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Meteorological events that happened on November 24th:
1812
Southwesterly winds of hurricane force sank ships and unroofed buildings at Philadelphia, PA and New York City.
1863
The Union Army scored a major Civil War victory in the "Battle above the Clouds" on Lookout Mountain near Chattanooga, TN. The top of Lookout Mountain became obscured in fog and aided the Union troops as Confederate lookouts could not see the position of the enemy.
1931
A ridge of high pressure across the east and a trough out west brought a variety of record temperatures across the country. Record highs across the east included: Charleston, WV: 87°, Montgomery, AL: 79°-Tied, Athens, GA: 77°, Huntington, WV: 76°, Roanoke, VA: 75°, Tupelo, MS: 74°, Nashville, TN: 74°, Washington, D.C.: 73°, Asheville, NC: 73°, Boston, MA: 72°, Beckley, WV: 71°, Worcester, MA: 70°, Syracuse, NY: 70°, Lexington, KY: 70, Cincinnati, OH: 70, Cleveland, OH: 70, Allentown, PA: 69, Avoca, PA: 69°, Erie, PA: 69°, Harrisburg, PA: 69°, Milton, MA: 69°, Providence, RI: 69°, Hartford, CT: 69°, Pittsburgh, PA: 69°, Newark, NJ: 69°, Elkins, WV: 69°, Youngstown, OH: 69°, Concord, NH: 68°, Albany, NY: 68°, Buffalo, NY: 68°, New York (Central Park), NY: 68°, Philadelphia, PA: 68°, Akron, OH: 68°, Columbus, OH: 68°, Dayton, OH: 68°, Chicago, IL: 67°, Springfield, IL: 67°, Williamsport, PA: 66°, Wilmington, DE: 66°, Toledo, OH: 66°, Grand Rapids, MI: 66°, Peoria, IL: 66°, Mansfield, OH: 65°, Burlington, VT: 65°, Rockford, IL: 65°, South Bend, IN: 65°, Portland, ME: 64°, Flint, MI: 64°, Lansing, MI: 64°, Moline, IL: 64°, Houghton Lake, MI: 63°, Alpena, MI: 62° and Ste. St. Marie, MI: 62°. Chicago, IL had a morning low of 30°, their latest first freeze on record.
Out west, locations reporting record low temperatures included: Missoula, MT: -8°, Winslow, AZ: 2°, Grand Junction, CO: 4°, Albuquerque, NM: 5°, Salt Lake City, UT: 9°, Boise, ID: 13°-Tied, Medford, OR: 21°-Tied, Bakersfield, CA: 22°, Santa Maria, CA: 27°, Phoenix, AZ: 28° and San Diego, CA: 38°-Tied.
1938
The low temperature of 15° at Las Vegas, NV set the all-time coldest temperature in November.
1950
A major early season winter storm moved across the Great Lakes into eastern Canada, producing blizzard conditions and drawing extremely cold arctic air southward. Toronto, Ontario Canada reported a foot while Jump River, WI picked up 10 inches. The temperature at Chicago, IL dipped to -2° to equal their record for the month established on the 11/29/1872. On the first of the month that year Chicago established a record high for November with 81°. Fort Wayne, IN experienced their coldest November day, with an all-time record cold November high of 9° and an all-time November record low of -1°. Wichita Falls, TX set their November record low temperature on this date with 14°.
High temperatures of 6° at Springfield, IL and 8° at Peoria, IL both established the coldest November high temperature on record.
