FEBRUARY 26TH
HISTORIC WEATHER EVENTS
...1910...
Parts of Washington State were in the midst of a storm which produced 129
inches of snow at Laconia between the 24th and the 26th, a single storm
record for the state. A series of storms, which began on the 23rd, led to a
deadly avalanche on the first of March. By late on the 28th, the snow had
changed to rain, setting the stage for disaster. (The Weather Channel)
...1972...
The Buffalo Creek disaster occurred in the Buffalo Creek Hollow of Logan
County in West Virginia. A coal slag dam on the Middle Fork of Buffalo
Creek burst sending a fifty foot wall of water down a narrow valley killing
125 persons and causing 51 million dollars damage. Three days of rain atop
a six inches snow cover prompted the dam break. (David Ludlum) (The Weather
Channel)
...2000...
A deep low pressure system centered over the central plains set up strong 
southerly flow over the commonwealth bringing unseasonably mild temperatures to 
the region over a three day period which peaked on the 26th. The mercury climbed 
to 75 degrees in London, not enough to unseat the record for this date of 81 
degrees which was set in 1977. At the Jackson Airport afternoon temperatures of 
76 degrees on the 25th and 26th were both warm enough to establish the current 
record highs for both dates. Lexington hit 74 and Louisville hit 77. Climate 
records for London and Jackson date back to 1954 and 1981 respectively. 
(NWS Jackson)