On this day in 2013, the temperature soared to 72 degrees, a calendar-day record. It was the second straight record-warm day. It also hit 72 on Dec. 12 that year. The pair of record-setting days was part of a historic December warm spell in which highs reached 60 or higher on five straight days.
Here are other notables for this day:
- Average high: 47
- Average low: 33
- Record high: 72 (2013)
- Record low: 3 (1872)
- Record precipitation: 1.68 inches (1881)
- Maximum snow: 8.5 inches (1908)
