Rise: 7:19AM | Set: 4:47PM
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Rise: 12:20AM | Set: 12:37PM
Last Quarter
Rise: 7:19AM | Set: 4:47PM
9hrs 28mins
Rise:12:20AM | Set:12:37PM
Last Quarter
DECEMBER 12TH, 1969-The worst tornado of record for western Washington State tracked south of Seattle, traveling five miles, from Des Moines to Kent. The tornado, 50 to 200 yards in width, began as a waterspout over Puget Sound. One person was injured and the tornado caused half a million dollars damage. Portland OR was drenched with 7.66 inches of rain, a record 24 hour total for that location. (12th-13th)
| DECEMBER 12TH, 1969 |
The worst tornado of record for western Washington State tracked south of Seattle, traveling five miles, from Des Moines to Kent. The tornado, 50 to 200 yards in width, began as a waterspout over Puget Sound. One person was injured and the tornado caused half a million dollars damage. Portland OR was drenched with 7.66 inches of rain, a record 24 hour total for that location. (12th-13th) |
| DECEMBER 12TH, 1960 |
The first of three Middle Atlantic snowstorms produced a foot of snow at Baltimore MD. A pre-winter blizzard struck the northeastern U.S. producing wind gusts as high as 51 mph, along with 16 inches of snow at Nantucket MA, and 20 inches at Newark NJ. |
| DECEMBER 11TH, 1932 |
Very cold weather prevailed along the West Coast. San Francisco received 0.8 inch of snow, and at the airport the temperature dipped to 20 degrees. At Sacramento CA, the mercury dipped to 17 degrees to establish an all-time record low for that location. Morning lows were below freezing from the 9th to the 15th at Sacramento, and the high on the 11th was just 34 degrees. The cold wave dealt severe damage to truck crops and orange groves in the Sacramento Valley. |
| DECEMBER 11TH, 1989 |
Strong Santa Ana winds developed across southern California and parts of central California. Winds in Kern County of central California gusted to 100 mph near Grapevine. The high winds reduced visibilities to near zero in the desert areas, closing major interstate highways east of Ontario CA. |
| DECEMBER 10TH, 1699 |
A severe ice storm hit Boston MA causing much damage to orchards. |
| DECEMBER 10TH, 1949 |
The barometric pressure at Las Vegas NV reached a record low reading of 29.17 inches (987.8 millibars). |
| DECEMBER 9TH, 1786 |
A second great snowstorm in just five days brought another 15 inches of snow to Morristown NJ, on top of the eight inches which fell on the 7th and 8th, and the 18 inches which fell on the 4th and 5th. The total snowfall for the week was thus 41 inches. New Haven CT received 17 inches of new snow in the storm. Up to four four feet of snow covered the ground in eastern Massachusetts following the storms. |
| DECEMBER 9TH, 1917 |
A severe winter storm struck the Ohio Valley and the Great Lakes Region. It produced 25 inches of snow and wind gusts to 78 mph at Buffalo NY. The storm produced 26 inches of snow at Vevay IND, with drifts fourteen feet high. By the 16th of the month people could walk across the frozen Ohio River from Vavey into Kentucky. |
| DECEMBER 8TH, 1988 |
Santa Ana winds buffeted southern California, with gusts to 92 mph reported at Laguna Peak. The high winds unroofed buildings, and downed trees and power lines, igniting five major fires, and numerous smaller ones. Damage was estimated at 15 to 20 million dollars. |
| DECEMBER 8TH, 1963 |
Lightning caused the crash of a jet airliner killing 81 persons at Elkton MD. |
| DECEMBER 7TH, 1740 |
In early December two weeks of mild and rainy weather culminated in the worst flood in fifty years in the Lower Connecticut River Valley. The Merrimack River swelled to its highest level, and in Maine the raging waters swept away mills, carried off bridges, and ruined highways. |