Oct. 26 in MegaStorm History: Wilma, Great Lakes
Apologies for being out sick for a while and not blogging. Today's big weather story is today in weather history... one year ago today I was blogging about a powerhouse storm over the Great Lakes that set a new record low pressure for the interior United States.
A year before that, the East Coast was being attacked by ladybugs! On this date in 2007, an area the size of Rhode Island had been burned in the Southern California Megafires.
Six years ago today, I was blogging about a hybrid storm created in part by Hurricane Wilma, which dropped over two feet of snow in New England, caused winds to nearly 100 mph and waves cresting over 37 feet (and that's only two days after Wilma caused 134 mph winds in the Gulf, and a week after Wilma was declared the most intense storm ever in the Atlantic Basin).
Earlier this week, rumors were swirling that the big weekend storm might end up to be something similar, sparked partially from Hurricane Rina. Also on this day in weather history, according to the AccuWeather Almanac: Dangerous Hurricane Mitch reached Category 5 status on this date in 1998; 18 inches of snow fell on Mount Mitchell, NC in 1990; the earliest significant snowfall in New York City was recorded in 1859. Also:
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