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Weather in northwest Orange County for Saturday, December 31, 2022:
Today:
Rain, mainly after 10am. The rain could be heavy at times. High near 63. South wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight:
Rain. The rain could be heavy at times. Low around 49. West wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
After a sunny New Year’s Day, there will be a chance of precipitation through much of the week; otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the lower 60s.
Courtesy of HistoryNet:
- 1775 George Washington orders recruiting officers to accept free blacks into the army.
- 1815 Birth of George Gordon Meade, Union general who defeated Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Gettysburg.
- 1852 The richest year of the gold rush ends with $81.3 million in gold produced.
- 1862 Union General William Rosecrans’ army repels two Confederate attacks at the Battle of Murfreesboro (Stone’s River).
- 1889 Birth of George Catlett Marshall, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army during World War II, Secretary of State under Truman, won Nobel Peace Prize for the Marshall Plan.
- 1910 John B. Moisant and Arch Hoxsey, two of America’s foremost aviators, die in separate plane crashes.
- 1930 Brewery heir Adolphus Busch is kidnapped.
- 1941 General MacArthur reports that U.S. lines in Manila have been pushed back by the Japanese.
- 1942 After five months of battle, Emperor Hirohito allows the Japanese commanders at Guadalcanal to retreat.
- 1965 California becomes the largest state in population.
