2015 Event NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter detects liquid water on Mars in the form of hydrated salts; the minerals are found along flow lines on steep slopes and tend to appear during 'warm' weather (above 10 degrees F , -23 degrees C) 2014 Event U.S. Southern states of Georgia, Louisiana and South Carolina experience a mix of snow and ice, declaring emergencies as over 3,400 flights are cancelled; temperatures dip 10 to 20 degrees below normal 2014 Event Record-low temperatures are expected in the U.S. due to a 'polar vortex'; forecasters anticipate this tunnel of cold air funneling all the way from the North Pole to the U.S. could bring temperatures as low as 15 degrees in Chicago and 25 below zero in Fargo, North Dakota 2011 Event The South Pole records its warmest temperature at -12.3 degrees Celsius at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station 2011 Event Following a show in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the band U2's tour, 360 degrees, becomes the highest grossing music tour of all time 1997 Event Coldest World Series game Marlins vs Cleveland (38 degrees F) 1997 Event Tower Minnesota temps dip to 24 degrees F 1995 Event -36.8 degrees F (-38.2 degrees C) in Chosedachar, Komi-district, on 67 degrees N 1995 Event -26 degrees F (-32.2 degrees C) in Bismarck, North Dakota 1994 Event 109.8 degrees F (43.2 degrees C) in Cordoba, Spain 1994 Event 102.4 degrees F (39.1 degrees C) in Tokyo Japan: record 1994 Event 99.9 degrees F (37.7 degrees C) in Berlin-Dahlem: record 1994 Event 102.7 degrees F (39.3 degrees C) in Pleschen, East-Germany 1994 Event Arcen Limburg averages 71.6 degrees F (22.0 degrees C) in July: record 1994 Event Netherlands averages 21.4 degrees C; their warmest July since 1783 1994 Event Stockholms avgs 21.5 degrees C; their warmest July since 1855 1994 Event Record 103.8 degrees F (39.9 degrees C) in Preschen Lausitz Germany 1994 Event 118 degrees F (47.8 degrees C) at Lakewood, New Mexico 1994 Event 104 degrees F (40 degrees C) at Denver Colorado 1994 Event 107 degrees F (41.6 degrees C) at Albuquerque New Mexico 1994 Event 112 degrees F (44.4 degrees C) at El Paso Texas 1994 Event 122 degrees F (50 degrees C) at Laughlin Nevada 1994 Event 126 degrees F (52.2 degrees C) in Death Valley California 1994 Event 105 degrees F (40.5 degrees C) at Albuquerque, New Mexico 1994 Event 111 degrees F (43.9 degrees C) at El Paso, Texas 1994 Event 29.0 degrees C in Genevad, Sweden (Swedish April high temperature record) 1994 Event 26.9 degrees C in Prestebakke Norway (Norwegian April high temp record) 1994 Event -20 degrees F (-29 degrees C) (5:32 AM) coldest day ever recorded in Cleveland Ohio 1994 Event -36 degrees F (-38 degrees C) in New Whiteland, Indiana (state record) 1993 Event North-Siberia record cold for November (-55 degrees C) 1993 Event Paul Chu group reports super conduction at -123 degrees C (record high) 1992 Event Record temperature in Berlin-Dahlem 99.3 degrees F (37.4 degrees C) 1992 Event "6 Degrees of Separation" closes at Vivian Beaumont New York City after 496 perf 1990 Event "6 Degrees of Separation" opens at Vivian Beaumont New York City for 496 performances 1990 Event 95.5 degrees F (35.3 degrees C) in De Bilt Netherlands (highest Aug temp in Neth) 1990 Event 98.8 degrees F (37.1 degrees C) in Cheltenham, Glos. (UK record) 1990 Event 122 degrees F in Phoenix, Arizona 1990 Event 120 degrees F in Phoenix, Arizona 1989 Event Japanese scientist achieve -271.8 degrees C, coldest temp ever recorded 1989 Event Cold wave: -4 degrees F in Oklahoma City, -6 degrees F in Tulsa, -12 degrees F in Pitts, 1989 Event -18 degrees F in Denver, -23 degrees F in Kansas City, Missouri, -42 degrees F in Scottsbluff Nebraska -47 degrees F in Hardin Mont and -60 degrees F in Black Hills South Dakota 1989 Event 93 degrees F, highest overnight low ever recorded in Phoenix, Arizona 1989 Event 0 degrees F (-18 degrees C) or below in 15 U.S. states 1988 Event 19 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Oct 1988 Event Highest temperature ever