TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid
Today is Friday December 25, 2020.
This is the 360th day of the year, there are 6 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
In 1966 A white Christmas was enjoyed from North Carolina to New
England in the wake of a major snowstorm. Even coastal
Virginia was white.
In 1980 It was the coldest Christmas Day of modern record in the
northeastern U.S. Temperatures as cold as 36 degrees
below zero were reported in New York State, and as the
sharp cold front swept southeastward the temperature at
Boston MA plunged from 34 above to seven below zero
during the day.
In 1983 It was the coldest Christmas Day of record for
the central and eastern U.S. More than 125 cities
reported record low temperatures for the date, and
thirty-four of those cities reported all-time records for
the month of December. The temperature plunged to one
degree below zero at Huntsville AL, and dipped to
14 above at Galveston TX. Snow covered the ground from
the Pacific Northwest through much of the Great Plains
Region to the Northern Appalachains.
In 1987 Residents of Tucson AZ awoke to a white Christmas for the
first time in forty-seven years of records, as a winter
storm blanketed the area with up to four inches of snow.
While heavy rain inundated Arkansas, freezing rain was
reported from northwest Texas to southwestern Missouri,
with an inch of ice reported at Harrison AR.
Unseasonably mild weather prevailed in the southeastern
U.S. Seven cities reported record high temperatures for
the date. For the second day in a row McAllen TX was the
hot spot in the nation with an afternoon high of 91
degrees.
In 1988 A massive winter storm made for a very white Christmas in
the western U.S. Las Vegas NV reported snow on the
ground for the first time of record. Periods of snow
over a five day period left several feet of new snow
on the ground of ski areas in Colorado, with 68 inches
reported at Wolf Creek Pass.
In 1989 It was a record cold Christmas Day for parts of the
southeastern U.S. Morning lows of zero degrees at
Wilmington NC and five degrees below zero at Jacksonville
NC established all-time records for those two locations.
Miami Beach FL equalled the December record established
the previous morning with a low of 33 degrees.
In 2000 It was more like a "Fright Christmas" than a White Christmas
for much of Arkansas, as the second ice storm in two weeks
hit the state. Ice accumulations to near 2 inches were noted
in parts of Arkansas, with much of the state encased in a
treacherous glaze of ice. Numerous accidents on icy roads,
as well as travel delays by road, rail, and air, were caused
by the storm, which lasted for much of the week. At the
height of the storm, over 300,000 Arkansans were without
power (25th-28th).
In 2012 (23rd-27th) After coming ashore in the Pacific Northwest,
a major winter storm spawned both severe weather and
winter conditions. Heavy snow fell across much of both
Oklahoma and Arkansas, with over a foot in some areas. It
was the first White Christmas in Little Rock since 1926,
and the first time Blizzard Warnings had been issued for
portions of Arkansas. Officially, 10.3 inches of snow
was the storm total at Little Rock, setting a record.
The highest was 17.5 inches in Perry County, to the
northwest of Pulaski County (Little Rock), and numerous
other snow records were set. It was the snowiest
Christmas Day ever in Little Rock. On the warm side of
the storm, numerous severe thunderstorms with large hail,
damaging winds, and tornades, plagued areas from east
Texas, across Louisiana, into much of Mississippi, Alabama,
Florida, and other areas of the southeast United States.
The massive storm also brought blizzard conditions from the
Mid-Mississippi and Ohio Valley into the northeast United
States. Numerous travelers were stranded by the storm.
In 2017 (25th-26th) The Lake Effect Snow was in high gear, dropping
a record 53 inches of snow on Erie, Pennsylvania.
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