Mexico Beach, Florida with sustained winds of 100 mph. Six named tropical cyclones made landfall in the United States in 1985, setting a new record.
1987 - Most of the buildings on the island of Truk were destroyed by a tropical storm. Unusual in the regard that tropical cyclones rarely are so intense that close to the equator.
1992 - The November 21-23 tornado outbreak was the third largest outbreak in recorded history and was one of the longest continuous outbreak ever recorded. There was no break in tornado activity from 1:30 p.m. on the 21st when tornadoes started in Texas until 7:30 am on the 23rd, when the last tornadoes lifted up in North Carolina. On this date, 6 tornadoes were spawned in the Houston metro area with 3 on the ground at one time in Harris county. An F4 tornado struck the eastern suburbs of Houston destroying 200 homes and damaged 1000. The track of the F4 tornado was more than 20 miles. 23 tornadoes rumbled through Alabama and Mississippi. Another F4 tornado had a 128 mile track through 7 Mississippi counties and killed 12.
1999 - The calendar said mid-November, but you wouldn't have known it by the summery temperatures and lack of rain from Texas to Nebraska, across the South to Georgia and even in Indiana. Forests across the east were becoming tinderboxes, with up to 60,000 acres burned in the Appalachians. The dry, mild weather expected this winter was being attributed in part to La Nina, the global weather phenomenon marked by cooler-than-normal water in the eastern Pacific. Moist air from the Pacific shifted farther north than usual, leaving the South and Southwest drier and warmer than normal. Crawfish farmers in Louisiana were feeling the effect as their ponds were drying up. Hunters also reported that waterfowl were bypassing dry central Louisiana in favor of coastal areas.
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weatherlover427
On November 22 in history ..
1641 - Observer (Journal of John Winthrop) in Boston MA notes a "great tempest of wind and rain from the southeast all nigh, as fierce as a hurricane, and thereupon followed the highest tide we have seen since our arrival here."
1957 - Santa Ana winds create a 28,000 acre brush fire west of Crystal Lake, California.
1992 - 45 tornadoes hit the Tennessee and Ohio valleys. Georgia bore the brunt of the storms as 6 tornadoes killed 6 people and injured 144 there. Indiana had 15 tornadoes, which was a record for the state for the month of November. One F4 tornado cut a path 22 miles long through Indiana and Kentucky. This tornado debunked the myth that twisters don't cross rivers, as this devastating tornado crossed the Ohio River twice.
1999 - First significant snowstorm of the year pounded Colorado with up to 20 inches of snow at Fairplay CO southwest of Denver and 9 inches in the Mile High City. The snowstorm reduced visibilities, causing a massive 83 car pileup on I-70 west of Denver. 2 people were killed and 30 were injured in the giant accident. The first blast of wintry weather followed unusually warm weather that had Denver averaging 12 degrees above normal for the first 3 weeks of the month. November is the second snowiest month on average in Denver.
1641 - Observer (Journal of John Winthrop) in Boston MA notes a "great tempest of wind and rain from the southeast all nigh, as fierce as a hurricane, and thereupon followed the highest tide we have seen since our arrival here."
1957 - Santa Ana winds create a 28,000 acre brush fire west of Crystal Lake, California.
1992 - 45 tornadoes hit the Tennessee and Ohio valleys. Georgia bore the brunt of the storms as 6 tornadoes killed 6 people and injured 144 there. Indiana had 15 tornadoes, which was a record for the state for the month of November. One F4 tornado cut a path 22 miles long through Indiana and Kentucky. This tornado debunked the myth that twisters don't cross rivers, as this devastating tornado crossed the Ohio River twice.
1999 - First significant snowstorm of the year pounded Colorado with up to 20 inches of snow at Fairplay CO southwest of Denver and 9 inches in the Mile High City. The snowstorm reduced visibilities, causing a massive 83 car pileup on I-70 west of Denver. 2 people were killed and 30 were injured in the giant accident. The first blast of wintry weather followed unusually warm weather that had Denver averaging 12 degrees above normal for the first 3 weeks of the month. November is the second snowiest month on average in Denver.
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weatherlover427
On November 23 in history ..
