This Date in Weather History

On March 3, 1994, a major storm belted the region; as much as 30” of snow buried parts of central PA. This intense storm resulted in the establishment of many seasonal snowfall records in the region. The snow was accompanied by frequent thunder and lightning in some locations. A snow avalanche buried 5 cars under 20 feet of snow, trapping the occupants for 28 hours before rescue in the Pennsylvania Mountains of Clinton County. 28" of snow fell at State College PA; 24" at Lock Haven, PA. 

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The morning of March 2, 1975 dawned warm and humid across Georgia. As the day wore on in Atlanta temperatures continued to climb, meanwhile across the Mississippi Valley a strong cold front was heading eastward. As that system gathered momentum and pushed into the warmer weather a strong line of severe thunderstorms erupted across Alabama. By afternoon violent weather was approaching Atlanta and tornadoes developed.

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In late February 2007 arctic cold had most of the western half of nation in its’ grip at the same time warm and humid weather covered the eastern states. It was a classic set up of a clash of air masses that resulted in a violent weather outcome.

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You might think that the weather record books aren’t very full for a leap year day. After all it only happens every 4 years. But that’s not the case. February 29th occurs in the heart of the winter and the records are full of extremes.

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On February 28, 1994 an arctic air mass settled in over Washington, Oregon and Idaho. Record cold gripped the region. Burns Oregon recorded a low temperature of 22 below zero smashing the old record of 2 above. In Pocatello, ID the mercury reached 17 below, another record.

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When storms strike in the rainy, winter season in Hawaii from December to February, snow and ice can accumulate on the mountains and even though the snow doesn’t stay around too long it can certainly keep those peaks white. Such a winter event occurred of February 27, 1997, when several inches of snow fell on the summits of Mauna Kea, Mauna Loa and Haleakala.

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A storm churning up the Atlantic seaboard dumped several feet of snow across New England on February 26, 1645. With little help to clean or for that matter pack down the snow it was reported that travel was virtually impossible for 3 weeks. Courts and public meetings were suspended to almost the end of March.

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From the morning of February 25, 1961 until the next day sheets of rain pounded the Montreal area, at the same time cold air hugged the lowest several thousand feet of the atmosphere, and the result was one of the worst ice storms to strike North America.  Many homes had no heat for more than a week. Water lines were impacted as well and many suburban areas were unable to get water because of the lack of power. Government authorities set up shelters in area schools to house thousands of people who had no heat, water or communication.

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In February 1969 artic cold had been holding New England in its grip for most of the month and a series of storms had brought snow all across the region. In some places 1-3 feet of snow had already been reported in the first 3 and a half weeks of the month. It was only the beginning. On February 24, 1969 at 1:35am snow began in Boston. The snow continued, almost without let up for 5 days. By the time the snow ended just after noontime on February 28 26.3” was measured at Boston’s Logan airport right along the water. But much heavier amounts were recorded just inland, from areas in Boston, like Roxbury to places like Malden and also Lexington and Concord of Revolutionary war fame, the storm brought 40-50” of the white stuff. 77” was recorded at Pinkham Notch in New Hampshire, bringing the February snowfall total to 130” and the total snow depth to 164”. It took New Englanders the better part of the next week to dig out from the great 5-day snowstorm.

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On February 23, 1802 a great snowstorm raged across New England, by nightfall when the snow stopped flying, drifts in places near Boston piled up to 4 feet high. People were left to fend for themselves to dig out of places which efforts took nearly a week. This eventually led to the development of snow-removal practices. Before the mid-1800s, there wasn’t really any effort to get snow off roads. Before 1862, people didn’t use snow plows, they used snow rollers. The way people travelled through snow was by attaching skis to their horse-drawn carts and carriages. Snow rollers were huge, horse-drawn wheels that would flatten out the snow, making it easier for the carts with skis to move through the winter roads. But by the mid-19th century, as cities were rapidly growing in population, city streets needed to be entirely clear of snow for the business of the city to continue. And with this, came snow plows, first used by the city of Milwaukee in 1862. Early snow plows were horse-drawn, and would deposit the compacted snow in huge piles on the city’s streets and sidewalks.

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