Portal:Weather/On this day list/January

January 1

1970: The most destructive tornado in Australian history struck Bulahdelah, New South Wales.

January 2

1999: A blizzard brought up to 18.6 inches (47 cm) of snow to Chicago, its largest one-day snowfall total on record. The storm would bring heavy snow and record low temperatures to a large portion of the Midwestern United States and southern Canada over the next several days.

January 3

1999: A blizzard began dropping snow on the Midwestern United States, eventually disrupting travel and causing record low temperatures from Illinois to Ontario and Quebec.

January 4

1841: The steamship SS Thames wrecked in a severe winter storm in the Isles of Scilly southwest of Cornwall, England, killing 61 of the 65 passengers.

January 5

2004: Cyclone Heta reached peak intensity near the island of Niue.

January 6

2005: Tropical Storm Zeta finally dissipated over the open Atlantic Ocean, several days after it was forecast to diminish. It was the final storm of the hyperactive 2005 Atlantic hurricane season.

January 7

1987: A major cold snap began in the United Kingdom and Ireland, bringing temperatures as low as −23.3 °C (−9.9 °F) and up to 75 centimetres (30 in) of snow.

January 8

1988: Typhoon Roy passed near Majuro atoll, Marshall Islands, causing moderate damage across the island chain and killing one person.

January 9

1880: The Great Gale of 1880 struck the Pacific Northwest.

January 10

1998: A crippling ice storm came to an end after four days of freezing rain across parts of the Northeastern United States and southeastern Canada, resulting in more than $5 billion (USD) in damage from up to 5 inches (13 cm) of ice accumulation.

January 11

2011: A deadly series of floods and mudslides began in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro, killing more than 900 people.

January 12

1888: The Schoolhouse Blizzard resulted in the deaths of 236 people in the northern Great Plains.

January 13

2003: Cyclone Ami, one of the worst tropical cyclones to ever strike Fiji, made landfall on Vanua Levu and Taveuni, killing 12 people.

January 14

2007: European windstorm Per struck parts of Scandinavia, killing six people.

January 15

1968: A major extratropical storm struck the northern United Kingdom, bringing winds of up to 134 miles per hour (216 km/h) that damaged more than 70,000 homes in Glasgow alone. At least 28 people were killed.

January 16

1362: An unprecedented storm surge in the Netherlands resulted in Grote Mandrenke, Dutch for "Great Drowning of Men": at least 25,000 people were killed.

January 17

1985: Cyclone Eric made landfall on Viti Levu, Fiji, followed less than two days later by Cyclone Nigel. The two storms together killed 25 people on the island.

January 18

2017: An avalanche destroyed a hotel in the town of Farindola in the Province of Pescara, Italy, killing 29 people.

January 19

2007: European windstorm Kyrill moved over the Baltic Sea towards northern Russia, after leaving a path of destruction from winds greater than 200 kilometres per hour (120 mph) across northern Europe. At least 44 people were killed.

January 20

1910: The Seine river overflowed its banks, marking the beginning of the Great Flood of Paris.

January 21

2009: In the early morning, Cyclone Fanele struck the east coast of Madagascar, killing 10 people.

January 22

2012: Cyclone Dina passed just 65 kilometres (40 mi) from Réunion, bringing winds of at least 170 mph (270 km/h) and record flooding to the island. As much as 2,102 millimetres (82.8 in) of rain fell in just 3 days.

January 23

2005: Cyclone Ernest made landfall at Itampolo, Madagascar, killing 78 people.

January 24

1967: A rare winter tornado outbreak affected the area around Saint Louis, Missouri, killing 3 people. The next day, thunderstorms produced sleet, freezing rain, and snow in the same areas.

January 25

2009: An avalanche killed 11 hikers in Gümüşhane Province, Turkey.

January 26

1980: Cyclone Hyacinthe dropped 1,095 millimetres (43.1 in) of rain in just 12 hours on Réunion, part of a historic 15-day period where up to 6,083 millimetres (239.5 in) of rain fell on parts of the island.

January 27

1982: The World Airways Flight 30 skidded off an icy runway at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, killing 2 people.

January 28

1922: The Knickerbocker storm, one of the worst blizzards ever to strike Washington, D.C., collapsed the roof of the Knickerbocker Theater, killing 98 people.

January 29

1992: Hurricane Ekeka became the earliest and southernmost hurricane on record to form in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

January 30

2009: A severe heat wave reached its peak in southeastern Australia, with nearly half of Tasmania recording all-time record temperatures as high as 42 °C (108 °F).

January 31

2007: A snowfall with an orange color and a foul smell fell over parts of Russia, likely due to a distant dust storm.