2007: The National Weather Service began using the Enhanced Fujita scale for assessing tornado damage.
1992: Hurricane Ekeka, an unusual winter hurricane that formed unusually far south, reached peak intensity near the International Date Line with maximum sustained winds of 115 miles per hour (185 km/h).
1952: The Groundhog Day Storm (not to be confused with the Groundhog Day Gale) brushed by western Cuba and made landfall on southern Florida, the earliest in the year that a North Atlantic tropical cyclone has done so.
1995: A nor'easter began impacting the Northeastern United States with strong winds and up to 25 inches (64 cm) of snow.
2008: The Super Tuesday tornado outbreak, the deadliest outbreak in the United States in over 20 years, produced 87 tornadoes which killed 57 people.
1978: The Blizzard of '78, the worst storm in the area since 1888 and the second large blizzard in as many weeks to hit the eastern United States, began dropping more than 40 inches (100 cm) of snow on parts of the Northeastern United States.
2009: Record high temperatures and strong, erratic winds contributed to the deadliest wildfires in Australia's history. 3,500 buildings were destroyed, and 173 people were killed.
2013: A severe nor'easter began affecting the northeastern United States, bringing blizzard conditions and record snowfall to parts of New England.
1870: The National Weather Service (originally known as the United States Weather Bureau) was founded through a joint congressional resolution signed by President Ulysses S. Grant.
2013: A violent tornado caused major damage in the town of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, including damage to several buildings on the University of Southern Mississippi campus.
1999: Cyclone Rona made landfall on the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia. Rainfall of up to 1,870 millimetres (74 in) caused historic flooding in the area that killed seven people.
1987: Tropical Storm Clotilda, which dropped 1,855 millimetres (73.0 in) of rain in La Plaine-des-Palmistes on Réunion over three days, passed within 80 km (50 mi) of the island while approaching peak intensity.
2006: Cyclone Vaianu reached peak intensity near Tonga.
2011: Cyclone Bingiza made landfall in northeastern Madagascar, killing 22 people.
2005: Cyclone Nancy passed directly over the island of Manuae in the Cook Islands, causing major damage throughout the island chain.
1962: Severe flooding began overnight on the north shore of Germany, particularly in Hamburg, killing more than 300 people.
2003: A major snow storm dropped 15–30 inches (38–76 cm) of snow from Washington, D.C. to Boston in the Eastern United States.
1952: A strong nor'easter caused the ship SS Pendleton to break in two off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. 32 of the 41 crew were saved in a daring rescue by the United States Coast Guard.
2015: Cyclone Lam and Cyclone Marcia, both severe tropical cyclones, struck Northern Territory and Queensland, Australia respectively on the same day.
2010: Flooding and landslides in Madeira, Portugal killed dozens.
1986: The waters of Lake Michigan approached their maximum historic depth, causing severe flooding and coastal erosion.
2000: Cyclone Eline made its final landfall near Beira, Mozambique, killing hundreds of people.
1999: An avalanche killed 31 people in the village of Galtür, Austria.
2007: Cyclone Gamede made its closest approach to Réunion island, where it dropped a staggering 5.5 meters (18 ft) of rain over a nine-day period.
1995: Cyclone Bobby made landfall near Onslow, Western Australia, eventually bringing up to 400 millimetres (16 in) of rain to the Goldfields-Esperance region.
1969: The ESSA-9 weather satellite was launched.
1938: The first of two consecutive powerful storms struck the area around Los Angeles, California, resulting in major flooding which would kill 115 people.
1966: The ESSA-2 weather satellite was launched.
2012: A tornado outbreak killed 13 people in the Midwest and Upland South regions of the United States.