recorded in San Francisco, 103 degrees F (39 degrees C) 1988 Event 104 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in June 1987 Event Lynne Cox swims 4.3 km from U.S. to U.S.S.R. in 39 degrees F (4 degrees C) Bering Sea 1987 Event 105 degrees F in Sacramento, California 1986 Event 100 participate in Nude Olympics race in 38 degrees F (3 degrees C), Indiana 1985 Event 117 degrees F (47 degrees C), St. George, Utah (state rec) (103 degrees spread, UT 1985) 1985 Event -61 degrees F (-52 degrees C), Maybell, Colorado (state record) 1985 Event -69 degrees F (-56 degrees C), Peter's Sink, Utah (state record) 1985 Event -30 degrees F (-34 degrees C), Mountain Lake Bio Station, Virginia (state record) 1985 Event -19 degrees F (-28 degrees C), Caesar's Head, South Carolina (state record) 1985 Event -34 degrees F (-37 degrees C), Mount Mitchell, North Carolina (state record) 1985 Event Cold front strikes U.S., at least 40 die (-27 degrees F (-33 degrees C) in Chicago) 1983 Event 110 degrees F (43 degrees C) at Fayetteville, North Carolina (state record) 1983 Event Dutch July avg temp is 20.1 degrees C; warmest July since 1852 1983 Event 104 degrees F (40.3 degrees C) in Garmersdorf (German record) 1983 Event -128.6 degrees F (-89.2 degrees C) recorded, Vostok, Antarctica (world record) 1982 Event 77 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in December 1982 Event 38 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in August 1982 Event -117 degrees F; All time low at South Pole 1982 Event -17 degrees F (27.2 degrees C) in Braemar Grampian (equals U.K. record) 1982 Event Bengals beat Chargers in -59 degrees F (-51 degrees C) to win AFC championship 1981 Event -35 degrees F (-37 degrees C), Chester, Massachusetts (state record) 1980 Event 61 degrees F in Boston at 1 AM 1980 Event Willie Jones hospitalized for heat stroke with record 46.5 degrees C temp 1979 Event 28 degrees F in Embarrass Minnesota 1979 Event 12 degrees F, on top of Mauna Kea, Hawaii (state record) 1979 Event -52 degrees F (-47 degrees C), Old Forge, New York (state record) 1976 Event Coldest World Series game Yankees vs Cincinnati, 39 degrees F (until 1997) 1975 Event 104 degrees F (40 degrees C) at Providence, Rhode Island (state record) 1975 Event 107 degrees F (42 degrees C) at Chester/New Bedford, Massachusetts (state record) 1972 Event 31 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in June 1971 Event -80 degrees F (-62 degrees C) in Prospect Creek Camp, Alaska (U.S. record) 1971 Event -40 degrees F (-40 degrees C), Hawley Lake, Ariz (state record) 1968 Event -48 degrees F (-44 degrees C), Mazama and Winthrop, Washington (state record) 1968 Event 41 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in July 1967 Event Packers beat Cowboys 21-17 in NFL championship game (-13 degrees F) 1966 Event Lunar Orbiter 1 crashes on moon: 6.7 degrees N 162 degrees E 1966 Event -19 degrees F (-28 degrees C), Corinth, Mississippi (state record) 1966 Event -27 degrees F (-33 degrees C), New Market, Alabama (state record) 1965 Event A Penzias and R Wilson detect 3 degrees K primordial background radiation 1964 Event 10 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in April 1963 Event -34 degrees F (-37 degrees C), Cynthiana, Kentucky (state record) 1962 Event Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn within 16 degrees 1961 Event 118 degrees F (48 degrees C), Ice Harbor Dam, Washington (state record) 1961 Event 108 degrees F, Spokane, WA 1961 Event 106 degrees F, hottest temperature in San Francisco 1961 Event Hawaii's, then all time low temperature, 14 degrees F recorded atop Haleakale 1960 Event -127 degrees F (-88 degrees C), Vostok, Antarctica (world record) 1958 Event After warming to 100,000,000 degrees, 2 light atoms are bashed together to create a heavier atom, resulting in 1st man-made nuclear fusion 1956 Event 58 degrees F (15 degrees C), Esperanza Station, Antarctica (Antarctic record high) 1956 Event -5 degrees F (15 degrees C) in Sicily 1955 Event 100 degrees F - Hottest day in Seattle Washington 1954 Event 