1909 - Rattlesnake Creek was deluged with 7.17 inches of rain in 24 hours to establish a record for the state of Idaho.
1943 - Northern New Hampshire was in the grips of a record snowstorm which left a total of 55 inches at Berlin, and 56 inches at Randolph. The 56 inch total at Randolph established a 24 hour snowfall record for the state. In Maine, Middle Dam received a record 35 inches of snow in 24 hours.
1960 - Tiros II weather satellite was launched. It recorded 25,574 photographs during its 10 month lifespan.
1974 - Bismarck ND was in the middle of a 5 day snowstorm that dumped 28.3 inches of snow.
1982 - (23rd-24th)Hurricane Iwa struck the Hawaiian islands of Niah, Kauai and Oahu. Winds gusted above 130 mph and sustained winds were near 100 mph. Honolulu had gust to 81 mph. Total damage was well over $200 million. Iwa was the first hurricane to strike Hawaii in 23 years since Dot had hit the islands in August 1959.
1988 - Low pressure crossing the Great Basin brought wintry weather to parts of the western U.S. Up to a foot of snow blanketed Yellowstone Park, and winds gusted to 70 mph at Casper WY, and reached 95 mph near Reno NV. Up to seven inches of rain was reported in the Grass Valley and Nevada City area of California. Paradise CA was soaked with 5.37 inches of rain in 24 hours.
1989 - So much for a White Christmas. How about a White Thanksgiving? Low pressure tracking across the Carolinas brought heavy rain to parts of the Southern Atlantic Coast Region for Thanksgiving Day, and blanketed the Middle Atlantic Coast States and southern New England with heavy snow. The storm produced up to nine inches of snow over Long Island NY, and up to 14 inches on Cape Cod MA, at Yarmouth. Totals of 4.7 inches at New York City and 6 inches at Newark NJ were records for Thanksgiving Day, the 8 inch total at Providence RI was a record for any given day in November, and the 6.5 inch total at Strasburg CT was a record for the month of November as a whole.
1992 - 45 inches of snow fell in 24 hours at Alta UT to set their all-time record for snowfall in a 24 hour period.
1999 - 70 degrees at Portland ME was just one of many records set in the central and eastern part of the country as unusual warmth continued to highlight the November weather.
1909 - Rattlesnake Creek was deluged with 7.17 inches of rain in 24 hours to establish a record for the state of Idaho.
1943 - Northern New Hampshire was in the grips of a record snowstorm which left a total of 55 inches at Berlin, and 56 inches at Randolph. The 56 inch total at Randolph established a 24 hour snowfall record for the state. In Maine, Middle Dam received a record 35 inches of snow in 24 hours.
1960 - Tiros II weather satellite was launched. It recorded 25,574 photographs during its 10 month lifespan.
1974 - Bismarck ND was in the middle of a 5 day snowstorm that dumped 28.3 inches of snow.
1982 - (23rd-24th)Hurricane Iwa struck the Hawaiian islands of Niah, Kauai and Oahu. Winds gusted above 130 mph and sustained winds were near 100 mph. Honolulu had gust to 81 mph. Total damage was well over $200 million. Iwa was the first hurricane to strike Hawaii in 23 years since Dot had hit the islands in August 1959.
1988 - Low pressure crossing the Great Basin brought wintry weather to parts of the western U.S. Up to a foot of snow blanketed Yellowstone Park, and winds gusted to 70 mph at Casper WY, and reached 95 mph near Reno NV. Up to seven inches of rain was reported in the Grass Valley and Nevada City area of California. Paradise CA was soaked with 5.37 inches of rain in 24 hours.
1989 - So much for a White Christmas. How about a White Thanksgiving? Low pressure tracking across the Carolinas brought heavy rain to parts of the Southern Atlantic Coast Region for Thanksgiving Day, and blanketed the Middle Atlantic Coast States and southern New England with heavy snow. The storm produced up to nine inches of snow over Long Island NY, and up to 14 inches on Cape Cod MA, at Yarmouth. Totals of 4.7 inches at New York City and 6 inches at Newark NJ were records for Thanksgiving Day, the 8 inch total at Providence RI was a record for any given day in November, and the 6.5 inch total at Strasburg CT was a record for the month of November as a whole.
