Entries from February 2009
On this day in Western New York weather history …
1975 – Near record warmth (high temperature of 58 degrees) was accompanied by high winds and thunderstorms. A small tornado touched down on Five Mile Road in Allegany county. Five mobile homes were destroyed and six damaged.
2001 – [...]
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On this day in Erie, PA weather history …
1926 – 64 mph winds caused damage across the area.
1961 – 24 hour rainfall of 2.16″ came to an end..
Sources: Erie, PA weather information from the National Weather Service in Cleveland, OH. These were records as of 1996 there [...]
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On this day in U.S. weather history ..
1922 – The temperature at Los Angeles, CA, soared to 92 degrees to establish a record for the month of February. (David Ludlum)
1977 – Dust reduced visibilities from eastern Virginia through the southeastern states to Florida between the [...]
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On this day in Western New York weather history …
1990 – 24th-25th Intensifying low pressure over Indiana tracked east through Pennsylvania to Atlantic Coast and spread moisture across all of western and central New York. Snowfall amounts ranged from four to eight inches throughout the area. Arctic air crossing [...]
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On this day in Erie, PA weather history …
1916 – Snowfall of 9″
1961 – Total precipitation of 1.78″ as rain changed to snow, along with thunderstorms.
Sources: Erie, PA weather information from the National Weather Service in Cleveland, OH. These were records as of 1996 there could be some data [...]
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