TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Tuesday  December 25, 2012.   
    This is the 360th day of the year, there are 6 days left.   
      
    On this day...   
       In 1966 A white Christmas was enjoyed from North Carolina to New   
               England in the wake of a major snowstorm.  Even coastal   
               Virginia was white.   
       In 1980 It was the coldest Christmas Day of modern record in the   
               northeastern U.S.  Temperatures as cold as 36 degrees   
               below zero were reported in New York State, and as the   
               sharp cold front swept southeastward the temperature at   
               Boston MA plunged from 34 above to seven below zero   
               during the day.   
       In 1983 It was the coldest Christmas Day of record for   
               the central and eastern U.S.  More than 125 cities   
               reported record low temperatures for the date, and   
               thirty-four of those cities reported all-time records for   
               the month of December.  The temperature plunged to one   
               degree below zero at Huntsville AL, and dipped to   
               14 above at Galveston TX.  Snow covered the ground from   
               the Pacific Northwest through much of the Great Plains   
               Region to the Northern Appalachains.   
       In 1987 Residents of Tucson AZ awoke to a white Christmas for the   
               first time in forty-seven years of records, as a winter   
               storm blanketed the area with up to four inches of snow.   
               While heavy rain inundated Arkansas, freezing rain was   
               reported from northwest Texas to southwestern Missouri,   
               with an inch of ice reported at Harrison AR.   
               Unseasonably mild weather prevailed in the southeastern   
               U.S.  Seven cities reported record high temperatures for   
               the date.  For the second day in a row McAllen TX was the   
               hot spot in the nation with an afternoon high of 91   
               degrees.   
       In 1988 A massive winter storm made for a very white Christmas in   
               the western U.S.  Las Vegas NV reported snow on the   
               ground for the first time of record.  Periods of snow   
               over a five day period left several feet of new snow   
               on the ground of ski areas in Colorado, with 68 inches   
               reported at Wolf Creek Pass.   
       In 1989 It was a record cold Christmas Day for parts of the   
               southeastern U.S.  Morning lows of zero degrees at   
               Wilmington NC and five degrees below zero at Jacksonville   
               NC established all-time records for those two locations.   
               Miami Beach FL equalled the December record established   
               the previous morning with a low of 33 degrees.   
       In 2000 It was more like a "Fright Christmas" than a White Christmas   
               for much of Arkansas, as the second ice storm in two weeks   
               hit the state. Ice accumulations to near 2 inches were noted   
               in parts of Arkansas, with much of the state encased in a   
               treacherous glaze of ice. Numerous accidents on icy roads,   
               as well as travel delays by road, rail, and air, were caused   
               by the storm, which lasted for much of the week. At the   
               height of the storm, over 300,000 Arkansans were without   
               power (25th-28th).   
      
      
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