Subj : Today's Weather History
To : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Dec 30 2016 12:10 am
TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid
Today is Friday December 30, 2016.
This is the 365th day of the year, there are 1 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 1880 The temperature at Charlotte NC plunged to an all-time
record cold readings of 5 degrees below zero, a record
which was equalled on the 21st of January in 1985.
In 1917 A great cold wave set many records in the northeastern
U.S. The mercury plunged to 13 degrees below zero at New
York City, and to 15 below at Boston. Temperature
readings dipped below zero at Boston five nights in a
row. Berlin NH hit 44 degrees below zero in the "Great
World War I Cold Wave", and Saint Johnsbury VT reached 43
degrees below zero.
In 1933 The temperature reached 50 degrees below zero at
Bloomfield VT. It was the coldest reading in modern
records for New England. The temperature at Pittsburgh
NH reached 44 degrees below zero.
In 1955 Anchorage AK reported an all-time record snow depth of
47 inches. (30th-1st)
In 1972 The ship Weather Reporter in the Atlantic Ocean measured an
86 foot high wave, the world's highest measured wave.
In 1987 A storm in the western U.S. produced heavy snow in Utah,
with 28 inches reported in the Mount Holly and Elk
Meadows area. Strong winds prevailed ahead of a cold
front in the central U.S. Winds gusted to 46 mph at
Dodge City KS, and reached 80 mph at Ruidoso NM. Strong
northerly winds, ushering arctic cold into the north
central U.S., created blizzard conditions in western
Minnesota and central and eastern South Dakota.
In 1988 Unseasonably cold weather prevailed in the southwestern
U.S. A week of subfreezing temperatures in southern
California claimed the lives of five people. Redding CA
was blanketed with four inches of snow.
In 1989 Extreme cold continued across northern Maine. Milo ME
was the cold spot in the nation with a morning low of 38
degrees below zero, and the low of 31 degrees below zero
at Caribou ME was a December record for that location.
Freezing rain spread across much of Lower Michigan,
knocking out electrical power to 1.9 million customers in
southeastern Lower Michigan.