1992 - 45 inches of snow fell in 24 hours at Alta UT to set their all-time record for snowfall in a 24 hour period.
1999 - 70 degrees at Portland ME was just one of many records set in the central and eastern part of the country as unusual warmth continued to highlight the November weather.
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weatherlover427
On November 24 in history ..
1812 - What might have been the outer fringes of a late season hurricane struck the northeast sinking ships and unroofing buildings at Philadelphia and New York City.
1863 - The Union Army scored a major Civil War victory in the "Battle above the Clouds" on Lookout mountain near Chattanooga, TN. The top of Lookout Mountain became obscured in fog and aided the Union troops as Confederate lookouts could not see the position of the enemy.
1923 - The Harvard and Yale football game at Cambridge MA was played in a quagmire on a rain-soaked field.
1950 - Chicago IL reached 2 below zero which tied the record for the month of November.
1981 - Typhoon Irma became the worst typhoon in ten years as it hit the Philippines. 236 people died and hundreds of thousands were left homeless.
1992 - A blizzard across the Texas Panhandle, western Oklahoma and western Kansas produced 200 car wrecks on I-40 near Amarillo. Drifts of 15 feet occurred near Hugoton, KS. 19 inches of snow with drifts to 6 feet at Lavern, OK. All traffic in the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles was stopped by the storm. Snowplows sent out to clear roads were abandoned and could not be found for days.
1812 - What might have been the outer fringes of a late season hurricane struck the northeast sinking ships and unroofing buildings at Philadelphia and New York City.
1863 - The Union Army scored a major Civil War victory in the "Battle above the Clouds" on Lookout mountain near Chattanooga, TN. The top of Lookout Mountain became obscured in fog and aided the Union troops as Confederate lookouts could not see the position of the enemy.
1923 - The Harvard and Yale football game at Cambridge MA was played in a quagmire on a rain-soaked field.
1950 - Chicago IL reached 2 below zero which tied the record for the month of November.
1981 - Typhoon Irma became the worst typhoon in ten years as it hit the Philippines. 236 people died and hundreds of thousands were left homeless.
1992 - A blizzard across the Texas Panhandle, western Oklahoma and western Kansas produced 200 car wrecks on I-40 near Amarillo. Drifts of 15 feet occurred near Hugoton, KS. 19 inches of snow with drifts to 6 feet at Lavern, OK. All traffic in the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles was stopped by the storm. Snowplows sent out to clear roads were abandoned and could not be found for days.
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weatherlover427
On November 25 in history ..
1918 - Southern California windstorm caused wind to gust to 96 mph at Mt. Wilson.
1926 - An F4 tornado killed 23 people and injured 90 in Faulkner and Cleburne counties in Arkansas. The tornado was on the ground for 35 miles, including a swath through Heber Springs AR. Another tornado strikes towns of Belleville and Portland in Arkansas killing 53.
1950 - One of the worst storms to strike the mid-Atlantic and northeast was named "The Great Appalachian Storm". 57 inches of snowfall at Pickens, WV and wind gusts to 108 mph at Newark, NJ and 110 mph at Concord, NH. Atop Mt. Washington NH, winds gusted to 160 mph. The storm and severe cold killed 160 people. 27.7 inches of snow fell at Pittsburgh PA and an amazing 36.3 inches of snow fell at Steubenville OH. Damaging storm tides struck the coast.
1950 - The famed Ohio State-Michigan game at Columbus was played in a heavy snowstorm. 9 inches of snow would be on the ground by early evening. Finding the yard markers and even the players sometimes was a chore. The poor field conditions resulted in 45 punts during the game.
1950 - Extreme cold in the deep south. Birmingham AL had reading of 5 degrees. -1 on Sand Mountain and -2 at Valley Head AL. First time that sub zero readings had occurred in North Alabama in November. The bitter cold was accompanied by two inches of snow across North Alabama.
1970 - Tallahassee, Florida dipped to 13 degrees and then made it back up to 67 the next day.
1971 - Thanksgiving day storm drops 20.5 inches of snow in Wilkes-Barre Scranton which was a 24 hour record. Other totals included 36 inches at Cobleskill, NY and 22.5 inches at Albany, NY which is a new November record. Mines Peak gusted to 95 mph.
