TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Monday  December 24, 2012.   
    This is the 359th day of the year, there are 7 days left.   
      
    On this day...   
       In 1872 Extreme cold gripped the Upper Midwest on Christmas Eve.   
               Downtown Chicago reported an all-time record low of 23   
               degrees below zero, and Minneapolis MN reached 38 below.   
               The afternoon high at Minneapolis was 17 degrees below   
               zero.   
       In 1983 The barometric pressure reached 31.42 inches at Miles   
               City MT to establish a record for the U.S.  It was the   
               coldest Christmas Eve of record.  More than 125 cities   
               reported record low temperatures for the date, and all-   
               time record lows for December were reported at seventeen   
               cities, including Chicago with a low of 25 degrees below   
               zero, and Havre MT with a reading of 50 below zero.   
       In 1987 A four day seige of heavy rain began in the south central   
               U.S.  Flooding claimed four lives and caused millions of   
               dollars property damage.  Western Tennessee was drenched   
               with up to fourteen inches of rain in two days.  Total   
               rainfall exceeded twelve inches around Memphis TN, and   
               the heavy rain and subsequent flooding added insult to   
               injury to victims of the West Memphis tornado on the 14th   
               of the month.  Little Rock AR experienced their wettest   
               December day of record with 5.01 inches of rain.  West   
               Little Rock reported 10.20 inches of rain in 24 hours.   
       In 1988 Early morning thunderstorms developing along a cold front   
               spawned a powerful tornado at Franklin TN which killed   
               one person, injured seven others, and caused eight   
               million dollars damage.  Another in a series of winter   
               storms in the western U.S. produced 20 inches of snow at   
               Blue Canyon CA in 24 hours.  Bishop CA received 14 inches   
               of snow in just six hours, and Redding CA, which normally   
               receives three inches of snow per year, was blanketed   
               with ten inches. Las Vegas experiences its first   
               White Christmas on record.   
       In 1989 Fifty-seven cities in the south central and eastern U.S.   
               reported record low temperatures for the date, including   
               Elkins WV with a reading of 22 degrees below zero.  Key   
               West FL equalled their record for December with a morning   
               low of 44 degrees.  The high for the date of 45 degrees   
               at Miami FL was an all-time record for that location, and   
               smashed their previous record for the date by twenty   
               degrees, with a low of 33 degrees, matched the next day.   
       In 2001 (24th-29th) From one extreme to the other, weatherwise,   
               across the globe. Buffalo, New York got the brunt of the   
               Lake Effect Snow machine...with some areas getting close   
               to 7 feet of snow. Meanwhile, Austrailia was plagued with   
               severe wildfires, scorching hundreds of acres, destroying   
               many buildings, and approaching Sydney.   
       In 2004 An upper level storm system brought snow to south Texas,   
               bringing the first white Christmas in 86 years to Victoria.   
               San Antonio, Brownsville, and Corpus Christi all got snow,   
               which was as much as 13 inches in some areas.   
      
      
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