Weather History
For Tuesday,December 23,2014
For Tuesday,December 23,2014
1811
- A cold storm hit Long Island sound with a foot of snow, gale force
winds, and temperatures near zero. During the storm many ships were
wrecked, and in some cases entire crews perished. (David Ludlum)
1955
- The barometric pressure dipped to 28.97 inches (981 millibars) at
Boise ID, an all-time record for that location. (The Weather Channel)
1982
- A major winter storm struck Colorado producing heavy snow and
blizzard conditions. A record two feet of snow was reported at Stapleton
Airport in Denver, which was shut down for 33 hours. Up to 44 inches of
snow fell in the foothills surrounding Denver. The storm hurt the ski
industry as skiers were unable to make it out of Denver to the slopes,
and the closed airport became a campground for vacationers. (23rd-25th)
(The Weather Channel) (Storm Data)
1983
- The temperature plunged to 50 degrees below zero at Williston ND to
equal their all-time record. Minneapolis MN reported an afternoon high
of 17 degrees below zero, and that evening strong northerly winds
produced wind chill readings of 100 degrees below zero in North Dakota.
(The National Weather Summary)
1987
- A winter storm brought heavy snow to the Central Rockies, and also
spread a blanket of snow across the Middle Missouri Valley in time for
Christmas. Snow and high winds created near blizzard conditions in
Wyoming. Snowfall totals in Wyoming ranged up to 25 inches at Casper,
with four feet of snow reported at the Hogadon Ski Resort on Capser
Mountain. The Wolf Creek Ski Resort in Colorado received 26 inches of
snow. Totals in the Middle Missouri Valley ranged up to 16 inches at
Alpena SD, with 14 inches at Harrison NE. Strong winds ushered
unseasonably cold air into the southwestern U.S. Canyon winds gusting to
100 mph created ground blizzards in Utah. (The National Weather
Summary) (Storm Data)
1988
- Low pressure in the Upper Midwest produced strong and gusty winds
across the Great Lakes Region and the Ohio Valley. Winds in Ohio gusted
to 47 mph at Cincinnati, and reached 51 mph at Cleveland. (The National
Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1989
- An historic arctic outbreak spread to the Gulf Coast Region, and a
total of 122 cities across the central and eastern U.S. reported record
low temperatures for the date. Forty-one of those cities reported record
lows for the month of December, with some cities breaking December
records established the previous morning. Morning lows of 11 degrees at
New Orleans LA and Lake Charles LA, 4 degrees below zero at San Angelo
TX, and 26 degrees below zero at Topeka KS, established all-time records
for those four locations. Yankton SD was the cold spot in the nation
with a morning low of 31 degrees below zero. A storm system moving
across the Florida peninsula and along the Southern Atlantic Coast
produced high winds and record snows along the Carolina coast. Snowfall
totals of 15 inches at Wilmington NC and 13.3 inches at Cape Hatteras NC
were all-time records for those two locations.
2009
- Severe storms and heavy rainfall were associated with the same storm
that brought blizzard conditions to the central parts of the U.S. on
December 23rd and 24th. At least one death in Louisiana was blamed on
the heavy rainfall and storms. There were 35 preliminary tornado reports
and 34 hail and wind reports along the Gulf Coast over the 2-day
period. The 10-year average number of tornadoes across the country in
December is 36. (NCDC)
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