The Accomack Storm on the Delmarva Peninsula was so strong, it changed the coastline.
1870
A Nor'easter blew across Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia Canada with heavy rain, strong winds and high seas. Damage to vessels, wharves, bridges and buildings were extensive.
1917
Record cold plagued areas from the Plains to the West Coast. The temperature at Soda Butte, WY plunged to -33°, a U.S. record for October. Other daily record lows included:
Wisdom, MT: -17°, Lander, WY: -14°, Colorado Springs, CO: -6°, Pueblo, CO: -4°, Goodland, KS: 1°, Cheyenne, WY: 2°, Scottsbluff, NE: 4°, Clayton, NM: 7°, Elko, NV: 8°, Rockford, IL: 8°, Dodge City, KS: 12°, Amarillo, TX: 15°, Grand Junction, CO: 16°, Lubbock, TX: 17°, Pendleton, OR: 18°, Winslow, AZ: 18°, Wichita, KS: 19°-Tied, Roswell, NM: 20°, Oklahoma City, OK: 22°-Tied, Abilene, TX: 26° and Eugene, OR: 27°.
Meanwhile, Fort Wayne, IN picked up 5.6 inches of snow.
1925
Record cold occurred from the northern Plains to the Southeast. Locations that reported record low temperatures for October included: Sioux Falls, SD: -5°, New Hampton, IA: 0° and Lancaster, WI: 3°.
Other locations reporting daily record lows included: Huron, SD: -6°, Aberdeen, SD: -5°, Sioux Falls, SD: -5°, Bismarck, ND: -3°, Grand Forks, ND: 5°, Sioux City, IA: 5°, Waterloo, IA: 6°, Norfolk, NE: 6°, St. Cloud, MN: 6°, Houghton Lake, MI: 7°, Grand Island, NE: 8°, Lincoln, NE: 9°, Des Moines, IA: 11°, Dubuque, IA: 12°, Omaha, NE: 12°, La Crosse, WI: 12°, Moline, IL: 12°, Duluth, MN: 13°, Madison, WI: 13°, Peoria, IL: 13°, Minneapolis, MN: 15°, Green Bay, WI: 15°, Albion, IN: 16°, Angola, IN: 16°, South Bend, IN: 16, Alpena, MI: 17, Ste. St. Marie, MI: 17, Mansfield, OH: 17, Warsaw, IN: 18°, Milwaukee, WI: 18°, Chicago, IL: 19°, Springfield, IL: 20°, Fort Wayne, IN: 20°, Flint, MI: 20°, Cincinnati, OH: 20°, Columbus, OH: 21°, Dayton, OH: 21°, Lexington, KY: 21-Tied, Kansas City, MO: 22, Indianapolis, IN: 22, Evansville, IN: 23, Louisville, KY: 23°, St. Louis, MO: 24°, Akron, OH: 25°, Cleveland, OH: 26°, Nashville, TN: 26°, Augusta, GA: 26° and Atlanta, GA: 30°-Tied.
1942
Berryville, AR was struck by an F4 tornado that killed 29 people and injured over 200. 137 buildings were destroyed and damage totaled a half million dollars. The tornado was their 3rd in 32 years.
1952
Canadian high pressure pushed a cold front extending from south Florida into northern Mexico. Locations from the upper Plains to Florida reported record cold. Locations that reported record October lows included: Austin, MN: 10°, Decorah, IA: 10°, Osage, IA: 12° and Lynxville, WI: 18°.
Other locations that reported record lows for the date included: Springfield, IL: 17°, Topeka, KS: 20°-Tied, Springfield, MO: 21°, Evansville, IN: 21°, Fort Smith, AR: 22°, Indianapolis, IN: 22°-Tied, Paducah, KY: 23°, Toledo, OH: 23°-Tied, St. Louis, MO: 24°-Tied, Memphis, TN: 25°, Oak Ridge, TN: 26°, Meridian, MS: 27°, Chattanooga, TN: 27°, Birmingham, AL: 27°-Tied, Athens, GA: 28°, Tupelo, MS: 30°, Shreveport, LA: 31°, Savannah, GA: 33°, Baton Rouge, LA: 33°, Lake Charles, LA: 38°, New Orleans, LA: 39° and Orlando, FL: 47°.
1956
A violent tornado, or series of tornadoes, moved along a path more than 100 miles in length from south of North Platte, NE into Rock County, NE. It was an unusually late occurrence so far north.
1959
800 villagers in the tiny town of Minatitlan, Mexico were buried by a massive mudslide. Many others died from snakebites and scorpions that were unearthed by the slide.
