In message , TerminalVelocity
writes
Well whadayya know. Advisory #1 on http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ right now.

Although before the global warming nuts go bananas, this is not the first
time a tropical storm has formed at this end of December. Just that they are
exceedingly rare. According to http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/E16.html a
hurricane formed on 31st December 1954 (lasting to Jan 5th 2005).
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Fantastic, but I think you meant 5th Jan 1955 :-)
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Tim
http://www.stopharlownorth.com/