This Date in Weather History for November 2,2012

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1743
Benjamin Franklin's "eclipse hurricane" unlocked the key to storm movement. Ben Franklin, at Philadelphia, PA was prevented from viewing a lunar eclipse in a northeast rainstorm, but his brother, who was in Boston, saw it, though the rain began an hour later.
1810
An early season winter storm produced 7 inches of snow in New York City.
1861
The Federal Expedition, the largest fleet of American warships assembled up to that time, sailed from Maryland to attack Confederate installations in South Carolina. Upon rounding the North Carolina capes it ran into a hurricane that sank two of the ships. The fleet otherwise survived and five days later captured Port Royal Sound, South Carolina.
1945
A major wind and rain storm hit Prince Rupert, British Columbia Canada. Coming after several days of snow in the mountains, the rain caused over 30 slides and washouts while trapping a train carrying 141 American soldiers for two days.
1946
A three day snowstorm was in progress at Denver, CO. By the time the storm was over, 30.4 inches of snow fell at downtown Denver and 31 inches at the former Stapleton International Airport. Snow fell for 70 hours and 46 minutes (from 4:22am MT on this date to 3:08am MT on the 4th). This is the second longest period of continuous precipitation on record and the second heaviest snowfall on record at that time for Denver. The 17.7 inches of snowfall from this date through the 3rd was the greatest 24-hour snowfall ever recorded during the month of November. Schools were closed and transportation was disrupted. Secondary roads in rural areas were blocked for 2 to 3 weeks after the storm and livestock looses were high. 2.03 inches of liquid precipitation was recorded. This exceeded the greatest amount ever recorded during the entire month of November breaking the previous monthly record of 1.95 inches set back in 1922.
1950
High pressure off the East Coast brought another day of record warmth from the Mid-Atlantic States into New England. Many locations recorded record highs for the month of November including: Boston, MA: 83°, Hartford, CT: 83°, New York (LaGuardia Airport), NY: 83°-Tied, Providence, RI: 81°, Milton, MA: 81°, Concord, NH: 80°, Worcester, MA: 79°, Bridgeport, CT: 77° and Burlington, VT: 75°-Tied.
Other record high temperatures for the date included: Baltimore, MD: 84°, Newark, NJ: 84°, Boston, MA: 83°, Norfolk, VA: 83°, Washington, D.C.: 83°, New York (Central Park), NY: 83°, Albany, NY: 82°, Wilmington, DE: 81°, Atlantic City, NJ: 81°, Philadelphia, PA: 81°, Allentown, PA: 80°, Harrisburg, PA: 79°, Avoca, PA: 78°, Williamsport, PA: 74°, Portland, ME: 73° and Caribou, ME: 63°.
1951
A large ridge of Canadian high pressure pushed a cold front into the southeast states southwest into northern Mexico bringing an early taste of winter. Many record lows were set including: Colorado Springs, CO: -8°, Lander, WY: -7°, Fargo, ND: -7°, Denver, CO: -6°, Pueblo, CO: -6°, Bismarck, ND: -5°, Alamosa, CO: -4°, Goodland, KS: -4°, Sheridan, WY: -2°, Rapid City, D: -2°, International Falls, MN: -2°, Cheyenne, WY: -1°, Scottsbluff, NE: -1°, Duluth, MN: -1°, St. Cloud, MN: -1°, Valentine, NE: 1°, North Platte, NE: 3°, Sioux Falls, SD: 5°, Grand Island, NE: 6°, Sioux City, IA: 7°, Norfolk, NE: 8°, Dodge City, KS: 8°, Dubuque, IA: 8°, Rochester, MN: 8°, Marquette, MI: 8°, Minneapolis, MN: 9°, Green Bay, WI: 9°, Lincoln, NE: 10°, Des Moines, IA: 10°, Waterloo, IA: 10°, Omaha, NE: 11°, La Crosse, WI: 11°, Madison, WI: 11°, Peoria, IL: 12°, Rockford, IL: 12°, Amarillo, TX: 13°, Milwaukee, WI: 13°, Moline, IL: 13°, Springfield, IL: 13°, Chicago, IL: 14°, Grand Junction, CO: 14°, Ste. St. Marie, MI: 14°, Concordia, KS: 15°, Columbia, MO: 15°, Springfield, MO: 15°, South Bend, IN: 15°, Indianapolis, IN: 16°, St. Louis, MO: 18°, Evansville, IN: 18°, Grand Rapids, MI: 18°, Muskegon, MI: 18°, Paducah, KY: 18°, Lubbock, TX: 19°, Flint, MI: 20, ° Alpena, MI: 20°-Tied, Louisville, KY: 22°, Detroit, MI: 22°-Tied, Tulsa, OK: 23°, Lexington, KY: 23°, Cincinnati, OH: 23°-Tied, Fort Smith, AR: 24°, Little Rock, AR: 25°, San Angelo, TX: 25°, Nashville, TN: 25°, Shreveport, LA: 26°, Memphis, TN: 26°, Abilene, TX: 27°, Wichita Falls, TX: 27°, Dallas, TX: 28°, Waco, TX: 28°, Huntsville, AL: 28°-Tied, Austin (Bergstrom), TX: 29°, Dallas (DFW), TX: 29°, Austin, TX: 30°, Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX: 31°, San Antonio, TX: 32°, Victoria, TX: 36°, Lake Charles, LA: 36°-Tied, Houston, TX: 37°, Galveston, TX: 41°, Corpus Christi, TX: 42° and Brownsville, TX: 43°-Tied.
