• 1987: Unseasonably cold weather continued in the eastern U.S., with thirteen cities reporting record low temperatures for the date. The low of 34 degrees at Montgomery, Alambama was their coldest reading of record for so early in the season. Lows of 32 degrees at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and 34 degrees at Parkersburg West Virginia marked their third straight morning of record cold.
• 1992: Snow fell throughout the day across the north central and northwest part of the state with 2 to 7 inches occurring.
• 1608: Evangelista Torricelli, inventor of the barometer, was born.
• 1954: Hurricane Hazel made landfall in the Carolinas as a Category 4 storm. As it crossed Hispaniola the storm killed about 1,000 people and destroyed much of Haiti's agriculture, the effects of which lasted for several years. In the U.S. 95 people were killed and the landfall happened to coincide with the highest lunar tide of the year, resulting in an 18-foot storm surge. As the tempest moved north it joined forces with a cold front and retained an amazing amount of strength, giving New York City its fastest wind gust on record of 113 mph even though the storm was well inland. Continuing even further north, Hazel's torrential rains inundated Toronto and killed another 81 people in Canada.
• 1984: Fifteen inches of snow fell during the Monday night football game in Denver (6" at the NWS office). The Broncos beat the Packers 17-14.
• 1989: Hurricane Jerry made landfall on the upper Texas coast. The center of this very small storm passed closest to Galveston, Texas which reported sustained winds of 75 mph with gusts to 100 mph.
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