Subj : Todays Weather History
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From : DARYL STOUT
Date : Fri Dec 25 2015 12:09 am

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

Today is Friday  December 25, 2015.
This is the 359th day of the year, there are 6 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 1966 A white Christmas was enjoyed from North Carolina to New
           England in the wake of a major snowstorm.  Even coastal
           Virginia was white.
   In 1980 It was the coldest Christmas Day of modern record in the
           northeastern U.S.  Temperatures as cold as 36 degrees
           below zero were reported in New York State, and as the
           sharp cold front swept southeastward the temperature at
           Boston MA plunged from 34 above to seven below zero
           during the day.
   In 1983 It was the coldest Christmas Day of record for
           the central and eastern U.S.  More than 125 cities
           reported record low temperatures for the date, and
           thirty-four of those cities reported all-time records for
           the month of December.  The temperature plunged to one
           degree below zero at Huntsville AL, and dipped to
           14 above at Galveston TX.  Snow covered the ground from
           the Pacific Northwest through much of the Great Plains
           Region to the Northern Appalachains.
   In 1987 Residents of Tucson AZ awoke to a white Christmas for the
           first time in forty-seven years of records, as a winter
           storm blanketed the area with up to four inches of snow.
           While heavy rain inundated Arkansas, freezing rain was
           reported from northwest Texas to southwestern Missouri,
           with an inch of ice reported at Harrison AR.
           Unseasonably mild weather prevailed in the southeastern
           U.S.  Seven cities reported record high temperatures for
           the date.  For the second day in a row McAllen TX was the
           hot spot in the nation with an afternoon high of 91
           degrees.
   In 1988 A massive winter storm made for a very white Christmas in
           the western U.S.  Las Vegas NV reported snow on the
           ground for the first time of record.  Periods of snow
           over a five day period left several feet of new snow
           on the ground of ski areas in Colorado, with 68 inches
           reported at Wolf Creek Pass.
   In 1989 It was a record cold Christmas Day for parts of the
           southeastern U.S.  Morning lows of zero degrees at
           Wilmington NC and five degrees below zero at Jacksonville
           NC established all-time records for those two locations.
           Miami Beach FL equalled the December record established
           the previous morning with a low of 33 degrees.
   In 2000 It was more like a "Fright Christmas" than a White Christmas
           for much of Arkansas, as the second ice storm in two weeks
           hit the state. Ice accumulations to near 2 inches were noted
           in parts of Arkansas, with much of the state encased in a
           treacherous glaze of ice. Numerous accidents on icy roads,
           as well as travel delays by road, rail, and air, were caused
           by the storm, which lasted for much of the week. At the
           height of the storm, over 300,000 Arkansans were without
           power (25th-28th).
   In 2012 (23rd-27th) After coming ashore in the Pacific Northwest,
           a major winter storm spawned both severe weather and
           winter conditions. Heavy snow fell across much of both
           Oklahoma and Arkansas, with over a foot in some areas. It
           was the first White Christmas in Little Rock since 1926,
           and the first time Blizzard Warnings had been issued for
           portions of Arkansas. Officially, 10.3 inches of snow
           was the storm total at Little Rock, setting a record.
           The highest was 17.5 inches in Perry County, to the
           northwest of Pulaski County (Little Rock), and numerous
           other snow records were set. It was the snowiest
           Christmas Day ever in Little Rock. On the warm side of
           the storm, numerous severe thunderstorms with large hail,
           damaging winds, and tornades, plagued areas from east
           Texas, across Louisiana, into much of Mississippi, Alabama,
           Florida, and other areas of the southeast United States.
           The massive storm also brought blizzard conditions from the
           Mid-Mississippi and Ohio Valley into the northeast United
           States. Numerous travelers were stranded by the storm.
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