1961
A large ridge of high pressure brought record autumn heat from the Great Lakes into the Southeast. Locations recording their all-time record high for November included: Augusta, GA: 90°, Columbia, SC: 90° and Atlanta, GA: 84°.
Other record highs for the date included: Tampa, FL: 88°, Macon, GA: 88°, Savannah, GA: 88°, Charleston, SC: 87°, Jacksonville, FL: 87°, Athens, GA: 86°, Columbus, GA: 86°, Charlotte, NC: 85°, Meridian, MS: 85°, Chattanooga, TN: 84°, Birmingham, AL: 84°, Huntsville, AL: 84°, Evansville, IN: 83°, Knoxville, TN: 83°, Memphis, TN: 83°, Nashville, TN: 83°, Oak Ridge, TN: 83°, Greenville-Spartanburg, SC: 83°, Little Rock, AR: 83°, Evansville, IN: 83°, Louisville, KY: 81°, Cincinnati, OH: 80°, St. Louis, MO: 80°, Springfield, IL: 80°, Indianapolis, IN: 78°, Chicago, IL: 77°, Columbus, OH: 77°-Tied, Dayton, OH: 77°-Tied, Fort Wayne, IN: 76°, Muskegon, MI: 76°, Rockford, IL: 76°, Toledo, OH: 76°-Tied, Green Bay, WI: 69° and Marquette, MI: 66°.
1966
A storm brought 18 inches of snow to Celia, KY in 24 hours. It tied the state 24-hour snowfall record first established at Bowling Green.
1971
A ridge along the east coast with upper level high pressure off the Florida coast brought record heat from parts of southern New England to the south. Locations recording their highest November temperature included: Mobile, AL: 87°-Tied and Sterling (Dulles Airport), VA: 84°-Tied.
Other locations reporting record highs for the date included: Jackson, MS: 88°, Montgomery, AL: 86°, Washington, D.C.: 85°, Tupelo, MS: 85°, Richmond, VA: 84°-Tied, Lynchburg, VA: 82°, Harrisburg, PA: 82°, Roanoke, VA: 82°-Tied, Asheville, NC: 80°, Williamsport, PA: 80°, Bristol, TN: 80°-Tied, Greensboro, NC: 80°-Tied, Cape Hatteras, NC: 78°-Tied, Syracuse, NY: 76°, Binghamton, NY: 74° and New York (Kennedy Airport), NY: 73°.
1972
A strong winter storm affected portions of central and eastern South Dakota. South central and east central sections of the state were hit with a heavy snow event while the southeast was coated with a layer of ice. Snow amounts of up to 20 inches blanketed the south central part of the state. The snow was quite wet and downed many trees and power lines. Some snow amounts included: Gregory, SD: 19.5 inches, Wewala, SD: 18 inches, and Platte, SD: 12 inches. Meanwhile a light, steady freezing rain deposited up to two inches of ice on trees, bushes, cars, and buildings in southeastern South Dakota.