Locations reporting record low temperatures for the date included:
Houghton Lake, MI: -13°, Grand Rapids, MI: -9°, Muskegon, MI: -8°,
Green Bay, WI: -7°, Madison, WI: -6°, Rockford, IL: -6°, South Bend, IN: -6°, Milwaukee, WI: -5°, Dubuque, IA: -4°, Moline, IL: -2°, Springfield, IL: -2°, Paducah, KY: -2°, Peoria, IL: -1°, Evansville, IN: -1°, Indianapolis, IN: -1°, Lansing, MI: -1°: Tied, Alpena, MI: 0°, Des Moines, IA: 1°, Marquette, MI: 1°, Goodland, KS: 1°, Ste. St. Marie, MI: 3°, Dayton, OH: 3°, St. Louis, MO: 3°, Toledo, OH: 3°, Lexington, KY: 3°, Nashville, TN: 3°, Columbia, MO: 4°, Louisville, KY: 4°, Flint, MI: 5°, Cincinnati, OH: 5°, Mansfield, OH: 5°, Cleveland, OH: 7°, Springfield, MO: 7°, Detroit, MI: 7°, Akron, OH: 7°, Columbus, OH: 8°, Youngstown, OH: 8°, Asheville, NC: 8°, Kansas City, MO: 9°, Charleston, WV: 9°, Huntington, WV: 9°, Bristol, TN: 9°, Oak Ridge, TN: 10°, Amarillo, TX: 11°, Chattanooga, TN: 11°, Pittsburgh, PA: 11°, Wichita, KS: 11°-Tied, Knoxville, TN: 12°, Memphis, TN: 14°, Tulsa, OK: 14°, Atlanta, GA: 14°, Oklahoma City, OK: 15°, Birmingham, AL: 15°, Fort Smith, AR: 16°, Tupelo, MS: 16°, Little Rock, AR: 17°, Huntsville, AL: 17°, Athens, GA: 18°, Macon, GA: 19°, Montgomery, AL: 20°, Columbus, GA: 20°, Greenville-Spartanburg, SC: 20°-Tied, San Angelo, TX: 21°, Jackson, MS: 21°, Dallas (DFW), TX: 22°, Dallas, TX: 22°, Meridian, MS: 22°-Tied, Augusta, GA: 23°, Waco, TX: 25°-Tied, Shreveport, LA: 27°, Pensacola, FL: 28°, San Antonio, TX: 29°, Mobile, AL: 29°, Baton Rouge, LA: 29°-Tied and Lake Charles, LA: 31°.
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1970
Strong Chinook winds struck the Colorado Rockies. The National Center for Atmospheric Research at Boulder reported a wind gust to 97 mph while downtown Boulder reported a peak gust to 69 mph. Some minor damage resulted. Record high temperatures followed the next day.
1971
Snowfall occurred in the Baltimore-Washington area as Washington’s Dulles Airport reported 1.4 inches and Baltimore, MD received an inch snarling holiday traffic.
1981
Typhoon Irma became the worst typhoon in 10 years to hit the Philippines. 236 people died and hundreds of thousands were left homeless.
1982
Hurricane Iwa lashed the Hawaiian Islands of Niihau, Kauai, and Oahu with sustained winds of 90 mph and high surf. Winds gusting to 120 mph caused extensive coastal damage. Honolulu reported a gust of 81 mph. Total damage was estimated at $250 million making this the most damaging storm of record up to this time. The peak storm surge on the south shore was 6 to 8 feet. Iwa was the first hurricane to strike Hawaii since Dot hit the islands in August 1959.
1983
The 24 hour snowfall record at Duluth, MN was broken with 16.5 inches and a storm total of 19.7 inches. This broke the old record of 15.7 inches, which occurred on 11/16-17/1968.
1985
A slow moving area of low pressure drawing moisture from Hawaii started on this day and ended on the 26th across southern California. The storm dropped 2 to 4 inches of rain. Numerous areas were flooded and power outages were common. Especially hard hit was Mission Valley.
Many locations from the Pacific Northwest to the Plains reported record low temperatures for the date including: Grand Forks, ND: -28°, Bismarck, ND: -26°, Glasgow, MT: -19°, Aberdeen, SD: -16°, Huron, SD: -15°, Kalispell, MT: -13°, Yakima, WA: -11°, Pendleton, OR: -11°, Sheridan, WY: -11°, Spokane, WA: -9°, Sioux Falls, SD: -9°:Tied, Valentine, NE: -7°, Billings, MT: -2°, Rapid City, SD: -2°, Olympia, WA: 0°, Lewiston, ID: 1°, Boise, ID: 5°, Denver, CO: 7°, Quillayute, WA: 9°, Salem, OR: 11°, Portland, OR: 13°, Seattle, WA: 16° and Astoria, OR: 19°.
