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LOW:
* Astronomical winter begins at 11:47 a.m. — that’s when the sun reaches its southernmost point at the Tropic of Capricorn (23.5 degrees south latitude).
* A cloudy, cold day with high temperatures topping out in the lower 30s.
* West winds 10 to 15 mph.
* Cloudy overnight with some light snow developing by daybreak.
* Lows range from the lower or middle 20s well inland to the upper 20s downtown.
DEC. 21 TEMPERATURES
Normal high/low: 33(degrees)/19(degrees)
Record high: 62(degrees) (1967)
Record low: -14(degrees) (1989)
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