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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