On this date in 1903, the temperature fell to a record low of 3 degrees. The chill came after 3 inches of snow fell the previous day, when the high was 27 and the low 9. Low temperatures dropped into the single digits on four straight days after the snow from Feb. 17-20. The high of 16 and low of 4 on Feb. 19 were both calendar-day record lows.
Here are other notables for the day:
- Average high: 49
- Average low: 32
- Record high: 77 (2011)
- Record low: 3 (1903)
- Record precipitation: 1.10 inches (1960)
- Record snowfall: 4.7 inches (1979)
