Thursday,  Feb. 13, 2014 • Vol. 16--No. 212 • 12 of 38

Today in Weather History

1905: On this date in weather history, record low temperatures occurred across northeast South Dakota and west central Minnesota with lows in the 30s below zero. Sisseton, Aberdeen, and Watertown all had record lows. Sisseton fell to 31 degrees below zero, Watertown fell to 35 degrees below zero, and Aberdeen fell to 36 degrees below zero in 1905. In central South Dakota, Kennebec fell to 34 degrees below zero.

1958: Snow blanketed northern Florida, with Tallahassee reporting a record 2.8 inches. A ship in the Gulf of Mexico 25 miles south of Fort Morgan, AL reported zero visibility in heavy snow during the afternoon.

1989:
Unseasonably mild weather prevailed across Alaska. Morning lows of 29 degrees at Anchorage and 31 degrees at Fairbanks were actually warmer than those in northern Florida.

2007: A ten day stretch of lake effect snow squalls in upstate New York finally came to an end. Snowfall totals included 141 inches at Redfield and 121 inches at Parish.

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