On This Day
| Weather History for January 2 |
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1777 Extreme cold froze muddy fields near Trenton, NJ and allowed George Washington to escape the British and seek safe shelter in Pennsylvania. |
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1955 The 1955 hurricane season began exceptionally early as the first hurricane of the season formed in the Atlantic Ocean, but never made landfall. |
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1960 Oodnadatta, Australia recorded the Southern Hemisphere's highest temperature on record of 123 degrees. |
| Data courtesy of the National Weather Service |