Portal:Weather/On this day list/February 17
February 17[edit]
1959: Vanguard 2, the first weather satellite, was launched, carrying a device to measure daytime cloud cover.
2003: A major snow storm dropped 15–30 inches (38–76 cm) of snow from Washington, D.C. to Boston in the Eastern United States.
2010: An avalanche killed at least 38 people in the Kohistan District of Pakistan.