[Vision2020] Forty-five years ago today (December 24, 1968)

[Kenneth Marcy]

On 12/24/2013 6:20 AM, Moscow Cares wrote:
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I won't snip out such an awesomely iconic photograph, even to remind of 
some mundane weather data.

On 24 December 1968 the temperatures reported at weather station KPUW at 
the Pullman Airport were above average: minimum 35 and maximum 39, 
versus average minimum 24 and maximum 35.

That Christmas Eve local residents probably did not expect the cold 
weather that would arrive in the next week. Four days later the minimum 
was down to 9 with the maximum at 32. The next day, the 29th, 
temperatures dropped to minimum minus 12, with maximum of 9. The 
following day, the 30th, KPUW recorded a minimum of minus 32 and a 
maximum of minus 5. The minus 32 set a low temperature record for that 
day of the year that still stands. The following day, the 31st, the low 
temperature of minus 30 also set a still-standing record for the day of 
the year. The maximum temperature warmed to 3 above zero before dropping 
to a more moderate minus 7 on New Year's Day, 1969, and then warming to 
16 degrees above zero during the day. So, forty-five years ago, on 
Christmas Eve, the temperatures were modestly above average, only to 
change to record-setting lows within the week.


Ken

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