Portal:Weather/On this day list/January 13

1979: A major snowstorm affected the Chicago area, dropping record snowfall of more than 16 inches (410 mm) in one day.

1982: Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into the Potomac River as a result of severe icing in a snowstorm, killing 78 people.

2003: Cyclone Ami, one of the worst tropical cyclones to ever strike Fiji, made landfall on Vanua Levu and Taveuni, killing 12 people.