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Another very cold December 25, which remains the record-coldest Christmas for several locations in the Northeast, is 1983. Pittsburgh recorded a low of 12 degrees below zero on Christmas 1983.
Ice buildup in Columbus, Ohio. Snowfall records were set at Dayton (16 inches (41 cm)), Greenfield (24 inches (61 cm)), and Mansfield (23 inches (58 cm)). A major ice storm impacted southeast and eastern sections of the state. After the storm, a record low was set on Christmas Day when the temperature fell to −17 °F (−27 °C).
Washington, D.C., set a record for the coldest high temperature on Christmas Eve at 22 °F (−6 °C), [204] Philadelphia set a record cold high at 18 °F (−8 °C), [205] Baltimore tied its record cold high of 20 °F (−7 °C), [206] and Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania, smashed their record cold high for the date reaching 4 °F (−16 °C). [207]
In recent decades, new high temperature records have substantially outpaced new low temperature records on a growing portion of Earth's surface. [1] Comparison shows seasonal variability for record increases. The list of weather records includes the most extreme occurrences of weather phenomena for various categories. Many weather records are ...
The capital cities of Florida and Georgia - Tallahassee and Atlanta - were likewise expected to record their coldest daytime Christmas Eve high temperatures, while Washington, D.C., was forecast ...
The largest snowstorm on record for the Southeast U.S. coast hit just before Christmas in 1989, along with record cold. Wilmington, North Carolina recorded 15.3 inches of snow from Dec. 22 to 24 ...
The North American blizzard of 1947 (also known as the Great Blizzard of 1947) was a record-breaking snowfall that began without prediction on the evening of Christmas and brought the northeastern United States to a standstill. The snowstorm was described as the worst blizzard in the region after that of 1888. [1]
The December 1989 United States cold wave was a series of cold waves into the central and eastern United States from mid-December 1989 through Christmas. On December 21–23, a massive high pressure area pushed many areas into record lows. On the morning of the 22nd, Scottsbluff, Nebraska, experienced −42 °F (−41 °C).