TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Friday  December 18, 2015.   
    This is the 352nd day of the year, there are 13 days left.   
      
    On this day...   
       Weather data after 1990 is PARTIAL. For more current   
       weather history, go to the National Climate Data Center   
       website at www.ncdc.noaa.gov   
       In 1957 A tornado swept across Jackson, Williamson and Franklin   
               Counties in southern Illinois killing eleven persons.   
       In 1981 A heavy lake-effect snow blanketed the southern and   
               southeastern shores of Lake Michigan leaving up to   
               22 inches of snow at Valparaiso IN.   
       In 1983 Record cold hit the north central states.  At Havre MT   
               the mercury plunged to a record reading of 34 degrees   
               below zero.   
       In 1984 A storm over southern California left up to 16 inches of   
               snow in the mountains and upper deserts, with 13 inches   
               reported at Lancaster.  Edwards AFB was closed, and   
               Interstate-5 was closed from Castaic to the Tehachapis   
               Mountains.  (18th-19th)   
       In 1986 A strong winter storm, which developed off the   
               coast of New Jersey and moved out to sea, lashed the   
               northeastern U.S. with high winds, heavy rain, and heavy   
               snow.  The storm left snowfall amounts of up to 30 inches   
               in Vermont, 24 inches in Massachusetts, and 20 inches in   
               New Hampshire.  The highest rainfall amounts approached   
               four inches in southern New England, where winds gusted   
               to 70 mph.   
       In 1987 A weakening storm moved into the Rocky Mountain Region   
               producing six inches of snow at the Platoro Reservoir in   
               the San Juan Mountains of Colorado.  The storm then   
               spread rain and drizzle across the Southern High Plains   
               and into the Middle Mississippi Valley, with thunderstorms   
               over Texas.   
       In 1988 Warm weather prevailed in the central U.S. while cool   
               weather prevailed across the eastern states.  Sheridan   
               WY, with a record warm afternoon high of 68 degrees, was   
               seven degrees warmer than Key West FL.   
       In 1989 A winter storm moving out of the Great Plains Region   
               spread freezing rain, sleet and snow across parts of the   
               southeastern U.S.  Freezing rain resulted in 170 auto   
               accidents in the Memphis area during the evening hours.   
               Unseasonably warm weather continued ahead of arctic cold   
               front.  Miami FL equalled their record for December with   
               a high of 87 degrees.   
      
      
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