110 degrees F (43 degrees C) at Balcony Falls, Virginia (state record) 1954 Event 117 degrees F (47 degrees C), East St. Louis, Illinois (state record) 1954 Event 118 degrees F (48 degrees C), Warsaw and Union, Missouri (state record) 1954 Event 111 degrees F (44 degrees C) at Camden, South Carolina (state record) 1954 Event 122 degrees F (50 degrees C), Overton, Nevada (state record until June 29, 1994) 1954 Event -70 degrees F (-57 degrees C), Rogers Pass, Montana (U.S. 48 state record) 1954 Event -87 degrees F (-66 degrees C), Northice Station, Greenland (Greenland record) 1953 Event 101 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Sept 1953 Event 86 degrees F in Anchorage Alaska 1952 Event 112 degrees F (44 degrees C), Louisville, Georgia (state record) 1951 Event U.S. tanks exceed 38 degrees of latitude in Korea 1951 Event -35 degrees F (-37 degrees C), Greensburg, Indiana (state record until 1994) 1951 Event -50 degrees F (-46 degrees C), Gavilan, New Mexico (state record) 1950 Event 82 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Nov 1950 Event South Korean troops exceed 38 degrees latitude 1950 Event 73 degrees F (23 degrees C) highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in January 1949 Event Freak heat wave sent central coast of Portugal to 158 degrees F for 2 minutes 1948 Event 102 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in August 1948 Event -5 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in March 1947 Event Heavy snow blankets Northeast, buries New York City under 25.8" of snow in 16 hours That same day, LA set a record high of 84 degrees F 1947 Event -8 degrees F (-13 degrees C), Charlotte Pass, NSW (Australian record) 1947 Event 98 degrees F (36.8 degrees C) in De Bilt Netherlands 1947 Event -81 degrees F (-63 degrees C), Snag Yukon (North American record) 1946 Event 90 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Oct 1944 Event 94.5 degrees F (34.7 degrees C) in De Bilt Netherlands and 101.5 degrees F (38.6 degrees C) in Warnsvelt 1943 Event 120 degrees F (49 degrees C), Tishmoningo, Oklahoma (state record) 1943 Event -32 degrees F (-36 degrees C), Falls Village, Connecticut (state record) 1943 Event Temperature rises 49 degrees F (9 degrees C) in 2 minutes in Spearfish, SD 1943 Event Lead, South Dakota, temp is 52 degrees F, while 1.5 miles away Deadwood SD records -16 degrees F 1943 Event -60 degrees F (-51 degrees C), Island Park Dam, Idaho (state record) 1942 Event 32 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Sept 1942 Event 129 degrees F (54 degrees C), Tirat Zevi, Israel 1942 Event -19 degrees F (-27.4 degrees C), Netherland's coldest day since 1850 1942 Event -23 degrees F (-31 degrees C), Kingston, Rhode Island (state record) 1941 Event 103 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in July 1941 Event 100 degrees F (38 degrees C) highest temperature ever recorded in Seattle Wash 1940 Event -17 degrees F (-27 degrees C), CCC Camp F-16, Georgia (state record) 1938 Event Los Angeles freezes at 28 degrees F 1938 Event 119 degrees F (48 degrees C), Pendleton, Oregon (state record) 1938 Birthday John Guare, U.S. writer, 6 degrees of Separation, Atlantic City, Taking Off 1937 Event 117 degrees F (47 degrees C), Medicine Lake, Montana (state record) 1937 Event -45 degrees F (-43 degrees C), Boca, California (state record) 1937 Event -50 degrees F (-45.6 degrees C), San Jacinto, Nevada (state record) 1936 Birthday Sylvain Saudan, skiier, 60 degrees descent 1936 Event 106.5 degrees F-Hottest afternoon ever in Iowa 1936 Event 120 degrees F (49 degrees C), Seymour, Texas (state record) 1936 Event 114 degrees F (46 degrees C) at Plain Dealing, Louisiana (state record) 1936 Event 120 degrees F (49 degrees C) at Ozark, Arkansas (state record) 1936 Event 118 degrees F (48 degrees C), Minden, Nebraska (state record) 1936 Event 121 degrees F (49 degrees C), near Alton, Kansas (state record) 1936 Event 116 degrees F (47 degrees C), Collegeville, Indiana (state record) 1936 Event 112 degrees F (44 degrees C), Mio, Michigan (state record) 1936 