TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid
Today is Thursday December 1, 2016.
This is the 336th day of the year, there are 30 days left.
On this day...
Weather data after 1990 is PARTIAL. For more current
weather history, go to the National Climate Data Center
website at www.ncdc.noaa.gov
First day of meteorological winter.
In 1831 The coldest December of record in the northeastern U.S.
commenced. Temperatures in New York City averaged
22 degrees with just four days above freezing, and
at Burlington VT the temperature never did get above
freezing. The Erie Canal was closed the first day of
December, and remained closed the entire month.
In 1896 The temperature at Kipp MT rose 30 degrees in just seven
minutes, and 80 degrees in a matter of a few hours. A
thirty-inch snow cover was melted in half a day.
In 1913 A six day front range snowstorm began. It produced
a record total of 46 inches at Denver CO.
In 1978 A short-track tornado destroyed 3 and damaged 17 mobile
homes south of Zephyrhills, FL. No one was killed.
In 1985 A storm produced more than six inches of snow from the
Northern and Central Plains to parts of Michigan, with
36.4 inches reported at Marquette MI. Many roads were
blocked by snow, a family was stranded for 25 hours south
of Colome SD. Drifts twelve feet high were reported in
north central Nebraska.
In 1987 A powerful storm hit the northwestern U.S. Winds gusted
to 80 mph at Cape Disappointment WA, and reached 94 mph
at Cape Blanco OR. Thunderstorms in western Washington
State produced wind gusts to 60 mph and dime size hail at
Hoquiam, and Stevens Pass, in the Cascade Mountains of
Washington, received seven inches of snow during the
morning hours.
In 1988 Squalls in the Great Lakes Region produced up to a foot
of snow in Ashtabula County OH, up to ten inches in Erie
County PA, and up to a foot of snow in western New York
State.
In 1989 Heavy snow blanketed the mountains of New Mexico, with 12
inches reported at the Angel Fire Ski Basin. Strong
northerly winds ushering cold air into the north central
U.S. gusted to 55 mph at Devils Lake ND. Low pressure
over the Gulf of Alaska produced wind gusts to 69 mph at
Kodiak Island.
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