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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