TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid

 Today is Friday  January 29, 2016.
 This is the 29th day of the year, there are 337 days left.

 On this day...
    Weather data after 1990 is PARTIAL. For more current
    weather history, go to the National Climate Data Center
    website at www.ncdc.noaa.gov
    In 1780 On the coldest morning of a severe winter the mercury
            dipped to 16 degrees below zero at New York City, and
            reached 20 degrees below zero at Hartford CT.  New York
            Harbor was frozen for five weeks, allowing a heavy cannon
            to be taken across the ice to fortify the British on
            Staten Island.
    In 1921 A small but intense windstorm resulted in the "Great
            Olympic Blowdown" in the Pacific Northwest.  Hurricane
            force winds, funneled along the mountains, downed vast
            expanses of Douglas fir trees, and the storm destroyed
            eight billion board feet of timber.  Winds at North Head
            WA gusted to 113 mph.
    In 1983 A series of Pacific coast storms finally came to an end.
            The storms, attributed in part to the ocean current, "El
            Nino", produced ocean swells 15 to 20 feet high which
            ravaged the beaches of southern California.  Much of the
            damage was to homes of movie stars in the exclusive
            Malibu Colony.
    In 1987 A strong storm moving out of the Central Rockies spread
            snow across the north central states, with up to 8 inches
            of snow in Wisconsin, and produced wind gusts to 64 mph
            at Goodland KS.  A thunderstorm produced three inches of
            snow in forty-five minutes at Owing Mills MD.
    In 1988 Rain and snow were primarily confined to the northwestern
            U.S.  An afternoon reading of 34 degrees at International
            Falls MN was a record high for the date.
    In 1989 Bitter cold air continued to pour into Alaska.  The
            temperature at McGrath dipped to 63 degrees below zero.
            Strong winds blowing through the Alaska Range between
            Fairbanks and Anchorage produced a wind chill reading of
            120 degrees below zero at Cantwell.
    In 1990 Severe thunderstorms in the southeastern U.S. spawned a
            tornado which destroyed three mobile homes near Blythe GA
            injuring six persons.  A fast moving cold front produced
            high winds in the western U.S.  Winds along the coast of
            Oregon gusted to 65 mph at Portland, and high winds
            generated 22 to 26 foot seas which battered the coast.
            Winds near Reno NV gusted to 78 mph.  High winds also
            buffeted the Central High Plains, with gusts to 94 mph
            reported at La Mesa CO.
    In 2002 Cleanup began in much of Europe in the aftermath of severe
            windstorms. Great Britian and Scotland had gale force
            winds (some places had gusts to 140 mph), and the British
            Railway came to a halt. Germany had gusts to hurricane
            force, and Leningrad, Russia also was affected by the
            storm. Property damage was widespread in all these
            areas...and unfortunately, there were several injuries,
            and some fatalities...mainly due to falling trees, and
            other debris.
    In 2013 (29th-30th) Severe weather rocked the Lower Mississippi
            Valley, eastward into the eastern United States. Numerous
            reports of tornadoes, damaging wind, hail, and flooding
            were noted across portions of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas,
            and Louisiana...which spread east and north across the
            Mississippi River as far north as Ohio and Pennsylvania,
            and as far east as north Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas,
            and Virginia.


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