1993 - Thanksgiving Day game between the Cowboys and Dolphins was memorable because of the weather. Heavy sleet during the game covered the field with a thick white coating and made play difficult. The Dolphins won on a last second field goal.
1918 - Southern California windstorm caused wind to gust to 96 mph at Mt. Wilson.
1926 - An F4 tornado killed 23 people and injured 90 in Faulkner and Cleburne counties in Arkansas. The tornado was on the ground for 35 miles, including a swath through Heber Springs AR. Another tornado strikes towns of Belleville and Portland in Arkansas killing 53.
1950 - One of the worst storms to strike the mid-Atlantic and northeast was named "The Great Appalachian Storm". 57 inches of snowfall at Pickens, WV and wind gusts to 108 mph at Newark, NJ and 110 mph at Concord, NH. Atop Mt. Washington NH, winds gusted to 160 mph. The storm and severe cold killed 160 people. 27.7 inches of snow fell at Pittsburgh PA and an amazing 36.3 inches of snow fell at Steubenville OH. Damaging storm tides struck the coast.
1950 - The famed Ohio State-Michigan game at Columbus was played in a heavy snowstorm. 9 inches of snow would be on the ground by early evening. Finding the yard markers and even the players sometimes was a chore. The poor field conditions resulted in 45 punts during the game.
1950 - Extreme cold in the deep south. Birmingham AL had reading of 5 degrees. -1 on Sand Mountain and -2 at Valley Head AL. First time that sub zero readings had occurred in North Alabama in November. The bitter cold was accompanied by two inches of snow across North Alabama.
1970 - Tallahassee, Florida dipped to 13 degrees and then made it back up to 67 the next day.
1971 - Thanksgiving day storm drops 20.5 inches of snow in Wilkes-Barre Scranton which was a 24 hour record. Other totals included 36 inches at Cobleskill, NY and 22.5 inches at Albany, NY which is a new November record. Mines Peak gusted to 95 mph.
1993 - Thanksgiving Day game between the Cowboys and Dolphins was memorable because of the weather. Heavy sleet during the game covered the field with a thick white coating and made play difficult. The Dolphins won on a last second field goal.
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weatherlover427
On November 26 in history ..
1974 - 30 inches of snow fell in an early-season snowstorm at Caribou ME. 22.3 inches fell in 24 hours.
1888 - An extremely late season hurricane brushed the East Coast with heavy rain and gale force winds. The hurricane passed inside Nantucket and over Cape Cod, then crossed Nova Scotia.
1896 - A Thanksgiving Day blizzard hits North Dakota. The storm was followed by a severe cold wave in the Upper Midwest. The temperature at Pokegama Dam MI plunged to 45 degrees below zero.
1983 - A major three day snowstorm was in progress across the west. Eventually, one to two feet of snow would fall across a wide area from the Rockies to the Upper Midwest. 27 inches of snow fell during the storm in Sydney NE. In Limon CO, near zero visibility was recorded for 24 hours with snow and blowing snow.
1984 - Lake effect snows are not limited to the Great Lakes. The Great Salt Lake can also produce the phenomenon, as it did on this date in 1984. Up to 20 inches of snow fell at Copper City UT.
1987 - A Thanksgiving Day storm in the northeastern U.S. produced heavy snow in northern New England and upstate New York. Snowfall totals in Maine ranged up to twenty inches at Flagstaff Lake. Totals in New Hampshire ranged up to 18 inches at Errol. Gales lashed the coast of Maine and New Hampshire. A second storm, over the Southern and Central Rockies, produced nine inches of snow at Kanosh UT, and 13 inches at Divide CO, with five inches reported at Denver CO.
1988 - Thunderstorms produced severe weather over the Central Gulf Coast States during the late morning and afternoon hours. Five tornadoes were reported in Mississippi, with the tornadoes causing a million dollars damage at Ruleville, and in Warren County.
1988 - In Utah, the town of Alta was blanketed with 15 inches of snow overnight, and during the day was buried under another 16.5 inches of snow.
