TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Tuesday  December 4, 2012.   
    This is the 339th day of the year, there are 27 days left.   
      
    On this day...   
       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.   
      
      
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