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- 1978: A short-track tornado destroyed 3 and damaged 17 mobile homes south of Zephyrhills, FL. No one was killed.
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- 1982: A tornado destroyed a home in Eastwood, MO. Another tornado hit the replacement mobile home on the same site 3 weeks later.
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- 1952: A remarkable display of sea smoke was seen in Hong Kong harbor, where it poured from Kowloon Bay from 8 to 9:30 A.M.
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- 1972: 70 mph wind gusts sent the temperature at Livingston, MT plunging from 52 degrees to 18 degrees in just 20 minutes.
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- 1968 (5th-6th): High surf from a storm near AK swept rocks & sea water into pavilions at Onekahakaha Beach near Hilo, HI.
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- 1970: High winds toppled the National Christmas Tree at the White House.
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- 1886: Heavy snow fell on the South and Appalachians, with 11" in Montgomery, AL, 25" in Rome, GA and 33" in Asheville, NC.
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- 1963: Lightning was the cause of a jet airliner crash at Elkton, MD. 81 people were killed.
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- 1917: Vevay, IN reported 26" of snow with 14' drifts. By the 16th, people could walk across the frozen Ohio River to KY.
- 12/10
- 1786 (9th-10th): 15" of snow fell on Morristown, NJ. Snowfall total for the week was 41 inches.
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- 1990: A 3 mile stretch of pea soup fog reduced visibility on I-75 near Calhoun, TN, causing an 85 vehicle pile-up and 12 deaths.
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- 1969: The worst tornado of record in western WA traveled south of Seattle, causing half a million dollars damage.
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- 1962: A severe Florida freeze, 12 degrees at Jacksonville & 35 at Miami, caused millions of dollars damage to crops.
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- 1989: Snowfall totals in Wyoming ranged up to 20" at Burgess Junction, leaving 48" on the ground in NE sections of the state.
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- 1987: A major winter storm hit the Great Lakes Region, closing Chicago's O'Hare Airport for only the 4th time in 20 years.
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- 1987: A Pacific storm dumped snow in CA, closing Disneyland for only the 2nd time due to weather in 24 years.
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- 1945 (17th-18th): A typhoon in the Philippine Sea devastated Task Force 38 of the US 3rd Fleet. 3 destroyers sank. 146 aircraft were destroyed.
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- 1984: A storm over southern California dumped 16" of snow in the mountains and upper deserts, closing Edwards AFB.
- 12/19
- 1957: A tornado 200 yards wide in southwestern AR picked up people from one house and carried them 250 yards.
- 12/20
- 1836: Folklore claimed an IL cold front dropping temps 40 degrees to zero in a few minutes made chickens freeze in their tracks.
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- 1989: Havre & Jordan, MT tied for the nation's cold spot with lows of 43 degrees below zero, remaining near 40 below all day.
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- 1983: Waco, TX set an all-time record low on the first day of winter with a temperature of 12 degrees above zero.
- 12/23
- 1982: A blizzard dumped 44" of snow in CO & hurt the ski industry as skiers stuck at the airport couldn't reach the slopes.
- 12/24
- 1983: It was the coldest Christmas Eve, with 125 cities reporting record low temperatures: Chicago (-25) & Havre, MT (-50).
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- 1988: Las Vegas experiences its first White Christmas on record.
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- 1947 (26th-27th): In a 24-hour period ending the 27th, Central Park in New York, received its greatest snowfall, 26.4".
- 12/27
- 1978: The South Pole (Antarctica) celebrated its new highest temperature, 7.5 degrees.
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- 1987: A winter storm dumping heavy snow contributed to 1000 traffic accidents in MI, resulting in 35 injuries.
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- 1989: Bitter cold weather battered Maine with Portland reporting a record 22 straight days with highs 32 degrees or colder.
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- 1972: The ship Weather Reporter in the Atlantic Ocean measured an 86' high wave, the world's highest measured wave.
- 12/31
- 1987: Overnight rains totaling 22.89" caused extensive flooding and mudslides to the island of Oahu, HI.
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