TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Sunday  December 23, 2012.   
    This is the 358th day of the year, there are 8 days left.   
      
    On this day...   
       In 1811 A cold storm hit Long Island sound with a foot of snow,   
               gale force winds, and temperatures near zero.  During the   
               storm many ships were wrecked, and in some cases entire   
               crews perished.   
       In 1955 The barometric pressure dipped to a 28.97 inches   
               (981.0 millibars) at Boise ID, an all-time record for   
               that location.   
       In 1982 (23rd-25th) Twenty-nine tornadoes across Arkansas over three   
               days, added to the misery from an outbreak that occurred on   
               Dec. 2 and 3. The most tornadoes occurred on Christmas Eve,   
               with one fatality in Faulkner County, northwest of Little   
               Rock. Heavy rains resulted in river flooding across south   
               Arkansas. Elsewhere, a major winter storm struck Colorado,   
               producing heavy snow and blizzard conditions. A record two   
               feet of snow was reported at Stapleton Airport in Denver,   
               which was shut down for 33 hours.  Up to 44 inches of snow   
               fell in the foothills surrounding Denver.  The storm hurt   
               the ski industry, as skiers were unable to make it out of   
               Denver to the slopes, and the closed airport became a   
               campground for vacationers.       (23rd-25th)   
       In 1983 The temperature plunged to 50 degrees below zero   
               at Williston ND to equal their all-time record.   
               Minneapolis MN reported an afternoon high of 17 degrees   
               below zero, and that evening strong northerly winds   
               produced wind chill readings of 100 degrees below zero in   
               North Dakota.   
       In 1987 A winter storm brought heavy snow to the Central Rockies,   
               and also spread a blanket of snow across the Middle   
               Missouri Valley in time for Christmas.  Snow and high   
               winds created near blizzard conditions in Wyoming.   
               Snowfall totals in Wyoming ranged up to 25 inches at   
               Casper, with four feet of snow reported at the Hogadon   
               Ski Resort on Capser Mountain.  The Wolf Creek Ski Resort   
               in Colorado received 26 inches of snow.  Totals in the   
               Middle Missouri Valley ranged up to 16 inches at Alpena   
               SD, with 14 inches at Harrison NE.  Strong winds ushered   
               unseasonably cold air into the southwestern U.S.  Canyon   
               winds gusting to 100 mph created ground blizzards in   
               Utah.   
       In 1988 Low pressure in the Upper Midwest produced strong and   
               gusty winds across the Great Lakes Region and the Ohio   
               Valley.  Winds in Ohio gusted to 47 mph at Cincinnati,   
               and reached 51 mph at Cleveland.   
       In 1989 An historic arctic outbreak spread to the Gulf Coast   
               Region, and a total of 122 cities across the central and   
               eastern U.S. reported record low temperatures for the   
               date.  Forty-one of those cities reported record lows for   
               the month of December, with some cities breaking December   
               records established the previous morning. Morning lows of   
               11 degrees at New Orleans LA and Lake Charles LA,   
               4 degrees below zero at San Angelo TX, and 26 degrees   
               below zero at Topeka KS, established all-time records for   
               those four locations.  Yankton SD was the cold spot in   
               the nation with a morning low of 31 degrees below zero.   
               A storm system moving across the Florida peninsula and   
               along the Southern Atlantic Coast produced high winds and   
               record snows along the Carolina coast.  Snowfall totals   
               of 15 inches at Wilmington NC and 13.3 inches at Cape   
               Hatteras NC were all-time records for those   
               two locations.  Gale force winds, gusting to 60 mph,   
               produced waves thirty-four feet high off the coast of   
               North Carolina, and whipped the heavy snow into drifts up   
               to eight feet high.  The storm resulted in the first   
               white Christmas of record from northeastern Florida to   
               North Carolina.   
       In 2002 A powerful early winter storm brought a wide variety of   
               weather to much of the southern plains eastward, and into   
               the northeast U.S. (23rd-25th). Heavy snow was reported   
               in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri, with 12 deaths in the   
               plains being blamed on the storm. The storm also gave a   
               White Christmas to the Ohio Valley into the northeast.   
               On the warm side of the storm, high winds, tornadoes, and   
               heavy rain were seen. Houston, TX had strong winds, flash   
               flooding was in the Atlanta, GA area, with tornadoes in   
               southwest Georgia and Alabama...as well as in Texas,   
               Louisiana, and Florida.   
      
      
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