Weather on This Date - February 3

February 3, 1917 
Downtown Miami, FL, reported an all-time record low of 27 degrees. (David Ludlum) 

February 3, 1947 
The temperature at Tanacross, AK, plunged to a record 75 degrees below zero. (David Ludlum) 

February 3, 1987 
Wintry weather was confined to freezing drizzle and light snow in the northeastern U.S., and light rain and snow in the western U.S. (The National Weather Summary) 

February 3, 1988 
Arctic air continued to invade the central U.S. The temperature at Midland TX plunged from a record high of 80 degrees to 37 degrees in just three hours. Morning lows in the higher elevations of Wyoming were as cold as 38 degrees below zero. Heavy snow blanketed southwestern Colorado, with 16 inches reported at Steamboat Springs. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 

February 3, 1989 
A winter storm brought heavy snow and high winds to the western U.S. Up to three feet of snow blanketed the Sierra Nevada of California, and buried parts of northeastern Washington State under three feet of snow in five days. High winds across Washington State reached 75 mph, with gusts to 105 mph. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 

February 3, 1989 
Severe cold gripped the north central U.S. The morning low of 29 degrees below zero at Casper WY was a record for the month of February. Wisdom MT hit 53 degrees below zero. Missoula MT reported a wind chill reading of 85 degrees below zero. (The National Weather Summary) 

February 3, 1990 
Thunderstorms developing ahead of a cold front produced severe weather over the central Gulf coast states during the afternoon and evening hours. Thunderstorms spawned seven tornadoes in Alabama, including one which touched down north of Birmingham injuring fifteen people and causing nearly three million dollars damage. A tornado at Margaret injured eleven persons and caused a million dollars damage. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 

February 3, 1996
A bitterly cold arctic air mass combined with 15 to 20 MPH winds produced wind chill temperatures in north Georgia between -10°F and 5°F on the afternoon of the 3rd. This system also produced up to an inch of snow in portions of southeast Georgia. (NWS Atlanta)

Data courtesy of WeatherForYou

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1996 - An Arctic outbreak from late Jan. through early Feb. produced nearly 400 hundred record lows, 15 all-time low readings and over 50 new record lows for February. #OTD Tower, MN hit -60F. #wxhistory pic.twitter.com/dkJmEQtOH7

— Day In WX History (@weather_history) February 2, 2018