Portal:Weather/On this day list/December 30
December 30[edit]
1954: Hurricane Alice formed in the eastern Caribbean Sea. Alice was one of only two North Atlantic tropical cyclones on record to span two calendar years, and the only hurricane to do so.
1994: The NOAA-14 weather satellite was launched into a polar orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.
2000: A winter storm known as a nor'easter brought up to 29 inches (74 cm) of snow to the Northeastern United States.