Moderate to heavy snowfall is expected in the central/southern Rockies and adjacent High Plains today. Lake-enhanced snowfall is expected downwind of the Great Lakes today. Showers and thunderstorms will be possible this evening into tonight across the western Gulf Coast states. Temperatures across much of the central and eastern CONUS will remain below average and chilly to end the week. Read More >
Weather History - January 20th
Local and Regional Events:
January 20, 1944:
A late January warm-up occurred on this date in weather history in 1944. Temperatures rose into the upper 50s to the mid-60s across central and northeast South Dakota and west-central Minnesota. Overnight lows in the 20s and lower 30s were above the normal highs for the year. Record highs were set at Aberdeen, Kennebec, Sisseton, and Watertown. Watertown rose to 56 degrees, Sisseton rose to 58 degrees, Aberdeen rose to 60 degrees, and Kennebec rose to 65 degrees. Also, Mobridge rose to 57 degrees, and Pierre rose to 61 degrees.
U.S.A and Global Events for January 20th:
1863: The famous "Mud March" begins in the Fredericksburg area of Virginia. Click HERE for more information from History.com
1883: Yuma, Arizona, sets its all-time record low of 22 degrees. The record is tied in 1911 and again in 1937.
1933: Phoenix, Arizona, receives light snow between 7:55 pm and 9:25 pm.
1937: The wettest Inaugural Day of record with 1.77 inches of rain in 24 hours. Temperatures were only in the 30s as Franklin D. Roosevelt was sworn in for his second term.
1954: Rogers Pass, Montana, plunged to 70 degrees below zero to establish a new record for the lower 48 states.
The image above is from the Montana Climatological Data for January 1954.
Click HERE for more This Day in Weather History from the Southeast Regional Climate Center.
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