1982
High pressure off the Delmarva Peninsula brought the Mississippi & Ohio Valley to the East Coast record high temperatures for the date including Meridian, MS: 86°, Williamsport, PA: 81°, Avoca, PA: 80°, Jackson, KY: 79°, Erie, PA: 78°, Youngstown, OH: 78°-Tied, Binghamton, NY: 77°, Columbus, OH: 77°-Tied and Syracuse, NY: 76°-Tied.
1987
More than a dozen cities, mostly in the Ohio Valley, reported record high temperatures for the date including: Memphis, TN: 84°, Fort Smith, AR: 84°-Tied, Paducah, KY: 83°-Tied, Nashville, TN: 83°-Tied, Louisville, KY: 82°, Cincinnati, OH: 81°, St. Louis, MO: 80°-Tied, Columbus, OH: 79°, Toledo, OH: 78°, Lexington, KY: 78°-Tied, Fort Wayne, IN: 77°, Dayton, OH: 77°-Tied and Mansfield, OH: 76°-Tied.
Showers and thundershowers over southern Florida, associated with a tropical depression, produced 4.77 inches of rain at Tavernier, located in the Upper Florida Keys.
1988
A very intense area of low pressure brought heavy rain, snow, and high winds, to parts of the northeastern U.S. Portland, ME established a record for November with 4.52 inches of rain in 24 hours, and winds along the coast of Maine gusted to 74 mph at Southwest Harbor. Heavy snow blanketed parts of northern Vermont and upstate New York, with 15 inches reported at Spruce Hill, NY.
1989
Squalls in the Upper Great Lakes Region the first 3 days of the month buried Ironwood, MI under 46 inches of snow, and produced 40 inches at Hurley, WI.
Midland-Odessa and El Paso, TX reported record low temperatures for the date with 22° and 28° respectively.
1991
Strong low pressure of 988 millibars or 29.18 inHg north of Lake Superior combined with high pressure over southern Canada brought record winter-like cold from parts of the Rockies into the Plains. Kimball, NE matched their record earliest below zero with -2°. Other daily record lows included: Alamosa, CO: -21°, Great Falls, MT: -16°, Casper, WY: -14°, Helena, MT: -13°, Lander, WY: -12°, Pueblo, CO: -10°, Cheyenne, WY: -7°, Scottsbluff, NE: -4°, Billings, MT: -2°, Sheridan, WY: -2°-Tied, Valentine, NE: -2°, North Platte, NE: 1°, Missoula, MT: 0°, Grand Island, NE: 4°, Dodge City, KS: 4°, Norfolk, NE: 5°, Concordia, KS: 8°, Lincoln, NE: 9°, Omaha, NE: 9°, Amarillo, TX: 10°, Kansas City, MO: 12°, Topeka, KS: 14°-Tied, Wichita, KS: 14°-Tied, Oklahoma City, OK: 19°, Lubbock, TX: 19°-Tied, Abilene, TX: 25°, Dallas (DFW), TX: 28° and Houston, TX: 34°.
1992
Another infamous November Great Lakes storm brought near-hurricane conditions to Minnesota's Lake Superior shoreline. 70 mph winds caused waves to crash over 130 foot walls along the shore.
1998
The Chikaskia River at Blackwell rose to a record crest of 34.40 feet, which is nearly five and a half feet above flood stage. This was in association with a 3 day flood event across northern and north-central Oklahoma, in which 16 river forecast points were above flood stage, with 17 counties affected. Unfortunately, one woman drowned when her car was swept off a highway near Aline.
2000
27.24 inches of rain fell at Hilo, HI beginning the previous date through this date; easily breaking their record for rainfall in a 24-hour period. The previous record was 22.30 inches set on February 19-20, 1979. 37 inches of rain fell at Kapapala Ranch on the big island of Hawaii. 22.25 inches of it occurred in just 6 hours. This just missed breaking the all-time 24-hour rainfall record for the state of 38 inches at Kilauea Sugar Plantation on Kauai in January 1956.
2001
An intense storm, dubbed Cyclone Manfred by the Deutscher Wetterdienst, began as rain then turned to heavy wet snow in Central Finland. 40,000 households lost power for up to 24 hours. The storm appeared to be one of the strongest depressions to ever hit Finland.
2004
A strong storm system and associated cold air resulted in measurable snow accumulations over the plains of southeastern New Mexico on the morning of Election Day. By mid morning, a band of heavy snow had developed from northern Lea County, eastward across the Texas South Plains. Snowfall totals between 4 to 6 inches were reported near Tatum