1989 - A massive storm over the western U.S. produced heavy snow in Utah, Colorado, Wyoming and Montana. The storm produced more than two feet of snow in the higher elevations of northern and central Utah, bringing more than sixty inches of snow to the Alta Ski Resort in the Wasatch Mountains. Winds in Utah gusted to 60 mph at Bullfrog. The storm brought much needed snow to the ski resorts of Colorado, with 19 inches reported at Beaver Creek.
1974 - 30 inches of snow fell in an early-season snowstorm at Caribou ME. 22.3 inches fell in 24 hours.
1888 - An extremely late season hurricane brushed the East Coast with heavy rain and gale force winds. The hurricane passed inside Nantucket and over Cape Cod, then crossed Nova Scotia.
1896 - A Thanksgiving Day blizzard hits North Dakota. The storm was followed by a severe cold wave in the Upper Midwest. The temperature at Pokegama Dam MI plunged to 45 degrees below zero.
1983 - A major three day snowstorm was in progress across the west. Eventually, one to two feet of snow would fall across a wide area from the Rockies to the Upper Midwest. 27 inches of snow fell during the storm in Sydney NE. In Limon CO, near zero visibility was recorded for 24 hours with snow and blowing snow.
1984 - Lake effect snows are not limited to the Great Lakes. The Great Salt Lake can also produce the phenomenon, as it did on this date in 1984. Up to 20 inches of snow fell at Copper City UT.
1987 - A Thanksgiving Day storm in the northeastern U.S. produced heavy snow in northern New England and upstate New York. Snowfall totals in Maine ranged up to twenty inches at Flagstaff Lake. Totals in New Hampshire ranged up to 18 inches at Errol. Gales lashed the coast of Maine and New Hampshire. A second storm, over the Southern and Central Rockies, produced nine inches of snow at Kanosh UT, and 13 inches at Divide CO, with five inches reported at Denver CO.
1988 - Thunderstorms produced severe weather over the Central Gulf Coast States during the late morning and afternoon hours. Five tornadoes were reported in Mississippi, with the tornadoes causing a million dollars damage at Ruleville, and in Warren County.
1988 - In Utah, the town of Alta was blanketed with 15 inches of snow overnight, and during the day was buried under another 16.5 inches of snow.
1989 - A massive storm over the western U.S. produced heavy snow in Utah, Colorado, Wyoming and Montana. The storm produced more than two feet of snow in the higher elevations of northern and central Utah, bringing more than sixty inches of snow to the Alta Ski Resort in the Wasatch Mountains. Winds in Utah gusted to 60 mph at Bullfrog. The storm brought much needed snow to the ski resorts of Colorado, with 19 inches reported at Beaver Creek.
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weatherlover427
On November 27 in history ..
1701 - Anders Celsius, the astronomer who invented the Celsius thermometer scale (often called the centigrade scale), was born on this date.
1883 - Ash from Krakatoa volcano, that had exploded in August, makes the sunset so red that fire engines from New York City and New Haven, CT went out in search of fires in their vicnities.
1898 - The "Portland Storm," named for passenger ship S.S. Portland, that sunk off of Cape Cod, killing all 200 aboard, ravages New England with heavy snow and wind. 12 inches fall at Boston and 27 inches fall at New England, CT, Winds gust to 72 mph at Boston and to near 100 mph at Block Island, RI. A total of 56 vessels sank in Boston Harbor with 456 dead.
1912 - Snow actually fell in northern Florida, the only time that has happened in November in recorded history.
1938 - A second heavy snow in three days drops 14 inches in New York and 12 inches in New Jersey.
1983 - The barometer dropped to 28.17 inches over the Netherlands as an intense low pressure system moved from Ireland and England into the country. The reading was the country's lowest pressure of record.
1988 - Blizzard conditions occur across Minnesota with winds near 70 mph and widespread snows over 12 inches. Fargo, ND reported a wind chill reading of 34 degrees below zero.
1995 - Seven storms and melting snows over the period between November 27 and December 6 casued severe flooding along the Cedar River in Washington State (WA).
1701 - Anders Celsius, the astronomer who invented the Celsius thermometer scale (often called the centigrade scale), was born on this date.
1883 - Ash from Krakatoa volcano, that had exploded in August, makes the sunset so red that fire engines from New York City and New Haven, CT went out in search of fires in their vicnities.
