Today in Weather History



Weather History for December 30
 
1962   One of the worst blizzards in the 20th Century occurred for Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. Maine received most of the snow with dangerous wind chills the primary effect for New Hampshire and Vermont. 40 inches fell in just 24 hours at Orono, ME. Drifts reached 20 feet in Bangor, ME. Temperatures were below zero and winds over 60 mph produced life threatening wind chills.

1933   The temperature reached 50 degrees below zero at Bloomfield, VT. It was the coldest reading in modern records for New England. The temperature at Pittsburgh, NH reached 44 degrees below zero.

Data courtesy of the National Weather Service