Subj : Todays Weather History
To   : ALL USERS
From : DARYL STOUT
Date : Fri Dec 04 2015 12:09 am

TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid

Today is Friday  December 4, 2015.
This is the 338th day of the year, there are 27 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 1786 The first of two great early December storms began.  The
           storm produced 18 inches of snow at Morristown NJ, and
           twenty inches of snow at New Haven CT.  It also resulted
           in high tides at Nantucket which did great damage.
   In 1972 70 mph wind gusts sent the temperature at Livingston, MT
           plunging from 52 degrees to 18 degrees in just 20 minutes.
   In 1982 The temperature in New York City's Central Park reached
           72 degrees to establish a record high for December.  The
           month as a whole was also the warmest of record.
   In 1987 A cold front crossing the Pacific Coast Region brought
           high winds and heavy rain to California.  Thunderstorm
           winds gusted to 55 mph at Newport Beach CA, and Mount
           Wilson CA was drenched with 2.17 inches of rain in six
           hours.  Gale force winds prevailed along the Northern
           Pacific Coast, and winds in the Tehachapis Mountains
           of southern California gusted to 60 mph.
   In 1988 Gale force winds continued to usher cold arctic air into
           the northeastern U.S.  Winds gusted to 65 mph at Windsor
           Locks CT.  Up to a foot of snow blanketed the higher
           elevations of Vermont.
   In 1989 Seventeen cities in the eastern U.S., nine in Florida,
           reported record low temperatures for the date.  Lakeland
           FL reported a record low of 31 degrees, and Watertown NY
           was the cold spot in the nation with a low of 20 degrees
           below zero.
   In 2002 A late fall/early winter storm that started in Kansas,
           Oklahoma, and Texas, proceeded east, providing a wide
           variety of weather. Over 14,000 customers in Oklahoma and
           over 50,000 customers in Arkansas lost power due to the
           freezing rain, sleet, and snow. Heavy rain, flooding,
           and severe weather affected south Texas, and along the
           Gulf Coast. Port Arthur, TX got over 5 inches of rain,
           while Lake Charles, LA got over 6 inches of rain. The
           stormy, wintry mix, headed east, affecting Kentucky,
           Tennessee, Georgia, and into the Carolinas, as well as
           the Gulf Coast and eventually the Northeast (3rd-5th).
   In 2003 Tropical Storm Odette, the 15th named storm of the 2003
           Atlantic hurricane season, formed just after the
           traditional end of the season between Jamaica and
           Colombia. It was the first December tropical system ever
           in the Carribbean. The storm ended up crossing Haiti before
           merging with a cold front, and becoming extratropical a few
           days later. Elsewhere, strong winds from an onshore storm
           roared across Washington and Oregon, causing numerous downed
           trees, power lines, and structural damage...as some gusts
           were near hurricane force. A late fall/early winter storm
           affected the Ohio Valley into the northeast, bringing
           widespread winter weather over a large area, which was
           helped by the Nor'easter (4th-6th) Some areas got over 2
           feet of snow.
   In 2012 From midnight to 3pm, over ten thousand lightning strikes
           were recorded in Arkansas, from a line of thunderstorms
           associated with a cold front moving across the state.
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