1898 - The "Portland Storm," named for passenger ship S.S. Portland, that sunk off of Cape Cod, killing all 200 aboard, ravages New England with heavy snow and wind. 12 inches fall at Boston and 27 inches fall at New England, CT, Winds gust to 72 mph at Boston and to near 100 mph at Block Island, RI. A total of 56 vessels sank in Boston Harbor with 456 dead.
1912 - Snow actually fell in northern Florida, the only time that has happened in November in recorded history.
1938 - A second heavy snow in three days drops 14 inches in New York and 12 inches in New Jersey.
1983 - The barometer dropped to 28.17 inches over the Netherlands as an intense low pressure system moved from Ireland and England into the country. The reading was the country's lowest pressure of record.
1988 - Blizzard conditions occur across Minnesota with winds near 70 mph and widespread snows over 12 inches. Fargo, ND reported a wind chill reading of 34 degrees below zero.
1995 - Seven storms and melting snows over the period between November 27 and December 6 casued severe flooding along the Cedar River in Washington State (WA).
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weatherlover427
On November 28 in history ..
1905 - Duluth MNis not the place to be when the Gales of November come calling. Another Great Lakes storm produced winds at Duluth of over 60 mph for more than 12 hours. Sailors aboard a ship which went aground just 100 yards offshore in Lake Superior actually froze to death.
1921 - New England was in the midst of a four day icestorm, their worst of record. Ice was more than three inches thick in many places following the storm, and property damage was in the millions of dollars. Northern New England received heavy snow with more than two feet reported in some areas. Overnight freezing rains continued through the day at Worcester MA while the wind increased to a gale. Streets become impassable even on foot, and whole towns were plunged into darkness without communication. The storm caused 20 million dollars damage to power lines, telephone lines and trees.
1960 - A severe storm produced waves 20 to 40 feet high on Lake Superior. Duluth MN was buried under a foot of snow, and clocked wind gusts to 73 mph. The northern shore of Lake Superior was flooded, and property along the shore was battered. Thousands of cords of pulpwood were washed into Lake Superior, and up to three feet of water flooded the main street of Grand Marais. Thunder accompanied the "nor'easter".
1978 - A jockey at a horse racing track in Miami FL was killed as he ran for cover after a race.
1987 - Low pressure in the Middle Mississippi Valley produced a mixture of snow and sleet and freezing rain from the Central Plains to the Upper Mississippi Valley. Snowfall totals in Iowa ranged up to ten inches at Red Oak. Totals in Nebraska ranged up to 11 inches at Shickley. Freezing rain made roads treacherous in the Twin Cities area of southeastern Minnesota. Bitter cold arctic air invaded the Northern High Plains Region. Laramie WY was the cold spot in the nation with a morning low of 18 degrees below zero.
1988 - Thunderstorms spawned five tornadoes in North Carolina during the early morning hours. A powerful tornado ripped through one of the most densely populated areas of Raleigh destroying hundreds of homes and damaging thousands more. The tornado killed four persons along its 83 mile track, and injured 154 others. Total damage was estimated at more than 77 million dollars.
1989 - The dry, hot Santa Ana wind sets off motion-sensitive burglar alarms all over Huntington Beach CA and causes a 30 foot pile of horse manure to spontaneously combust.
1905 - Duluth MNis not the place to be when the Gales of November come calling. Another Great Lakes storm produced winds at Duluth of over 60 mph for more than 12 hours. Sailors aboard a ship which went aground just 100 yards offshore in Lake Superior actually froze to death.
1921 - New England was in the midst of a four day icestorm, their worst of record. Ice was more than three inches thick in many places following the storm, and property damage was in the millions of dollars. Northern New England received heavy snow with more than two feet reported in some areas. Overnight freezing rains continued through the day at Worcester MA while the wind increased to a gale. Streets become impassable even on foot, and whole towns were plunged into darkness without communication. The storm caused 20 million dollars damage to power lines, telephone lines and trees.
1960 - A severe storm produced waves 20 to 40 feet high on Lake Superior. Duluth MN was buried under a foot of snow, and clocked wind gusts to 73 mph. The northern shore of Lake Superior was flooded, and property along the shore was battered. Thousands of cords of pulpwood were washed into Lake Superior, and up to three feet of water flooded the main street of Grand Marais. Thunder accompanied the "nor'easter".
