2000: Tropical Storm Rumbia began moving across central Philippines, causing severe flooding over the course of several days that killed 48 people.
1978: Heavy rains, including 512 millimetres (20.2 in) of rain in just 24 hours, caused severe flooding in Singapore, killing 7 people.
2004: Cyclone Agni, a very rare tropical cyclone which approached and may have even crossed the equator, dissipated just off the Somali coast.
2012: Typhoon Bopha, the strongest tropical cyclone on record to strike the island of Mindanao, Philippines, made landfall near Baganga. The storm hit with maximum sustained winds of 175 mph (280 km/h), and killed at least 1,900 people.
2003: A nor'easter began impacting the Northeastern United States, eventually bringing more than 40 inches (100 cm) of snow to some areas.
2003: Tropical Storm Odette, an unusual December tropical cyclone in the northern Atlantic Ocean, made landfall in Jaragua National Park, Dominican Republic. Eight people were killed due to flooding.
1975: Cyclone Joan made landfall near Mundabullangana, Western Australia, destroying more than 1,000 homes in Port Hedland.
2011: A severe windstorm produced gusts of up to 165 miles per hour (270 km/h) in the British Isles.
2003: Tropical Storm Peter, which had been a subtropical storm, became fully tropical. With the formation of Tropical Storm Odette five days earlier, this marked the first time that two tropical cyclones formed in December since 1887.
2000: Cyclone Sam, two days after making landfall over Lagrange Bay, continued to produce torrential rainfall over Western Australia, with up to 520 millimetres (20 in) of rain recorded in just 48 hours.
1998: Cyclone Thelma, the most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded in the Timor Sea, made landfall near Kuri Bay in the Kimberley Region of Western Australia.
1984: The NOAA-9 weather satellite was launched into a polar orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.
1981: A strong extratropical cyclone struck parts of the British Isles and France, causing major damage and killing 2 people.
1991: A day after Cyclone Wasa dissipated near the Austral Islands, its remnants regenerated and were given the name Cyclone Arthur.
1968: The ESSA-8 weather satellite was launched.
1997: Typhoon Paka struck Guam, damaging or destroying more than 10,000 structures on the island.
1944: Typhoon Cobra struck the US Fast Carrier Task Force in the Philippine Sea, killing 790 sailors.
1959: Typhoon Gilda made landfall in the central Philippines, killing 23 people.
2009: A blizzard brought snowfall of well over 20 inches (51 cm) to parts of the eastern United States, including record totals in Washington, D.C. and Roanoke, Virginia.
2006: The first of two blizzards within a 9-day period crippled the Front Range Urban Corridor of Colorado with up to 32 inches (81 cm) of snow.
1992: Martinair Flight 495 crash-landed in severe weather at Faro Airport in Faro, Portugal.
2009: American Airlines Flight 331 overran the runway at Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston, Jamaica while attempting to land in heavy rain and strong wind. No one was killed in the crash, but the plane was completely destroyed.
2015: A tornado outbreak struck the Midwestern and Southeastern United States, killing 13 people.
1968: Allegheny Airlines Flight 736 crashed on approach to Bradford Regional Airport in Bradford, Pennsylvania during a driving snowstorm, killing 20 of the 47 people on board.
1981: Typhoon Lee struck the central Philippines, killing 188 people.
2015: A tornado outbreak killed 13 people and caused major damage in northeastern Texas.
1836: The deadliest avalanche ever to strike the United Kingdom killed eight people in Lewes, Sussex, England.
1898: Carl-Gustaf Rossby, a pioneer in atmospheric dynamics, was born in Sweden.
1994: Turkish Airlines Flight 278 crashed while attempting to land at Van Ferit Melen Airport in a driving snowstorm, killing 57 of the 76 people on board.
1994: The NOAA-14 weather satellite was launched into a polar orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.
2001: Cyclone Waka struck Vavaʻu, Tonga, causing major damage.