Event 114 degrees F (46 degrees C), Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin (state record) 1936 Event 109 degrees F (43 degrees C) Cumberland and Frederick, Maryland (state record) 1936 Event 110 degrees F (43 degrees C) at Runyon, New Jersey (state record 1936 Event 111 degrees F (44 degrees C) Phoenixville, Pennsylvania (state record) 1936 Event 112 degrees F (44 degrees C) at Martinsburg, West Virginia (state record 1936 Event 114 degrees F (46 degrees C), Moorhead, Minnesota (state record) 1936 Event 121 degrees F (49 degrees C), Steele, North Dakota (state record) 1936 Event 120 degrees F (49 degrees C), Gannvalley, South Dakota (state record) 1936 Event -58 degrees F (-50 degrees C), McIntosh, South Dakota (state record) 1936 Event -60 degrees F (-51 degrees C), Parshall, North Dakota (state record) 1935 Event -11 degrees F (-24 degrees C), Ifrane, Morocco (African record low) 1934 Event 118 degrees F (48 degrees C), Orofino, Idaho (state record) 1934 Event 113 degrees F (45 degrees C), near Gallipolis, Ohio (state record) 1934 Event 118 degrees F (48 degrees C), Keokuk, Iowa (state record) 1934 Event 116 degrees F (47 degrees C), Orogrande New Mexico (state record, broken on June 27, 1994) 1934 Event -14.3 degrees F (-25.7 degrees C), coldest day in New York City 1934 Event -51 degrees F (-46 degrees C), Vanderbilt, Michigan (state record) 1933 Event -50 degrees F (-46 degrees C) in Bloomfield, Vermont (state record) 1933 Event Temp reaches 136 degrees F (57.8 degrees C) at San Luis Potosi, Mexico (world record) 1933 Event -54 degrees F (-48 degrees C), Seneca, Oregon (state record) 1933 Event -63 degrees F (-53 degrees C), Moran, Wyoming (state record) 1933 Event -23 degrees F (-31 degrees C), Seminole, Texas (state record) 1933 Event -90 degrees F (-68 degrees C), Oymyakon, U.S.S.R. (Asian record) 1932 Event SF's coldest day (27 degrees F) - it snows 1932 Event 73 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in February 1931 Event 109 degrees F (43 degrees C), Monticello, Florida (state record) 1931 Event 100 degrees F (38 degrees C), Pahala, Hawaii (state record) 1930 Event 113 degrees F (45 degrees C) at Perryville, Tennessee (state record) 1930 Event 115 degrees F (46 degrees C), Holly Springs, Mississippi (state record) 1930 Event 114 degrees F (46 degrees C), Greensburg, Kentucky (state record) 1930 Event 110 degrees F (43 degrees C) at Millsboro, Delaware (state record) 1930 Event 106 degrees F (41 degrees C), Washington, D.C. (district record) 1930 Event -35 degrees F (-37 degrees C), Mount Carroll, Illinois (state record) 1930 Event -27 degrees F (-33 degrees C), Watts, Oklahoma (state record) 1929 Event 31.1 degrees C (88 degrees F) hoogste temperatuur op deze dag in De Bilt 1926 Event 105 degrees F (41 degrees C), Waterbury, Connecticut (state record) 1926 Event 108 degrees F (42 degrees C), Troy, New York (state record) 1925 Event 112 F (44 degrees C), Centerville, Alabama (state record) 1925 Event -46 degrees F (-43 degrees C), Pittsburgh, New Hampshire (state record) 1925 Event -48 degrees F (-44 degrees C), Van Buren, Maine (state record) 1924 Event 160 consecutive days of 100 degrees at Marble Bar, Australia begins 1924 Event 108 degrees F (42 degrees C) in Blitzen Oregon 1922 Event 136.4 degrees F (58 degrees C), El Aziziyah, Libya in shade (world record) 1922 Event Record temperature in Netherlands for May (35.6 degrees C) 1922 Event -54 degrees F (-48 degrees C), Danbury, Wisconsin (state record) 1921 Event Coldest day in Nov in Netherlands -14.0 degrees C 1917 Event -32 degrees F (-36 degrees C) in Mountain City, Tennessee (state record) 1917 Event -37 degrees F (-38 degrees C) in Lewisburg, WV (state record) 1916 Event Temp falls from 44 degrees F (7 degrees C) to -56 degrees F (49 degrees C) night of 23-24, Browning, Montana 1915 Event 100 degrees F (38 degrees C), Fort Yukon Alaska (state record) 1915 Event 92 degrees F (33.3 degrees C) in De Bilt, Netherlands 1914 Event 34.7 degrees F (1.5 degrees C) in De Bilt, Netherlands 1913 Event 134 degrees F (57 degrees