Today is a happening day in weather history (courtesy Nashville NWS):
On January 21, 1888…Nashville receives 6.1″ of snow.
On January 21, 1935…Nashville reports an early morning high temperature of 69 degrees before a strong cold front passes through, dropping the temperature to 36 degrees by 7:00 a.m., 24 degrees by noon, and 14 degrees by 7:00 p.m. The temperature drops another 2 degrees during the evening, for a low of 12, and a daily range of 57 degrees. Three inches of snow fall by evening.
On January 21, 1959…A cold front drops the temperature at Nashville a remarkable 59 degrees — from a high of 74, to 15 degrees the next morning. Temperature ranges at other locations include Clarksville and Columbia, 59 degrees, Lawrenceburg, 58, Tullahoma, 57, Cookeville and Springfield, 55, Murfreesboro, 54, and Crossville, 52 degrees.
On January 21, 1985…Temperature at Nashville drops to -17, setting an all-time record low. Other record lows include Allardt (-27), Carthage (-17), Celina (-20), Centerville (-26), Columbia (-20), Cookeville (-22), Crossville (-21), Crossville (Experiment Station) (-25), Dickson (-23), Franklin (-21), Lebanon (3 W) (-20), Lewisburg (-20), Livingston (-25), Monteagle (-20), Mount Pleasant (-17), Neapolis (-23), Shelbyville (-20), Smithville (-24), and Woodbury (-28).
I remember the winter of ‘85….the heat ran all day during that cold stretch and still couldn’t keep my place warm.
I went out to start my car and it struggled.
We ended up closing our restaurant early as very few people we actually out and about.
It was NASTY!!!!!…You couldn’t and didn’t want to stay outside very long.
ONCE AGAIN i will report you the hohenwald record for that day since it was not posted….it was -26
i was born in dec. ‘85…if only i could remember that winter…