1899: While most of the nation suffered during a severe cold wave, San Francisco reached 80 degrees setting a record high temperature.

1979: The winter of 1978-79 was the coldest winter on record in the United States. New York recorded it coldest official temperature ever with a reading of -52 at Old Forge.

1979: The Presidents' Day Storm socked the mid-Atlantic with about two feet of snow. Totals included 25 inches in Dover, DE, 20 inches in Baltimore, and 19 inches in Washington, DC.

1971: Rain started in the afternoon of the 18th and by the late in the day, temperatures dropped to below freezing resulting in a glaze up to three quarters of an inch on trees and power lines. Many utility lines were downed by the glaze or by falling trees and branches. Temperatures continued to drop during the night changing the rain to snow by the 19th. Strong winds accompanied this snow causing local blizzard conditions.