On this day in 1772, a massive snowstorm began ,one of the largest ever documented in the Mid-Atlantic. Snow continued to fall on Jan. 28 and into Jan 29. The storm was documented by George Washington, who reported three feet at his home in Mount Vernon, as well as Thomas Jefferson, who also observed three feet at his home in Monticello, near Charlottesville, Virginia.
The storm earned the name The Washington and Jefferson Snowstorm based on the observations of the two presidents.
Read more: The Washington and Jefferson Snowstorm of 1772
Here are other notables for the day:
- Average high: 45
- Average low: 30
- Record high: 75 (1974)
- Record low: 6 (1935)
- Record precipitation: 0.99 inches (1967)
- Record snowfall: 5 inches (1922)
Other blurbs– but kind of meh
On this day in 1974, the high temperature rose to a calendar-day record 75 degrees. It was part of an abnormally mild 10-day stretch in which the highs reached 60 or higher on seven days. That January ranked as the 10th warmest on record.
And On this day in 1935, the low temperature fell to a calendar-day record of 6 degrees. It was third time in four days lows fell into the single digits; on Jan. 28, the low plunged below zero (to minus-2). The cold weather followed nearly a foot of snow that fell on Jan. 23 that year.
