On This Date In California Weather History....
2007: Three inches of snow fell in Yucaipa.
One inch fell in Highland and Redlands.
Trace amounts of snow fell as low as 500 feet in elevation in the Inland Empire.
2000: A funnel cloud was observed 12 miles west of Mission Beach.
1997: A storm that started on this day and ended on 1.13 gave the coastal areas and valleys one to three inches of rainfall.
Snow continued in the mountains and as of 1.15, 18 inches of snow had fallen at Mt. Laguna.
Generally 18 inches to three feet of snow was reported above 2500 feet.
The ski resort at Snow Valley remained open until 5.18, the latest in its 78 year history.
Dime size hail up to one foot deep covered a small area in Buena Park and Cypress.
13 illegal immigrants died from exposure near Pine Valley.
On this day a waterspout was reported two miles southwest of Lindbergh Field - San Diego and came ashore as a tornado at Shelter Island, causing damage to the resort.
1993: Wind gust of 80 mph at Wheeler Ridge (Kern County near the Grapevine).
1993: A very wet series of storms that began on 1.6 and ended on 1.18 produced 20 to 50 inches of precipitation in the mountains and up to 12 inches at lower elevations over a two week period.
It was one of the longest periods of consecutive days of rain on record (13) and measurable rain fell nearly every day from 1.2 to 1.19.
Flooding and flash flooding, mud slides, etc., resulted.
1987: Waves of six to nine feet with sets up to 12 feet hit the coast.
One suspected drowning occurred and an 11 foot boat was swamped at Channel Islands Harbor.
1985: Potent north to northeast winds blew in the Sierra.
Wind gusts reached 80 mph near the crest and numerous trees were blown down in Yosemite National Park.
1949: It was 2° in Victorville, the third lowest temperature on record.
The lowest temperatures on record occurred a few days later: 0° on 1.16 and -1° on 1.17.
43 inches of snow fell at Palomar Mountain from 1.10 to 1.13, the greatest snowfall on record.
A strong offshore wind developed after a cold winter storm.
A 49 mph gust was observed in LA.
1930: Fresno recorded 2.5" of snow, the heaviest snowfall on record.
1917: The morning low at Lovelock, NV was -21.
1911: 41.0 inches of snow fell at Tahoe City, with 30.0 inches at Glenbrook, CA.
A total of 19.7 inches of snow fell at Reno, NV (the second largest 1-day total ever at Reno).
1882: A cold winter storm that started on this day and ended on 1.14 brought lots of snow to the lowlands.
15 inches of snow fell at San Bernardino.
Three feet of snow fell in Campo over four days.
Two to five inches fell in outlying San Diego, including four inches along Poway Grade, three inches at El Cajon and one inch in Poway.
Light snow fell in Del Mar.
Snow flakes fell, but did not stick at San Diego Lindbergh Field.
Birds and livestock were killed and telegraph lines were knocked down.
2.49 inches of precipitation fell in San Diego on this day, the tenth wettest calendar day on record and the second wettest January day.
This day was also remarkable in that low temperature records were set for both the minimum and maximum temperatures.
Source: NWS Hanford, Reno, & San Diego
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