Subj : Today's Weather History
To : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Mon Dec 26 2016 01:18 am
TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid
Today is Monday December 26, 2016.
This is the 361st day of the year, there are 5 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 1776 George Washington crossed the ice clogged Delaware River.
He marched on Trenton in the midst of snow and sleet thus
surprising and capturing many of the British garrison.
In 1947 New York City received a record 26.4 inches of snow in 24
hours, with as much as 32 inches reported in the suburbs.
The heavy snow brought traffic to a standstill, and snow
removal cost eight million dollars. Thirty thousand
persons were called upon to remove the 100 million tons
of snow. The storm claimed 27 lives. (26th-27th)
In 1983 Miami FL established a December record with a morning low
of 33 degrees. Just three days earlier, and again three
days later, record warm temperatures were reported in
Florida, with daytime highs in the 80s.
In 1987 Freezing rain plagued parts of the south central U.S.,
from northwest Texas to southwest Missouri. Southwest
Missouri was turned into a huge skating rink as roads
beacme sheets of ice. Damage to tree limbs and power
lines compared to a hundred tornadoes, and half of the
city of Springfield was left without electricity for
24 hours. Snow, sleet and ice covered the northwestern
two thirds of Oklahoma. 75,000 homes were left without
electricity as ice accumulated one to two inches in a 40-
mile band from Duncan to Norman to Tulsa to Miami.
25,000 of those homes were still without power a week
later. The storm claimed the lives of seven persons.
(24th-27th)
In 1988 Low pressure produced heavy snow from North Dakota to
western sections of the Great Lakes Region, with up to
fourteen inches reported in the Chicago area. Cold
arctic air hovered over the Plateau Region. Temper-
atures in the Big Smokey Valley of Nevada plunged to
31 degrees below zero.
In 1989 Strong northerly winds behind an arctic cold front
produced snow squalls in the Great Lakes Region and
dangerous wind chill temperatures in the northeastern
U.S. Wind chill readings as cold as 40 degrees below
zero were reported in New York State.
