Subj : Today's Weather History To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Thu Dec 01 2016 12:01 am TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid Today is Thursday December 1, 2016. This is the 336th day of the year, there are 30 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 First day of meteorological winter. In 1831 The coldest December of record in the northeastern U.S. commenced. Temperatures in New York City averaged 22 degrees with just four days above freezing, and at Burlington VT the temperature never did get above freezing. The Erie Canal was closed the first day of December, and remained closed the entire month. In 1896 The temperature at Kipp MT rose 30 degrees in just seven minutes, and 80 degrees in a matter of a few hours. A thirty-inch snow cover was melted in half a day. In 1913 A six day front range snowstorm began. It produced a record total of 46 inches at Denver CO. In 1978 A short-track tornado destroyed 3 and damaged 17 mobile homes south of Zephyrhills, FL. No one was killed. In 1985 A storm produced more than six inches of snow from the Northern and Central Plains to parts of Michigan, with 36.4 inches reported at Marquette MI. Many roads were blocked by snow, a family was stranded for 25 hours south of Colome SD. Drifts twelve feet high were reported in north central Nebraska. In 1987 A powerful storm hit the northwestern U.S. Winds gusted to 80 mph at Cape Disappointment WA, and reached 94 mph at Cape Blanco OR. Thunderstorms in western Washington State produced wind gusts to 60 mph and dime size hail at Hoquiam, and Stevens Pass, in the Cascade Mountains of Washington, received seven inches of snow during the morning hours. In 1988 Squalls in the Great Lakes Region produced up to a foot of snow in Ashtabula County OH, up to ten inches in Erie County PA, and up to a foot of snow in western New York State. In 1989 Heavy snow blanketed the mountains of New Mexico, with 12 inches reported at the Angel Fire Ski Basin. Strong northerly winds ushering cold air into the north central U.S. gusted to 55 mph at Devils Lake ND. Low pressure over the Gulf of Alaska produced wind gusts to 69 mph at Kodiak Island. Posted by VPost v1.7.081019 .