Portal:Weather/On this day list/February 26
February 26[edit]
1969: The ESSA-9 weather satellite was launched.
1987: The GOES 7 weather satellite was launched. Part of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite program, GOES 7 would provide weather forecasting data to the United States until its retirement and transfer to the PEACESAT program in 1999.
2010: The third blizzard in less than a month struck the Northeastern United States. The three storms, colloquially referred to as "Snowmageddon", resulted in more than 40 deaths, and a large area of the United States receiving more than 3 feet (0.91 m) of snow.