Subj : Today's Weather History
To : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Mon Dec 12 2016 02:29 am
TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid
Today is Monday December 12, 2016.
This is the 347th day of the year, there are 19 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 1882 Portland OR was drenched with 7.66 inches of rain,
a record 24 hour total for that location. (12th-13th)
In 1960 The first of three Middle Atlantic snowstorms produced a
foot of snow at Baltimore MD. A pre-winter blizzard
struck the northeastern U.S. producing wind gusts as high
as 51 mph along with 16 inches of snow at Nantucket MA,
and 20 inches at Newark NJ.
In 1969 The worst tornado of record for western Washington State
tracked south of Seattle, traveling five miles, from Des
Moines to Kent. The tornado, 50 to 200 yards in width,
began as a waterspout over Puget Sound. One person was
injured and the tornado caused half a million dollars
damage.
In 1987 While a developing winter storm began to spread snow
across New Mexico into Colorado, high winds ushered
unseasonably cold air into the southwestern states.
Winds in California gusted to 60 mph in the Sacramento
River Delta, and in the San Bernardino Valley.
In 1988 Cold arctic air spread from the Great Lakes Region to the
Appalachian Region. Twenty-five cities, mostly in the
northeastern U.S., reported record low temperatures for
the date. The low of 12 degrees below zero at Albany NY
was their coldest reading for so early in the season.
Saranac Lake NY was the cold spot in the nation with a
low of 28 degrees below zero.
In 1989 A winter storm produced snow from northern Mississippi to
the Middle Atlantic Coast, with 10.5 inches reported at
Powhatan VA. Heavy snow whitened the Black Hills
of South Dakota, with 36 inches of snow reported at Deer
Mountain. Thirteen cities in the north central U.S.,
from Minnesota to Texas, reported record low temperatures
for the date, including Duluth MN and Yankton SD with
morning lows of 22 degrees below zero.
In 2000 (12th-13th) Much of Arkansas was hit by an intense ice
storm, that paralyzed the state, with icy roads, and
knocking out power to 250,000 residents for several days.
It was difficult to find hotel rooms within 60 miles of
Little Rock, for those wanting shelter from the storm.
In 2003 (12th-15th) For the second time in a week, a winter storm
which began in Kansas and Oklahoma with snow, spread east
into the Ohio Valley and the northeast and New England.
Some areas once again got over 2 feet of snow.