1978 - A jockey at a horse racing track in Miami FL was killed as he ran for cover after a race.
1987 - Low pressure in the Middle Mississippi Valley produced a mixture of snow and sleet and freezing rain from the Central Plains to the Upper Mississippi Valley. Snowfall totals in Iowa ranged up to ten inches at Red Oak. Totals in Nebraska ranged up to 11 inches at Shickley. Freezing rain made roads treacherous in the Twin Cities area of southeastern Minnesota. Bitter cold arctic air invaded the Northern High Plains Region. Laramie WY was the cold spot in the nation with a morning low of 18 degrees below zero.
1988 - Thunderstorms spawned five tornadoes in North Carolina during the early morning hours. A powerful tornado ripped through one of the most densely populated areas of Raleigh destroying hundreds of homes and damaging thousands more. The tornado killed four persons along its 83 mile track, and injured 154 others. Total damage was estimated at more than 77 million dollars.
1989 - The dry, hot Santa Ana wind sets off motion-sensitive burglar alarms all over Huntington Beach CA and causes a 30 foot pile of horse manure to spontaneously combust.
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1876 - A bridge over the Ashtabula River at Ashtabula OH collapsed a passenger train passed over. The train fell into the river and killed 92 people.
1896 - Havre, MT reached 51 degrees below zero. Because of a strong high pressure system temperatures had averaged 15 to 20 degrees below normal for the month in Montana and the Dakotas.
1921 - Worcester MA area especially hit by a major ice storm that affected Central New England. Trees and wires were downed over a wide area. Millions of dollars in damage was reported.
1954 - 12 inches of rain fell in 24 hours over western Oahu in Hawaii as heavy thunderstorms caused extensive flooding.
1969 - On the New Jersey turnpike dense fog caused a chain reaction of wrecks during the morning rush hour. A propane truck jacknifed and was struck by a trailer truck causing an explosion which killed 6 people.
1975 - Red River, NM is buried under 34 inches of snow in 24 hours which establishes a state record.
1985 - Bismark ND plunged to 30 degrees below zero to establish their record low for the month of November. The high for the day was 4 degrees below zero.
1988 - Alta, Utah receives nine inches of snow which brought their total for November to 164 inches which passed their previous record of 144 inches for November.
1991 - An F4 tornado tracked for 10 miles from Nixa to Springfield, MO killing 2, injuring 64 and doing over $15 million in damages.
1998 - The morning low in Rochester MN of 54 degrees was actually higher than the previous record high for the date. The temperature would reach 62 degrees during the day, smashing the old record of 53.) Confused?
1876 - A bridge over the Ashtabula River at Ashtabula OH collapsed a passenger train passed over. The train fell into the river and killed 92 people.
1896 - Havre, MT reached 51 degrees below zero. Because of a strong high pressure system temperatures had averaged 15 to 20 degrees below normal for the month in Montana and the Dakotas.
1921 - Worcester MA area especially hit by a major ice storm that affected Central New England. Trees and wires were downed over a wide area. Millions of dollars in damage was reported.
1954 - 12 inches of rain fell in 24 hours over western Oahu in Hawaii as heavy thunderstorms caused extensive flooding.
1969 - On the New Jersey turnpike dense fog caused a chain reaction of wrecks during the morning rush hour. A propane truck jacknifed and was struck by a trailer truck causing an explosion which killed 6 people.
1975 - Red River, NM is buried under 34 inches of snow in 24 hours which establishes a state record.
1985 - Bismark ND plunged to 30 degrees below zero to establish their record low for the month of November. The high for the day was 4 degrees below zero.
1988 - Alta, Utah receives nine inches of snow which brought their total for November to 164 inches which passed their previous record of 144 inches for November.
1991 - An F4 tornado tracked for 10 miles from Nixa to Springfield, MO killing 2, injuring 64 and doing over $15 million in damages.
1998 - The morning low in Rochester MN of 54 degrees was actually higher than the previous record high for the date. The temperature would reach 62 degrees during the day, smashing the old record of 53.) Confused?
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