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1987
Showers and thunderstorms produced heavy rain in southern Missouri, southeast Kansas and northeastern Oklahoma. Flooding was reported in Greene County of southwestern Missouri. Springfield, MO was drenched with more than 6 inches of rain.
Thunderstorms over southern Texas produced more than 8 inches of rain in Caldwell and Hayes County, and thunderstorms over south central Oklahoma produced one inch hail at Temple twice within an hour.
1988
Low pressure brought heavy snow and high winds to the Northern and Central Rockies. Snowfall totals in Colorado ranged up to 40 inches at Wolf Creek Pass, with 27 inches falling in 24 hours. Telluride received 32 inches of snow, and winds atop Mines Peak gusted to 95 mph.
1989
Mother Nature completed a one-two punch across the northeastern U.S., as record cold temperatures followed in the wake of record snows. 16 cities reported record low temperatures for the date. Morning lows of 1° at Hartford, CT, 3° at Portland, ME, and 6° at Providence, RI, were records for November. Houlton, ME was the cold spot in the nation with a morning low of -14°. Other locations reporting record lows included:
Concord, NH: -5°, Caribou, ME: -1°, Worcester, MA: 6°, Sterling (Dulles Airport), VA: 9°, Atlantic City, NJ: 11°, Islip, NY: 11°, Bridgeport, CT: 17°, Baltimore, MD: 17°-Tied, Allentown, PA: 17°-Tied, Newark, NJ: 20°, Jackson, KY: 20°, Wallops Island, VA: 23°-Tied and Cape Hatteras, NC: 29°-Tied.
1992
A major winter storm was in progress across the Texas Panhandle, western Oklahoma, and western Kansas. Near blizzard conditions prevailed that contributed to a massive 200 car pile up on Interstate 40 in Amarillo, TX. All traffic was brought to a virtual standstill in the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles. 19 inches of snow with drifts over 6 feet was reported at Laverne, OK. Heavy snow and blizzard conditions occurred across a large area of southwest Kansas. Snowfall amounts ranged from 17 inches at Liberal to 15 inches at Garden City and Dodge City, KS. This snow began a period that marked the snowiest winter on record for Dodge City. Most roads and highways in the Garden City, Dodge City, Meade, Greensburg, Coldwater, and Liberal, KS areas were closed with snowdrifts of 2 to 5 feet. Snow drifts as high as 15 feet were reported at Hugoton, KS. Widespread visibilities of a quarter of a mile and less were also reported from the early afternoon through early the next morning. There were two fatalities from the storm. Estimates from area farmers and feed lot owners indicated that as many as 5,000 head of cattle may have perished during the storm.
Behind the storm, Pocatello, ID reported a record low of -6°.
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1993
Bismarck, ND was in the middle of a 5 day snowstorm, over which time 28.3 inches of snow fell on the city, their greatest snowstorm on record.
Behind the storm many locations reported record low temperatures for the date including: Casper, WY: -19°, Cheyenne, WY: -16°, Kalispell, MT: -14°, Sheridan, WY: -14°, Great Falls, MT: -13°, Burns, OR: -12°, Billings, MT: -11°, Denver, CO: -8°,
Pocatello, ID: -7°, Pueblo, CO: -7°, Rapid City, SD: -5°, Goodland, KS: -1°, Boise, ID: 0°, Medford, OR: 17° and Eureka, CA: 31°.
1999
A rare snowfall affected northern Spain where some mountain villages were isolated. Snow was reported as far south as Barcelona.
Borrego Springs, CA reported a record low of 37°.
2002
A winter storm across the northern Rockies beginning the previous day produced over a foot in some areas. Snowfall totals included: Burgess Junction, MT: 15 inches, Dayton, MT: 11 inches, Story, MT: 10 inches and Sheridan, WY: 7 inches.
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