Monday, January 21, 2008

January 21st Weather History

January 21st is a significant day in weather history in Middle Tennesse...

Middle Tennessee Weather Facts of the Day

On January 21, 1888...Nashville receives 6.1" of snow.

On January 21, 1935...Nashville reports an early morning high temperature of 69 degrees before a strong cold front passes through, dropping the temperature to 36 degrees by 7:00 a.m., 24 degrees by noon, and 14 degrees by 7:00 p.m. The temperature drops another 2 degrees during the evening, for a low of 12, and a daily range of 57 degrees. Three inches of snow fall by evening.

On January 21, 1959...A cold front drops the temperature at Nashville a remarkable 59 degrees -- from a high of 74, to 15 degrees the next morning. Temperature ranges at other locations include Clarksville and Columbia, 59 degrees, Lawrenceburg, 58, Tullahoma, 57, Cookeville and Springfield, 55, Murfreesboro, 54, and Crossville, 52 degrees.

On January 21, 1985...Temperature at Nashville drops to -17, setting an all-time record low. Other record lows include Allardt (-27), Carthage (-17), Celina (-20), Centerville (-26), Columbia (-20), Cookeville (-22), Crossville (-21), Crossville (Experiment Station) (-25), Dickson (-23), Franklin (-21), Lebanon (3 W) (-20), Lewisburg (-20), Livingston (-25), Monteagle (-20), Mount Pleasant (-17), Neapolis (-23), Shelbyville (-20), Smithville (-24), and Woodbury (-28).

1 comment:

FiveNineStorm said...

Cool interestign day maype you can get some snow and sleet form this interesting storm tonight and tommrow.

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