TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Saturday  December 22, 2012.   
    This is the 357th day of the year, there are 9 days left.   
      
    On this day...   
       In 1839 The second of triple December storms hit the northeastern   
               U.S.  The storm produced 25 inches of snow at Gettysburg   
               PA, and gales in New England, but only produced light   
               snow along the coast.   
       In 1961 Holiday travel was paralyzed over extreme northeastern   
               Kansas, and adjacent parts of Missouri, Iowa and   
               Nebraska, as 5 to 15 inches of snow drifted to ten feet.   
               (22nd-23rd)   
       In 1983 On the first day of winter 75 cities reported record low   
               temperatures for the date, with twelve of those cities   
               reporting record low temperatures for the month as a   
               whole.  The mercury plunged to 51 degrees below zero at   
               Wisdom MT, and Waco TX set an all-time record low a   
               reading of 12 above zero.   
       In 1987 The first day of winter was a relatively tranquil one for   
               much of the nation, but heralded a winter storm in the   
               Central Rockies.  The storm produced 40 inches of snow at   
               the top of the Pomerelle Ski Resort, south of Burley ID,   
               the heaviest snow of record for that location.   
       In 1988 Strong winds prevailed in the foothills of Wyoming and   
               Colorado.  Winds gusted to 123 mph southwest of Fort   
               Collins CO, and reached 141 mph at the summit of Mount   
               Evans.  An ice storm paralyzed parts of Upper Michigan   
               during the day.  The freezing rain left roads around   
               Marquette MI blocked by cars and semi-trucks.   
       In 1989 A total of 137 cities across the central and eastern U.S.   
               reported record low temperatures for the date.  Thirty-   
               five of those cities established record lows for the   
               month of December.  Morning lows of 23 degrees below zero   
               at Kansas City MO, 26 degrees below zero at Concordia KS,   
               and 27 degrees below zero at Goodland KS established all-   
               time records for those three locations. Unofficial morning   
               lows included 50 degrees below zero at Recluse WY and 60   
               degrees below zero at Rochford SD. Broadus MT and Hardin MT   
               tied for honors as the official cold spot in the nation   
               with morning lows of 47 degrees below zero.  Chinook winds   
               at Cutbank MT helped warm the temperature 74 degrees, from   
               a morning low of 34 degrees below zero to an afternoon high   
               of 40 degrees.   
       In 2004 Winter hit with a vengenance from Kansas and Oklahoma,   
               east into Missouri and Arkansas...then into the Tennessee   
               and Ohio Valleys. West, central, and north Arkansas got   
               from 4 to 8 inches of snow, with freezing rain first from   
               Little Rock east to Memphis before all that went to snow.   
               The storm then moved into the Ohio Valley, producing large   
               snow totals along its path...including a record amount of   
               almost 2 feet of snow in Dayton, Ohio. On the south side   
               of the storm in the warm sector, severe thunderstorms and   
               tornadoes were the rule along the Gulf Coast from Louisiana   
               to Florida...with heavy rain in many areas (22nd-23rd).   
               snow of near 2 feet in the Dayton area...and large snow   
               totals   
      
      
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