Weather history miscellany

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1962: The 50th Grey Cup was played in Toronto, Ontario, between the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Severe lakefront fog halts the game with 9:22 left to play on December 1st. Winnipeg wins the Fog Bowl the following day by a score of 28-27. Click HERE for more information from the NWS Office in Louisville, Kentucky.

1970: Four tornadoes impacted east-central Wisconsin during the morning hours. The strongest tornado, an F3, formed at 10:15 AM near Medina in Outagamie County. The twister moved northeast at 50 mph and destroyed twenty barns and five houses. Click HERE for more information from the NWS Office in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

2006: A winter storm produced more than 6 inches of snow along a 1,000-mile-long path from central Oklahoma to northern Michigan from November 30-December 1st. The storm also produced significant freezing rain, which impacted the St. Louis area. An estimated 500 or more homes and businesses were without power in the St. Louis area after this storm. Click HERE for more information from the University of Illinois. Click HERE for more information from the NWS office in St. Louis, Missouri.

Polar-orbiting satellite image of the snowfield.
Image is courtesy of the University of Illinois.
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11896: Early season snow and ice storm struck the southeastern U.S. Eleven inches of snow fell at Charlotte, NC, and 6 inches at Atlanta, GA.
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Satellites Reveal a Greener Antarctic Peninsula
"The Antarctic Peninsula, jutting out into the Southern Ocean from West Antarctica, is one of the fastest warming places on Earth."

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1856 - A severe blizzard began to rage across Iowa and Kansas. It produced as much as 16 inches of snow in Iowa. (David Ludlum)

1926 - Yuma, AZ, was soaked with 1.10 inch of rain, and by the 10th of the month had received 4.43 inches, making it the wettest December of record. The average annual rainfall for Yuma is 3.38 inches. (3rd-10th) (The Weather Channel)

1988 - Gale force winds ushered cold air into the northeastern U.S., and produced snow squalls in the Lower Great Lakes Region. Winds gusted to 48 mph at Buffalo NY. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
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Heavy Snows in KoreaNovember 29, 2024
"On the morning of November 27, residents of Seoul awoke to 16.5 centimeters (6.5 inches) of new snow. That amount already surpassed the previous daily snowfall record for Seoul in November since records began in 1907, according to news reports. ... Yet the snow kept flying. By the morning of November 28, the weather agency reported accumulations of 28.6 centimeters (11.3 inches) in Seoul ... An influx of cold air from the north had moved over the relatively warm Yellow Sea, causing heavy snowfall to form in the region, according to news reports. The temperature difference between the air and the sea surface was more profound than normal due to unusual warmth in recent weeks, officials said, which may have factored into the storm’s intensity. "

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