1965
This was the last day of record heat across parts of the west. Record highs included:
Palm Springs, CA: 102°, Sacramento, CA: 82°, Palomar Mountain, CA: 81°, Ely, NV: 71° and Spokane, WA: 66°-Tied.
1971
A deep upper level trough out west controlled areas from the Rockies to the West Coast bringing record cold. It was 10° in Big Bear Lake, tying their lowest temperature on record for October. It was 11° in Idyllwild and 18° in Palomar Mountain, each the lowest temperature on record for October.
Other daily record lows included: Boulder, MT: -10°, Bozeman, MT: -2°, Helena, MT: -1°, Casper, WY: -1°, Sheridan, WY: 1°, Ely, NV: 1°, Great Falls, MT: 3°, Billings, MT: 3°, Kalispell, MT: 5°, Reno, NV: 8°, Burns, OR: 9°, Flagstaff, AZ: 9°, Big Bear Lake, CA: 10°, Pocatello, ID: 10°, Boise, ID: 11°, Yakima, WA: 11°, Spokane, WA: 13°, Lewiston, ID: 16°, Rapid City, SD: 17°, Salt Lake City, IT: 18°, Medford, OR: 18°, Bishop, CA: 20°-Tied, Eugene, OR: 22°, Victorville, CA: 23°, Salem, OR: 23°, Santa Maria, CA: 26°, Portland, OR: 26°, Quillayute, WA: 26°, Astoria, OR: 27°, Fresno, CA: 29°, Las Vegas, NV: 30°, Seattle, WA: 31°-Tied, Eureka, CA: 32°, Borrego Springs, CA: 36°, Sacramento, CA: 36°, Stockton, CA: 36°, Santa Ana, CA: 37°, Palm Springs, CA: 39°, Yuma, AZ: 39°, Phoenix, AZ: 40°, Long Beach, CA: 40°, San Diego, CA: 45°, Los Angeles (Airport), CA: 45° and Downtown Los Angeles, CA: 45°.
1985
Hurricane Juan, a rather large category 1 storm, meandered on near the Louisiana coast until the 31st when it finally made landfall on the Alabama coast. The slow movement of the storm resulted in excessive rains in Louisiana with many places receiving over 10 inches. Galliano, LA checked in with a storm total of 17.73 inches. Inland flooding combined with an 8 foot storm surge resulted in damage well over $500 million dollars.
1987
Severe thunderstorms in Arizona produced wind gusts to 86 mph at the Glendale Airport near Phoenix, baseball size hail and 70 mph winds at Wickenburg, and up to an inch of rain in 15 minutes in Yavapai County and northwest Maricopa County. Arizona Public Service alone reported $2.5 million dollars damage from the storms.
1989
Thunderstorms developing along a cold front produced severe weather in Oklahoma and north central Texas during the late afternoon and evening hours. Thunderstorms in Oklahoma produced weak tornadoes near Snyder and Davidson, and produced hail 2 inches in diameter at Altus. Large hail damaged 60% to 80% of the cotton crop in Tillman County, Oklahoma.
1991Bismarck, ND set their October snowfall record as 15.9 inches of snow fell through this date, bringing the total for the month to 23.5 inches. A deep upper level trough behind a frontal boundary brought record low temperatures for the date including:
Chinook, MT: -24°, Havre, MT: -21°, Conrad, MT: -16°, Chester, MT: -15°, Valentine, MT: -15°, Cut Bank, MT: -14°, Stanford, MT: -11°, Butte, MT: -9°, Great Falls, MT: -5°, Sheridan, WY: -4°, Glasgow, MT: -2°, Helena, MT: -2°, Miles City, MT: -2°, Billings, MT: 1°, Rapid City, SD: 1°, Scottsbluff, NE: 3°, Valentine, NE: 5°-Tied, Burns, OR: 6° and Denver, CO: 7° with a record low maximum of 21°.
1996
A fast moving squall line producing wind gusts of 50 to 80 mph across parts of northern and central Illinois. The storms downed power lines and trees, which in turn damaged buildings that they fell on. The highest wind gusts were recorded in northeastern Illinois, with a reading of 80 mph at McHenry, 80 mph at Chicago Heights, 79 mph at Carpentersville, 68 mph on the west side of Chicago, 65 mph at Plano, 61 mph at O’Hare Airport, 60 mph at Yorkville and 60 mph at Orlan Park.