C), Greenland Ranch, California (U.S. record) 1912 Event 108 degrees F (42 degrees C), Tuguegarao, Philippines (Oceania record) 1912 Event Fram reaches latitude 78 degrees 41' S, farthest south ever by ship 1912 Event -40 degrees F (-40 degrees C), Oakland, Maryland (state record) 1912 Event -47 degrees F (-44 degrees C), Washta, Iowa (state record) 1911 Event 96 degrees F (35.6 degrees C) in De Bilt Netherlands 1911 Event 105 degrees F (41 degrees C) at North Bridgton, Maine (state record) 1911 Event 105 degrees F (41 degrees C) at Vernon, Vermont (state record) 1911 Event 106 degrees F (41 degrees C) at Nashua, New Hampshire (state record) 1910 Event 83 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in March 1909 Event Ernest Shackleton reaches 88 degrees 23' south 1908 Event H Kamerlingh Onnes makes helium liquid (-269 degrees C) 1907 Event Lowest temp ever in 48 U.S. states for June, 2 degrees F in Tamarack California 1907 Event -27 degrees F (-33 degrees C), Sarmiento, Argentina (South American record) 1905 Event 120 degrees F (49 degrees C), Rivadavia, Argentina (South American record) 1905 Event 127 degrees F (53 degrees C), Parker Ariz (state record) 1905 Event -29 degrees F (-34 degrees C) Pond, Arkansas (state record) 1905 Event -40 degrees F (-40 degrees C) Lebanon, Kansas (state record) 1905 Event -40 degrees F (-40 degrees C) Warsaw, Missouri (state record) 1904 Event -34 degrees F (-36.7 degrees C), River Vale, New Jersey (state record) 1904 Event -42 degrees F (-41.1 degrees C), Smethport, Pennsylvania (state record) 1903 Event -59 degrees F (-51 degrees C), Pokegama Dam, Minnesota (state record) 1901 Event 34-35 degrees N/98-99 degrees W open for U.S. colonization 1900 Event 114 degrees F (46 degrees C), Basin, Wyoming (state record) 1899 Event 80 degrees F in San Francisco 1899 Event -16 degrees F (-27 degrees C), Minden Louisiana (state record) 1899 Event -1 degrees F (-18 degrees C) New Orleans, Louisiana 1899 Event -2 degrees F (-19 degrees C) Tallahassee, Florida (state record) 1899 Event -47 degrees F (-44 degrees C), Camp Clarke, Nebraska (state record) 1899 Event -15 degrees F (-26 degrees C), Washington, D.C. (district record) 1899 Event -61 degrees F, Montana (record low temperature) 1899 Event -39 degrees F (-39 degrees C), Milligan, Ohio (state lowest record temperature) 1896 Event Temperature hits 127 degrees F at Fort Mojave, California 1896 Event Lowest U.S. temperature in May recorded -10 degrees F - Climax, Colorado 1895 Event -17 degrees F (-27.2 degrees C) in Braemar, Grampian (UK record) 1893 Event -17 degrees F (-27 degrees C), Millsboro, Delaware (state record) 1891 Event 61 degrees F, highest temp for July 1891, in Baltimore and Philadelphia 1889 Event 128 degrees F (53 degrees C), Cloncurry, Queensland (Australian record) 1888 Event 118 degrees F (48 degrees C), Bennett, Colorado (state record) 1881 Event 122 degrees F (50 degrees C), Seville, Spain (European record) 1879 Event 92 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in May 1872 Event -8 degrees F in Boston, Massachusetts 1860 Event Temperature hits 115 degrees F in Ft. Scott and 112 degrees F in Topeka Kansas 1855 Event Hottest July in Stockholm since at least 1756 (21.4 degrees C avg) 1852 Event Hottest July in Netherlands since at least 1783 (68.4 degrees F (20.2 degrees C) avg) 1846 Event Oregon Treaty signed, setting US-British boundary at 49 degrees N 1845 Event -5.3 degrees F (-20.7 degrees C) in Groningen 1832 Event HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin reache St-Pauls, 1 degrees N, 29 degrees W 1824 Event Russia abandons all North American claims south of 54 degrees 40' N 1823 Event English Captain James Weddell reaches 74 degrees 15' S, 1520 km from S pole 1810 Event Overnight temp at Portsmouth, New Hampshire drops 50 degrees F (10 degrees C) 1786 Event Earliest 32 degrees F (0 degrees C) recorded temp in New York City 1774 Event Captain Cook reaches 71 degrees 10' S, 1820 km from S pole (record) 1773 Event Captain James Cook becomes 1st to cross Antarctic Circle (66 degrees 33' S)
