DECEMBER 9TH
HISTORIC WEATHER EVENTS
...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. (9th-10th) (David Ludlum) (The
Weather Channel)
...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. (8th-9th) (David Ludlum) (The Weather
Channel)
...1987...
The fifth storm in nine days kept the northwestern U.S. wet and windy.
Winds along the coast of Washington gusted to 75 mph at Oceans Shores and
at Hoquiam, and the northern and central coastal mountains of Oregon were
drenched with three inches of rain in ten hours, flooding some rivers.
Snowfall totals in the Cascade Mountains of Washington State ranged up to
36 inches in the Methow Valley. High winds in Oregon blew a tree onto a
moving automobile killing three persons and injuring two others at Mill
City. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1988...
A winter storm blanketed the Southern and Central Appalachians with up to
ten inches of snow. Arctic air invaded the north central U.S. bringing
subzero cold to Minnesota and North Dakota. (The National Weather Summary)
(Storm Data)
...1989...
A strong storm produced wind gusts of 40 to 65 mph from the Alaska
Peninsula to the North Gulf Coast of Alaska. Southeasterly winds gusted to
75 mph in the Anchorage hillside. Gusty winds associated with a strong cold
front caused a power outage across much of the island of Hawaii. (The
National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)