TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Saturday  December 1, 2012.   
    This is the 336th day of the year, there are 30 days left.   
      
    On this day...   
       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.   
      
      
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