Further west, a windstorm blasted parts of the Colorado Rockies. Trees and power lines were downed and glass from several windshields were blown out. Property damage ran into the millions of dollars. The highest reported gusts were: Broomfield, CO: 101 mph, Golden Gate Canyon, CO: 100 mph, Coal Creek Canyon, CO: 96 mph, Boulder, CO: 87 mph and Denver International Airport: 43 mph. Insured damage totaled $5.2 million dollars.
1999
A Super Cyclone, the worst in the history of India, lashed the State of Orissa. Winds were clocked at 160 mph and torrential rains followed by a storm surge that reached as high as 33 feet pummeled the entire coastal region. 20,000 people and 700,000 cattle died, 90 million trees were uprooted or damaged, and 20 million people were left homeless. Estimated property damages exceeded $1.35 billion U.S. dollars.
2000New York City, NY picked up a trace of snow, their first October snowfall since 1979.
2005
Boston, MA recorded 1.1 inches of snow for its greatest October snowfall. Up to 3 inches fell along coast just to the northeast at Gloucester and Rockport.
Tropical Storm Beta reached hurricane status just after midnight as sustained winds reached 75 mph. With the hurricane status, Beta became the 13th hurricane to develop in the Atlantic Basin. This broke the record of 12 hurricanes from the year 1969.
2006
A fierce windstorm crossed Quebec leaving 49,000 homes and businesses without power. Wind speeds reached 50 mph in Montreal, and 60 mph along the Hydro-Quebec power system.
Super Typhoon Cimaron struck the northern Luzon in the Philippines with 125 mph winds and torrential rainfall. The typhoon was the most powerful to strike the island chain since 1998.
2007
One of the largest severe weather outbreaks on record in interior central California occurred during the afternoon and evening hours. An upper level low moving inland across Central California interacted with a surge of tropical moisture, triggering thunderstorms that produced hail in many places as large as one inch in diameter and gusty winds as well as locally drenching rains. Hardest hit was the northwest side of the City of Fresno where rainfall totals of one to two inches were reported and a number of streets flooded quickly during the evening rush hour resulting in a number of stalled vehicles. Nearly four hours after the thunderstorms had ended some streets in Northwest Fresno were still covered with several feet of water. In addition, hail ranging from ¾ of an inch to an inch in diameter fell. The combination of the heavy rain and hail resulted in the collapse of the roof on 80,000 square foot warehouse. Thunderstorm winds also knocked out power to 18,000 customers in Fresno. In Tulare County, two houses had trees fall on them causing damage in Visalia and about 200 boats were damaged at a boat dock on Lake Kaweah. Downed trees were reported in the valley from Merced County to Tulare County and eastward into the Sierra Nevada at Yosemite and Sequoia National Parks.
2011
At least 24 cities in the Northeast have had at least the daily snowfall record for October 29 or October 30 from this storm and some cities had set multiple records including record daily snowfall for any day in October, record snowfall for the month of October, first time with over an inch of snow in October and record cold highs.
So with that being said, there's only one way to describe this October snowstorm -- historic. Records for the month of October have been shattered across the Northeast. Below we have the snow totals from this storm along with some of the new records set from the Mid-Atlantic to New England. Some spots have seen an astonishing, by October standards, 1 to 2+ feet of snow!
These are just some of the noteworthy records (there are many more) set across the Northeast from this historic snowstorm. Outside of Worcester, which typically sees its first measurable snow (0.1" or more) on November 17, most of these cities do not typically see their first measurable snow until another month to month and a half from now!
Hartford, CT - 12.3" on Saturday (Storm total: 20.3") crushed the previous single day record snow total in October of 1.7" set on October 10, 1979.
Worcester, MA - 11.4" (Storm total: 14.6") on Saturday beats the previous single day record snow total in October of 7.5" set on October 10, 1979.
Newark, NJ - 5.2" on Saturday was the most snow ever recorded on any October day in history. This is also only the second time with measurable snow in October. The last time measurable snow occurred was when just .3" fell on October 22, 1952.
New York, NY (Central Park) - 2.9" on Saturday is the only time in October history that an inch or more of snow has been recorded during the month. This is also just the 4th time in history with measurable snow during the month.
Allentown, PA - 6.8" on Saturday is the largest October snowstorm in history and just the 6th time in history with measurable snow in October.
Harrisburg, PA - 5.5" on Saturday is the largest October snowstorm in history and just the 5th time since 1889 that measurable snow has been recorded in October.
Peru, MA - Received 32", which is the biggest snow total from this storm as of early Sunday morning.
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