On This Date In California Weather History....
2007: Offshore winds started on this day and continued peaking each morning until 1.8.
Winds gusted to 84 mph at Fremont Canyon, 64 mph at Rancho Cucamonga, 63 mph at El Cariso, 62 mph at Rialto and 55 mph at Ontario.
Downed power poles, tree limbs resulted.
Trees fell on to homes and cars in Lake Arrowhead.
2003: Mono Winds developed bringing gusts as high as 106 mph to ski towers in the Sierra.
2000: Santa Ana winds started on this day and ended on 1.6.
Wind gusts of 93 mph were recorded at Fremont Canyon, 60 mph in Ontario and 58 mph in Devore.
Interstate 15 was closed.
1997: Storm winds on this day and on 1.6 produced a gust of 99 mph at Fremont Canyon and 58 mph elsewhere.
1992: A storm that started on this day and ended on 1.7 brought one to two inches of rainfall to the lower elevations.
Six to 20 inches of snow fell in the mountains and two to eight inches fell in the foothills and high desert floors.
Flooding and mud slides resulted.
1987: Heavy rain and snow from a powerful Pacific storm that started on 1.4 and ended on this day produced one to two plus inches of rainfall in the northern Inland Empire.
2.20 inches fell at Chino.
Lots of street flooding occurred, including road washouts in the high desert.
Up to 15 inches of snow fell in the San Bernardino Mountains. 1.68 inches fell at San Diego, Cuyamaca Park 2.73 inches, Julian 2.59 inches, Lemon Grove 1.52 inches, National City 1.40 inches, El Cajon 1.34 inches, Escondido 1.30 inches, Coronado 0.95 inch and Del Mar 0.80 inch.
Two died on slick roads in San Diego County.
The San Diego River flooded Mission Valley, stranding cars and closing roads, including Friars Rd.
Lots of street flooding in Pacific Beach, Sorrento Valley and Spring Valley near the Sweetwater River.
Sewage spilled into Mission Bay.
Road washouts occurred in the high desert.
Scattered power outages also resulted.
Mud slides occurred on the Sunrise Highway.
A mud slide in Pomona blocked traffic on the 60 freeway.
1982: Biggest 24 hour snowfall ever at Yosemite Valley, 29.5" fell.
1979: A waterspout came ashore and became a tornado at Mission Beach.
Several boats were tossed and damaged.
A catamaran was tossed 50 feet on to the boardwalk, damaging it.
1974: Heavy rain and snow began on 1.3 and ended on this day.
One drowning death occurred near Temecula.
Many highways were closed because of flooding and mud slides.
Over 18 inches of snow fell in the San Bernardino Mountains.
As a result, structures and a few roofs collapsed due to the weight of snow.
Power lines and trees snapped.
It snowed 17 inches in Victorville, the greatest daily snowfall amount on record.
18 inches fell in Idyllwild, the greatest daily snowfall on record for January, and the third greatest snowfall on record.
1974: Greatest snowfall ever at China Lake NAS: 11.0" fell.
1971: It was 1° at Idyllwild, the lowest temperature on record.
It was 20° in Borrego Springs, the lowest temperature on record.
1971: Portola had a morning low of -14.
1959: A big winter storm that began on 1.4 ended on this day.
Roof damage occurred and animals were killed in San
Diego. Considerable property damage resulted from flooding and mud slides.
Rattlesnake Creek in Poway inundated the city.
1955: High surf from a big storm hit the coast on 1.4 and on this day.
Coastal damage occurred in San Diego and Orange Counties.
Boats and harbors were damaged.
1910: The morning low temperature at Lovelock, NV, was -17.
Source: NWS Hanford, Reno, & San Diego
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