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Today in Weather History
1984: A fast moving blizzard pounded the northeast and east central with light snow and raging winds. Snow amounts were generally less than 2 inches regionwide. As the storm progressed, temperatures dropped thirty degrees in three hours as winds gusted to 70 mph. Fierce winds struck quickly, plummeting visibilities to zero and making travel difficult in a matter of minutes. No travel was advised across much of the area. Hundreds of travelers became stranded in the white-out and the highway crews were pulled of the road to wait for decreasing winds. There were also some spotty power outages.
1961: Powerful low pressure just off the east coast socked New England with blizzard conditions. Winds to 96 mph (in Massachusetts) swept snow into drifts 15 feet deep. 73 people were killed, and New York City was buried under 22 inches of snow.
1995: The only significant storm in the winter of 1994-95 hit New England dropping over 20 inches of snow with wind chill temperatures plummeting to -40.
2011: Three to seven inches of snow fell on northeastern Texas, including 5" at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington two days before the Super Bowl. Also, The Mexican state of Chihuahua saw record cold temperatures of 0F, leading to six deaths, massive power outages, airport closures, and 35 animal deaths at a zoo.
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