On This Date In California Weather History...
2004: Potent winds blew across the San Joaquin Valley, with gusts up to 70 mph along the west side of the Valley.
Over three dozen power poles fell alone in Easton and several were knocked down in Madera.
1988: A dying subtropical storm system dropped four inches of rain in the mountains of San Diego County.
More than four inches fell in Imperial Beach in 24 hours and 3.71 inches in 8 hrs.
1.5 inches fell in Chula Vista, 1.25 inches fell in San Diego and less than an inch fell in other parts of San Diego County.
Standing water was five feet deep in some intersections.
Some homes were flooded with three to six feet of water.
$0.5 million in damage occurred. 50 homes in Imperial Beach were flooded.
30 families were displaced by flooded homes.
Power outages and road closures also resulted.
1987: Five to six foot waves hit the coast.
Large surf inundated Seacoast Dr. in Imperial Beach.
A man and his son were swept off Sunset Cliffs and died.
1985: Up to two inches of snow fell in Palm Springs.
1983: A winter storm dropped 8 inches of snow on Frazier Park, 4 to 5 inches at Lebec, and 3 inches at Mojave.
1979: 56 inches of snow fell in Big Bear Lake from 1.31 to this day, the greatest storm snowfall on record.
1975: 18.0 inches of snow fell at Donner Memorial State Park.
1972: South Lake Tahoe had a morning low of -11.
1953: It was 79° in Idyllwild, the highest temperature on record for February.
1873: A snowstorm that started on 1.30 and ended on 2.3 piled up 44 inches at Grass Valley – Lake Arrowhead.
On this day 30 inches of snow fell.
Source: NWS Hanford, Reno, & San Diego
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