Portal:Weather/On this day list/January

January 1

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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.

January 2

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1960: The highest temperature in Australian history, 50.7 °C (123.3 °F), was recorded at Oodnadatta, South Australia.

January 3

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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

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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

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

January 6

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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.

January 7

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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

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

January 9

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

January 10

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1973: A devastating tornado, the deadliest in South American history, killed 54 people in San Justo, Santa Fe, Argentina.

January 11

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

January 12

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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.

January 13

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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

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

January 15

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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

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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

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1977: Snow was reported for the first time in West Palm Beach, Miami, and as far south as Homestead, Florida.

January 18

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1993: An avalanche killed 59 people in Bayburt Province in northeastern Turkey.

January 19

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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.

January 20

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2011: Elektro-L No.1, a Russian weather satellite, was launched into geostationary orbit.

January 21

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

January 22

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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

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1970: The TIROS-M weather satellite was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base Space Launch Complex 2.

January 24

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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

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

January 26

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1967: A major blizzard dumped 23 inches (58 cm) of snow in Chicago, a record amount for a single storm.

January 27

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

January 28

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2004: Cyclone Elita made its first of three landfalls on Madagascar.

January 29

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

January 30

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1916: The Sweetwater Dam in San Diego County, California was overtopped due to severe flooding.

January 31

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