January 29th Through February 4th in Regional Weather History
Jan. 29: The greatest daily snowfall ever recorded in Rawlins, WY.
occurred on this day in 1980 with a total of 19.0 inches.
Cheyenne
this day in 1990.
Jan. 30: Another of many typical windy winter days occurred in
Cheyenne on this day in 1971, with a peak gust of 70 mph.
Jan. 31: Chadron, Nebraska closed out this month in 1949 with a
daily snowfall of 2.5 inches. That brought the total snowfall
for January to 59.6 inches, which still stands as the greatest
monthly snowfall ever for Chadron. Recall that the blizzard
of 1949 brought 41 inches of snow to Chadron earlier that
month.
with Cheyenne bottoming out at 20 degrees below zero.
shadows as heavy snow fell over much of south central
Wyoming. Rawlins, Wy. had 12. 4 inches of snow while
13.4 inches of snow covered Laramie, Wy.
11.0 inches of snow fell onto Scottsbluff, Nebraska on this
day in 1894.
One of the colder low temperatures ever recorded in
degrees below zero.
1999 as a gust of 71 mph was recorded.
9.0 inches of snow covered Scottsbluff, Neb. on this day in
1932, while bitterly cold temperatures persisted in Cheyenne
on this day in 1883 with a low of 25 degrees below zero.
Feb. 4: On this day in 1966, Chadron saw the last of 16 consecutive
days with minimum temperatures below zero.
snow to Scottsbluff, Neb.
Research and information produced by Rich Emanuel
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