January's Weather- 1st: Heavy snow in many areas of the midwest caused power outages and one death with up to 16 inches felling on southeastern Michigan to start the New Year. While in New England up to a foot of snow fell in many areas.
- 2nd: The coldest air of the Winter swept across the nothern states with near zero or below lows common as the air headed east and south. 40 of West Virginia's 55 counties closed all public schools because of the heavy snow the day before left snow-covered roads and freezing temperatures.
- 3rd: Bitter cold temperatures in the eastern half of the nation all the way to the Gulf Coast. Flurries fell across the Sunshine State, but it appeared that growers were spared the deep freeze they feared would devastate the nation's citrus supply as the temperatures in the 20s didn't last too long.
- 4th-5th: A monster storm slammed the West Coast with heavy rain, heavy snow in the mountains and tremendous winds that gusted to 165 mph at Ward Mountain near Lake Tahoe. Rainfall totals were from 3 to 9 inches, while snow piled up in the mountains to over 70 inches. Throughout the area impacted by the storm roads were closed, flights canceled and over a million homes and businesses were without power. There were at least 3 stormrelated deaths.
- A ruptured levee sent a frigid "wall of water" from a rain-swollen canal into Fernley, NV flooding hundreds of homes and forcing over 1,500 people to evacuate.
- 7th-8th: Severe weather outbreak battered the Midwest with rain, thunderstorms, and close to 40 tornadoes reported with at least 6 deaths.
- 8th-10th: In the eastern US almost 200 record High Temperatures were set in 37 states.
- 10th: A tornado in Vancouver, WA uprooted trees, knocked down powerlines and injured several people.
- 11th: Severe weather including tornadoes ripped across the south with 2 deaths in Mississippi.
- 14th: New England hit with a snowstorm with many areas getting 12 to 18" that canceled flights, closed schools and caused power outages.
- 15th-16th: A storm in the Gulf of Mexico dumped heavy rain all the coast from eastern Texas to Florida with some areas getting up to 5" of rain. The storm then brought much needed rain to Georgia and the Carolinas.
- 16th-17th: Santa Anna winds in southern California gusted to hurricane force causing power outages. However with low temperatures and recent rains, there were no wildfires.
- 17th: A parts of the SE saw snow for the first time this Winter. A few schools were closed in northern Georgia.
- 18th-21st: Arctic air covered much of the nation with the northern states have overnight temperatures -20 to -30 degrees with Wind Chills below -50.
- 19th: At least 2 tornadoes and strong storms in the Tampa, FL area. While there were no injuries or damage buildings, over 6000 people were without power. Parts of northern Georgia to North Carolina had some sleet and snow that caused travel problems.
- 19th-20: Lake Effect snowstorm buries Oswego County in 3 feet of snow.
- 21st-22nd: A foot of snow blanketed parts of Michigan and Wisconsin during the night, closing schools and causing numerous traffic accidents. At least three traffic deaths were blamed on the weather in Michigan.
- 21st-25th: A powerful storm pounded southern California for 5 straight days with heavy rains of 2 to 5 inches, mountain snows up to 18 inches and at least one tornado.
- 28th: Heavy snow pummeled mountain areas from Washington state to northern Arizona as two storms converged, one from hard-hit California and another from the Gulf of Alaska, leaving thousands without power, causing widespread havoc on roads and even overwhelming one ski resort.
- 29th: Arctic air dropped temperatures in the northern Plains to -25 with Wind Chills to -50 degrees. Severe storms with possible tornadoes in Indiana caused 4 deaths.
- 31st: A storm in the midsection of the country dumped snow to the west of it and heavy rain and wind to the east. Travel by road and air was disrupted.
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