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

 Today is Tuesday  February 16, 2016.
 This is the 47th day of the year, there are 319 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 1899 Washington D.C. received 1.26 inches of rain in six hours
            atop a snow cover more than 30 inches deep making it the
            soggiest day of record.
    In 1903 The temperature at Pokegama Dam MN plunged to 59 degrees
            below zero to establish a state record. 
    In 1943 Record cold prevailed in the northeastern U.S.
            The temperature plunged to 43 degrees below zero at
            Concord NH, and to 39 below at Portland ME.  The morning
            low of 32 degrees below zero at Falls Village CT
            established a state record, yet the afternoon high that
            day was 20 degrees above zero.
    In 1986 More than $10 million in damage was caused by rare
            downslope winds in excess of 55 mph in and near Hilo,
            Hawaii.
    In 1987 A winter storm produced snow and ice in the Ohio
            Valley and the Appalachian Region.  Snowfall totals in
            Virginia ranged up to 14 inches around Farmville, while
            Granville NC reported eight inches of sleet and ice.
            Freezing rain in eastern North Carolina caused extensive
            damage to power lines.  Gales lashed the coast of
            Virginia and North Carolina.
    In 1988 Santa Ana winds in southern California gusted to 50 mph
            in the Rancho Cucamonga area.  Quiet weather prevailed
            across the rest of the nation.
    In 1989 A surge of arctic air produced all-time record high
            barometric pressure readings of 30.80 inches at Duluth
            MN, 30.97 inches at Chicago IL and 30.94 inches at South
            Bend IN.  Readings of 31.00 inches at Milwaukee WI and
            30.98 inches at Rockford IL tied their all-time records.
            Unseasonably warm weather prevailed across the
            southeastern U.S.  Highs of 81 degrees at Athens GA,
            87 at Charleston SC, 85 at Macon GA, and 86 at Savannah
            GA were records for February.
    In 1990 Strong thunderstorms developing ahead of an arctic cold
            front produced severe weather across the southeastern
            U.S. between mid morning on the 15th and early evening on
            the 16th.  Thunderstorms spawned thirteen tornadoes,
            including one which, prior to dawn on the 16th, injured
            eleven persons near Carrollton GA.  There were also
            121 reports of large hail or damaging winds.  A late
            afternoon thunderstorm on the 15th produced baseball size
            hail at Jackson MS, and prior to dawn on the 16th, a
            thunderstorm produced high winds which injured four
            persons at Goodwater AL.


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