TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid

 Today is Wednesday  December 1, 2004.
 This is the 336th day of the year, there are 30 days left.

 On this day...
    First day of meteorological winter.
    In 1831 The coldest December of record in the northeastern U.S.
            commenced.  Temperatures in New York City averaged
            22 degrees with just four days above freezing, and
            at Burlington VT the temperature never did get above
            freezing.  The Erie Canal was closed the first day of
            December, and remained closed the entire month.
    In 1896 The temperature at Kipp MT rose 30 degrees in just seven
            minutes, and 80 degrees in a matter of a few hours.  A
            thirty-inch snow cover was melted in half a day.
    In 1913 A six day front range snowstorm began.  It produced
            a record total of 46 inches at Denver CO.
    In 1978 A short-track tornado destroyed 3 and damaged 17 mobile
            homes south of Zephyrhills, FL. No one was killed.
    In 1985 A storm produced more than six inches of snow from the
            Northern and Central Plains to parts of Michigan, with
            36.4 inches reported at Marquette MI.  Many roads were
            blocked by snow, a family was stranded for 25 hours south
            of Colome SD.  Drifts twelve feet high were reported in
            north central Nebraska.
    In 1987 A powerful storm hit the northwestern U.S.  Winds gusted
            to 80 mph at Cape Disappointment WA, and reached 94 mph
            at Cape Blanco OR.  Thunderstorms in western Washington
            State produced wind gusts to 60 mph and dime size hail at
            Hoquiam, and Stevens Pass, in the Cascade Mountains of
            Washington, received seven inches of snow during the
            morning hours.
    In 1988 Squalls in the Great Lakes Region produced up to a foot
            of snow in Ashtabula County OH, up to ten inches in Erie
            County PA, and up to a foot of snow in western New York
            State.
    In 1989 Heavy snow blanketed the mountains of New Mexico, with 12
            inches reported at the Angel Fire Ski Basin.  Strong
            northerly winds ushering cold air into the north central
            U.S. gusted to 55 mph at Devils Lake ND.  Low pressure
            over the Gulf of Alaska produced wind gusts to 69 mph at
            Kodiak Island.


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