Portal:Weather/On this day list/January 23
January 23[edit]
1862: The capital city of California was temporarily moved from Sacramento to San Francisco, due to the former city being entirely inundated by the worst flooding in recorded history.
1970: The TIROS-M weather satellite was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base Space Launch Complex 2.
1971: The temperature dropped to −80 °F (−62 °C) in Prospect Creek, Alaska, the coldest temperature ever recorded in the United States.
2005: Cyclone Ernest made landfall at Itampolo, Madagascar, killing 78 people.
2011: Cyclone Wilma passed through the islands of American Samoa, killing 3 people.