Published on: December 12, 2006 at 8:56 AM

Not this December 12, mind you, because we are expecting a high of 64 today.

But 44 years ago today, 1962, the low was:

4 in Birmingham
7 in Tuscaloosa

Next morning, December 13, 1962 it was 1 above zero in Birmingham

The following December, one year later, it was bitter cold again. The temperature was below freezing on 25 days in December, 1963. That ties the record with January, 1978 and January, 1940