Meteorological events that happened on February 27th:1717What was perhaps the greatest snow in New England history occurred on this date. During a 10-day period, a series of 4 snowstorms dumped 3 feet of snow on Boston, MA…
Meteorological events that happened on January 29th:1780On the coldest morning of this winter season, the mercury dipped to -20° at Hartford, CT and -16° at New York City, NY. The New York Harbor was frozen for five…
Meteorological events that happened on January 12th:1882A cold winter storm that started on this day and ended on the 14th brought lots of snow to the lowlands across southern California. 15 inches of snow fell at San Bernardino. Three…
Meteorological events that happened on January 6th:1821A major snowstorm finally came to a close across the Mid-Atlantic States into southern New England. 18 inches of snow fell at Philadelphia, PA, 14 inches at New York City, NY and…
Meteorological events that happened on December 31st:1863The famous "New Year's Blizzard" swept across the Midwest. Temperatures dropped during the daytime from -8° to -24° in parts of Iowa.1880Record cold prevailed from the…
Meteorological events that happened on December 25th:1776A heavy snowstorm began to lash the East Coast from North Carolina to New York. The storm dumped about 2 feet of snow from Central Virginia to Central Maryland in a 24-hour…
Meteorological events that happened on December 16th:1811The area around New Madrid, MO was rocked by a powerful earthquake estimated at a magnitude 8.0 or greater on the Richter Scale. It was the first in a series of tremors…
Meteorological events that happened on December 6th:1886A great unprecedented snowstorm hit the southern range of the Appalachian Mountains dumping 42 inches of snow in three days. 33 inches fell at Asheville, NC with twice as much in the mountain…
Meteorological events that happened on December 2nd:1896An early season snow and ice storm struck the southeastern U.S. It produced 11 inches of snow at Charlotte, NC, and 6 inches at Atlanta, GA.1925A late season tropical cyclone caused…
Meteorological events that happened on November 24th:1812Southwesterly winds of hurricane force sank ships and unroofed buildings at Philadelphia, PA and New York City.1863The Union Army scored a major Civil War victory in the "Battle above…