[californiadisasters] On This Date In CA Weather History (February 6)

On This Date In California Weather History....

2006: Santa Ana winds flared up on this day and on 2.7 and led to the Sierra Fire east of Orange.
It burned nearly 11,000 acres and caused eight minor injuries.

2001: Over a week of heavy snow started on this day and ended on 2.14.
The snowfall was called "most in a decade."
Five feet fell at Blue Jay and Mountain High, two feet at Snow Summit, and five to 12 inches at Apple Valley.
Mountain High reported 12 inches of new snow on this day.
The roof of an ice rink caved in at Blue Jay.

1999: A powerful winter storm brought strong winds to the eastern Sierra and western Nevada.
A wind gust of 105 mph was reported in south Reno.
In the Carson City and Reno areas roofs were damaged, power poles and fences were blown down, and large trees were uprooted.

1998: El Niño kicked into gear.
Heavy rain that started on this day and ended on 2.9 brought up to three inches of rainfall to Southern California.
Catastrophic and widespread flooding resulted, especially in Newport Beach and Irvine.
Lots of property damage occurred in southern Orange County.
Evacuations and swift water rescues were needed.
Landslides, mud slides, and sink holes occurred.
Roads, bridges, and railroads were damaged.

1998: A wind gust of 96 mph was clocked at the California Highway Patrol station at the base of the Grapevine, 25 miles southwest of Bakersfield.

1992: A series of many intense storms started on 2.5 and ended on 2.16.
The storms brought a total of 20+ inches of precipitation to the mountains and eight to16+ inches to lower elevations.
Two were killed in an avalanche at Mt. Baldy.
Flash flooding, mud slides, and road closures also occurred.

1989: Overall the coldest air mass ever in the state of California in February.
Lodgepole (Tulare Co.) dipped to 12 degrees below zero, its lowest February reading ever.

1989: It was 12° in Palomar Mountain (San Diego Co.), the lowest temperature on record for February.

1989: Fallon, NV, recorded a morning low of -27 (its all-time record low for the month of February).
South Lake Tahoe had a morning low of -26.

1987: Santa Ana winds hit San Diego County on this day and on 2.7.
Gusts up to 75 mph were recorded at Cuyamaca and Palomar Mountain areas.
Gusts to 60 mph hit Brown Field and Warner Springs, 40 mph in Julian and Valley Center.
35 mph gusts hit San Diego.
A plane flipped over at Brown Field.
Winds forced a sailboat into the rocks at Pt. Loma.
I-8 was closed for two hours in eastern San Diego County.
Trees, power lines and fences were downed, causing damage and power outages.
A highway sign fell on cars.
Record warm weather came to the coast: 82° at San Diego and 84° at Oceanside.

1976: Strong storm winds hit 64 mph at Palmdale.

1969: It snowed 24 inches in Big Bear Lake, the greatest daily amount on record for February.
This also occurred later in the same month on 2.19.1969.
This amount is also the third greatest daily amount on record.

1950: Heavy rain led to Chino Creek inundating Highway 71 from Corona to Ontario.

1937: 2.71 inches of rain fell in San Diego, the third wettest calendar day and the wettest February day on record.
2.90 inches of rain fell, beginning on this day and ending on 2.7, the greatest 24-hour amount for February on record. 2.60 inches fell in 12 hours.
For the storm, 8.20 inches fell in Descanso, 5.70 inches in Escondido. 4.25 inches fell in Long Beach, a 24 hour record. Flooding killed many.
The LA basin flooded in many communities.
Hodges Dam overtopped. Mountain snowmelt added to the flooding.

1905: Heavy rains from 2.4 to this day caused the San Diego River to run for the first time in six years. 4.23 inches fell in San Diego in 43 hours.

Source: NWS Hanford, Reno, & San Diego

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