1993: Cyclone Kina passed between the Fijian islands of Viti Levu and Vanua Levu, causing near-record rainfall of more than 1,000 millimetres (39 in) and killing 23 people.
1960: The highest temperature in Australian history, 50.7 °C (123.3 °F), was recorded at Oodnadatta, South Australia.
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.
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.
2004: Cyclone Heta reached peak intensity near the island of Niue.
1996: The Blizzard of '96 began pounding the Eastern United States, and would eventually dump 2–4 feet (0.61–1.2 m) of snow on an area from Tennessee to Massachusetts.
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.
1988: Typhoon Roy passed near Majuro atoll, Marshall Islands, causing moderate damage across the island chain and killing one person.
1880: The Great Gale of 1880 struck the Pacific Northwest.
1973: A devastating tornado, the deadliest in South American history, killed 54 people in San Justo, Santa Fe, Argentina.
2011: A deadly series of floods and mudslides began in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro, killing more than 900 people.
2006: Cyclone Tam passed near Niuafoʻou, Tonga, but little damage was reported. The previous day, the storm dumped 293.2 millimetres (11.54 in) of rain on Rotuma, Fiji in just 24 hours, a record for the island.
2003: Cyclone Ami, one of the worst tropical cyclones to ever strike Fiji, made landfall on Vanua Levu and Taveuni, killing 12 people.
2007: European windstorm Per struck parts of Scandinavia, killing six people.
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.
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.
1977: Snow was reported for the first time in West Palm Beach, Miami, and as far south as Homestead, Florida.
1993: An avalanche killed 59 people in Bayburt Province in northeastern Turkey.
1996: The remnants of Cyclone Bonita passed westward over Angola and into the South Atlantic Ocean. Bonita is the first known tropical cyclone to have its remnants affect this area.
2011: Elektro-L No.1, a Russian weather satellite, was launched into geostationary orbit.
2009: In the early morning, Cyclone Fanele struck the east coast of Madagascar, killing 10 people.
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.
1970: The TIROS-M weather satellite was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base Space Launch Complex 2.
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.
2009: An avalanche killed 11 hikers in Gümüşhane Province, Turkey.
1967: A major blizzard dumped 23 inches (58 cm) of snow in Chicago, a record amount for a single storm.
1982: The World Airways Flight 30 skidded off an icy runway at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, killing 2 people.
2004: Cyclone Elita made its first of three landfalls on Madagascar.
1992: Hurricane Ekeka became the earliest and southernmost hurricane on record to form in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
1916: The Sweetwater Dam in San Diego County, California was overtopped due to severe flooding.
2007: A snowfall with an orange color and a foul smell fell over parts of Russia, likely due to a distant dust storm.