On this day in 1880, the temperature plunged to minus-7, a calendar-day record low. The temperature fell even further the next day, bottoming out at minus-13, a record low for the month. The daytime highs were also bitterly cold. It only reach 9 degrees on Dec. 30 and 13 on Dec. 31.
Here are other notables for the day:
- Average high: 46
- Average low: 32
- Record high: 70 (1900)
- Record low: minus-7 (1880)
- Record precipitation: 1.81 inches (1877)
- Maximum snow: 1.3 inches (1935)
