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Weather History For February 19

1871
Professor Cleveland Abbe of the Signal Corps Service issued the first weather synopsis and forecasts along with warnings to mariners for the Great Lakes.
(Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1884
Severe thunderstorms spawned sixty tornadoes in the southeastern United States, killing more than 420 persons and causing three million dollars damage. Georgia and the Carolinas hardest were hit in the tornado outbreak.
(David Ludlum)
(Ref. Wilson Wx. More Information)

1888
A tornado struck Mount Vernon IL. The tornado killed at least sixteen persons along its 62-mile path.
(David Ludlum)

1903
The minimum temperature today was +4 °F in Washington, DC.
(Bob Ryan's 2002 Almanac)

1939
The maximum temperature today was +74 °F in Washington, DC.
(Bob Ryan's 2002 Almanac)

1954
High winds across the southern half of the Great Plains, gusting to 85 mph, caused the worst dust storms since the 1930s. Graders were needed in places to clear fence high dirt drifts.
(The Weather Channel)

1972
A huge coastal storm hit the mid-Atlantic, northeast into southwestern Quebec, Canada. Interior sections were especially hard-hit by heavy snows, including totals of 23 inches at Williamsport, PA and McHenry, MD. 20 inches fell at Syracuse, NY. Snowdrifts piled up to 20 feet in northeast Pennsylvania. Storm surges up to 4.5 feet and winds gusting over 80 mph along coastal Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine resulted in extensive property damage and tremendous beach erosion. 27 houses were destroyed and 3,000 damaged in Massachusetts alone. Winds in southwestern Quebec gusted to 50 mph with snowfall totals up to 14.6 inches.
(Ref. Wilson Wx. History)
Ref. (NWS Ranking for Storms between 1956 and 2011) This is the 21st Worst Snowstorm

1979
Wash. DC 3rd greatest snowstorm February 18-19, 18.7 inches snowThe Presidents Day Storm" was considered the worst storm in 57 years to strike Northern Virginia. Snow depths from the storm ranged from 6 to 8 inches southwest and southeast, 8 to 14 inches in the piedmont from south-central Virginia through central Virginia (Richmond reported 11 inches), and up to 20 inches over Northern Virginia. At times, snow was falling 2 to 3 inches per hour and temperatures were in the single digits to teens. Huge tractors and other farm machinery had been driven to the Mall in Washington, DC to protest for higher agricultural pricing. When the storm hit, the farmers used their equipment to help locals dig out of nearly two feet. Four deaths were attributed to heart attacks from stress due to overexertion during and after the storm, and 18 injuries occurred from falls on ice. Temperatures across the state were very cold (single digits in the north) when the snow began making the storm similar to the February 1899 storm. Even Norfolk got 7 inches before changing to rain and recorded nearly 13 inches of snow for the month.
(Ref. Virginia Weather History)
(Ref. Wilson Wx. History)
Ref. (NWS Ranking for Storms between 1956 and 2011) This is the 22nd Worst Snowstorm

1985
The 33 dense fog days reported to this date in Salt Lake City, UT was the worst in 54 years. The winter of 1930-31 saw 42 dense fog days.
(Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1987
A winter storm over the southern and central Rockies produced 28 inches of snow at Echo Lake CO, and two feet of snow at Gascon, NM and Los Alamos NM. Mora County, NM was declared a disaster area following the storm.
(The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1988
Showers and thunderstorms in the southeastern United States drenched Valdosta, GA with more than five inches of rain. The 24 hour rainfall total of 7.10 inches at Apalachicola FL more than doubled their previous 24 hour record for February.
(The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1989
An upper level weather disturbance brought heavy snow to parts of Nebraska, with six inches reported at Loup City and Surprise.
(The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1990
A moist Pacific storm worked its way into New Mexico and southern Colorado. Up to 36 inches of snow blanketed the Wolf Creek and Red Mountain passes of Southwest Colorado, and up to 15 inches of snow was reported around Trinidad. In New Mexico, the eastern slopes of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains were blanketed with 9 to 28 inches of snow, and 50 to 60 mph wind gusts were reported from Taos to Albuquerque.
(The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)


Tucson, AZ received 1 inch of snow. This is the fifth occurrence of measurable snow in one winter.
(Bob Ryan's 2002 Almanac)

1993
Intense snows caused by a "norlun" instability trough hit parts of Massachusetts. Chatham, MA picked up 20 inches of snow. For 3 hours, the snow fell at a rate of 4 inches per hour.
(Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1997
Unseasonably warm air occurred across much of the East. Some record highs for the date included: 64° at New York City, 63° at Newark, NJ and 56° at Bridgeport, CT. The Midwest also had mild weather, with highs in the 30s and 40s. Rapid snow melt and ice jams caused by the warm weather pushed some rivers out of their banks in Iowa, causing minor lowland flooding of farmland.
(Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

2004
A bombogenesis Nor'easter struck Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, Canada producing strong winds and snow depths as high as 3.3 feet.Blowing and drifting snow with winds gusting as high as 62 mph halted all transportation including snowplows, cut power, and closed schools and businesses. Nova Scotia issued their first "Code Black" emergency measure in history.
(Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

2012
FEBRUARY 19th - 20th The largest snowfall (5.2 Inches) in the mild winter of 2011-2012.Time the Precipitation started yesterday at 11:12 AM with a temperature of 40.1 °F Time the Precipitation ended at 01:30 AM on the 20th with a temperature of 32.7 °F Lowest temperature during snow was 32.4 °F during the heaviest snowfall period at 7:40 PM. Snowfall for 19th was 5.1 inches - water content 0.84 inches Snowfall for 20th was 0.1 inches - water content 0.01 inches Storm total was 5.2 inches - water content 0.85 inches The storm had very little sleet and some snow pellets and NO rain. Most intense snowfall was between 7 PM and 8 PM with 2.5 inches recorded in 1 hour. Snow depth at 7 AM of the 20th was 4.7 inches or rounded 5 inches on the ground.
(West Henrico Co. - Glen Allen Virginia Weather Center)
(Ref. NWS - Satellite Map Showing Area Impacted by Snowfall)

2013
February 19th - 24thThe 7th of the top 10 weather events of 2013 was a vast storm that brought snow from California to Maine, 12 inches on Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas. Up to 22 inches of snow piled up in Kansas, where Wichita measured its heaviest snowfall (14.2 inches) in 50 years. The storm also brought heavy rains to the Southeast.
(Ref.Weatherwise May/June 2013 page 15)

Weather history data courtesy of www.glenallenweather.com.