Subj : Today's Weather History
To : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu Dec 08 2016 12:01 am
TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid
Today is Thursday December 8, 2016.
This is the 343rd day of the year, there are 23 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 1892 A tremendous ice fall occurred at Gay Hill TX.
Ice averaged four to six inches in diameter.
In 1938 The temperature at La Mesa CA soared to 108 degrees to
establish a U.S. record for the month of December.
In 1963 Lightning caused the crash of a jet airliner killing
81 persons at Elkton MD.
In 1987 A cold front crossing the northwestern U.S. continued to
produce high winds along the coast, and heavy snow
blanketed parts of the western U.S. Snowfall totals in
the mountains of western Nevada ranged up to 18 inches at
Heavenly Valley and near the Boreal Ski Resort, and winds
at Reno NV gusted to 56 mph. Thunderstorms over southern
Florida deluged the Florida Keys with up to five inches
of rain. Strong winds, gusting to 48 mph at Gage OK,
ushered wintry weather into the Central High Plains.
Goodland KS, which one day earlier was 63 degrees, was
blanketed with two inches of snow.
In 1988 Santa Ana winds buffeted southern California, with gusts
to 92 mph reported at Laguna Peak. The high winds
unroofed buildings, and downed trees and power lines,
igniting five major fires, and numerous smaller ones.
Damage was estimated at 15 to 20 million dollars.
In 1989 A winter storm spread snow and freezing rain across much
of the Atlantic Coast Region, from Georgia to New Jersey.
Snowfall totals ranged up to seven inches, at Stanton VA
and Tobacco MD. Up to six inches of snow blanketed the
mountains of northern Georgia. More than one hundred
auto accidents were reported in Gwinnett County GA.
In 2002 Super Typhoon Pongsona hit Guam in the western Pacific,
with 180 mph winds. 1700 building were destroyed, and over
2000 more buildings were damaged.
