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National Weather Person Day 2009

February 5th, 2009 · No Comments

February 5th is National Weatherman’s Day which honors, meteorologist and weatherpersons who work hard to try and accurately predict the often fickle weather. Despite major technological advances and supercomputers, forecasting the weather is still a tricky, and ever changing business. Sometimes the criticism is more challenging than the forecast. We get used to it. Weather [...]

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Today in U.S. Weather History – Feb. 5

February 5th, 2009 · No Comments

On this day in U.S. weather history .. 1887 – San Francisco experienced its greatest snowstorm of record. Nearly four inches was reported in downtown San Francisco, and the western hills of the city received seven inches. Excited crowds went on a snowball throwing rampage. (David Ludlum) 1987 – Thunderstorms in the Southern Plains Region [...]

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Today in Western New York Weather History – Feb. 5

February 5th, 2009 · No Comments

On this day in Western New York weather history … 2000 – Synoptic snows fell across the entire region however over the higher elevations of the Tug Hill Plateau, snow amounts reaches six to ten inches. 2003 – 4TH-6TH…Lake effect snow squalls began late on the fourth following a frontal passage. The activity was focused [...]

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Today in Erie, PA Weather History – Feb. 5

February 5th, 2009 · No Comments

On this day in Erie, PA weather history … 1895 – First day of four consecutive days with below zero temperatures. 1960 – First day of 33 consecutive days with precipitation. Sources: Erie, PA weather information from the National Weather Service in Cleveland, OH. Sphere: Related Content Bookmark to: Hide Sites $$(‘div.d1461′).each( function(e) { e.visualEffect(‘slide_up’,{duration:0.5}) [...]

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Tags: Climatology · Erie Weather · Erie Weather Records · Misc Weather · Weather History · Weather Records