Portal:Weather/On this day list/December
December 1
[edit]2000: Tropical Storm Rumbia began moving across central Philippines, causing severe flooding over the course of several days that killed 48 people.
December 2
[edit]1978: Heavy rains, including 512 millimetres (20.2 in) of rain in just 24 hours, caused severe flooding in Singapore, killing 7 people.
December 3
[edit]2004: Cyclone Agni, a very rare tropical cyclone which approached and may have even crossed the equator, dissipated just off the Somali coast.
December 4
[edit]2012: Typhoon Bopha, the strongest tropical cyclone on record to strike the island of Mindanao, Philippines, made landfall near Baganga. The storm hit with maximum sustained winds of 175 mph (280 km/h), and killed at least 1,900 people.
December 5
[edit]1952: The Great Smog descended on London, eventually leading to around 12,000 deaths from respiratory infections.
December 6
[edit]2003: Tropical Storm Odette, an unusual December tropical cyclone in the northern Atlantic Ocean, made landfall in Jaragua National Park, Dominican Republic. Eight people were killed due to flooding.
December 7
[edit]1975: Cyclone Joan made landfall near Mundabullangana, Western Australia, destroying more than 1,000 homes in Port Hedland.
December 8
[edit]1963: Pan Am Flight 214 was struck by lightning while in a holding pattern waiting to land in Philadelphia. The plane crashed near Elkton, Maryland, killing everyone aboard.
December 9
[edit]2003: Tropical Storm Peter, which had been a subtropical storm, became fully tropical. With the formation of Tropical Storm Odette five days earlier, this marked the first time that two tropical cyclones formed in December since 1887.
December 10
[edit]2000: Cyclone Sam, two days after making landfall over Lagrange Bay, continued to produce torrential rainfall over Western Australia, with up to 520 millimetres (20 in) of rain recorded in just 48 hours.
December 11
[edit]1970: The NOAA-1 weather satellite was launched.
December 12
[edit]1960: A major snowstorm struck the Northeastern United States, killing hundreds.
December 13
[edit]1981: A strong extratropical cyclone struck parts of the British Isles and France, causing major damage and killing 2 people.
December 14
[edit]1991: A day after Cyclone Wasa dissipated near the Austral Islands, its remnants regenerated and were given the name Cyclone Arthur.
December 15
[edit]1999: Cyclone John made landfall near Whim Creek, Western Australia, with wind gusts measured as high as 210 km/h (130 mph) but relatively little damage reported.
December 16
[edit]1997: Typhoon Paka struck Guam, damaging or destroying more than 10,000 structures on the island.
December 17
[edit]1944: Typhoon Cobra struck the US Fast Carrier Task Force in the Philippine Sea, killing 790 sailors.
December 18
[edit]1959: Typhoon Gilda made landfall in the central Philippines, killing 23 people.
December 19
[edit]2009: A blizzard brought snowfall of well over 20 inches (51 cm) to parts of the eastern United States, including record totals in Washington, D.C. and Roanoke, Virginia.
December 20
[edit]2006: The first of two blizzards within a 9-day period crippled the Front Range Urban Corridor of Colorado with up to 32 inches (81 cm) of snow.
December 21
[edit]1992: Martinair Flight 495 crash-landed in severe weather at Faro Airport in Faro, Portugal.
December 22
[edit]2009: American Airlines Flight 331 overran the runway at Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston, Jamaica while attempting to land in heavy rain and strong wind. No one was killed in the crash, but the plane was completely destroyed.
December 23
[edit]2015: A tornado outbreak struck the Midwestern and Southeastern United States, killing 13 people.
December 24
[edit]1968: Allegheny Airlines Flight 736 crashed on approach to Bradford Regional Airport in Bradford, Pennsylvania during a driving snowstorm, killing 20 of the 47 people on board.
December 25
[edit]2006: Cyclone Bondo made landfall in northern Madagascar, killing 11 people.
December 26
[edit]2015: A tornado outbreak killed 13 people and caused major damage in northeastern Texas.
December 27
[edit]1836: The deadliest avalanche ever to strike the United Kingdom killed eight people in Lewes, Sussex, England.
December 28
[edit]1898: Carl-Gustaf Rossby, a pioneer in atmospheric dynamics, was born in Sweden.
December 29
[edit]1994: Turkish Airlines Flight 278 crashed while attempting to land at Van Ferit Melen Airport in a driving snowstorm, killing 57 of the 76 people on board.
December 30
[edit]1994: The NOAA-14 weather satellite was launched into a polar orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.
December 31
[edit]2001: Cyclone Waka struck Vavaʻu, Tonga, causing major damage.