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

 Today is Wednesday  February 17, 2016.
 This is the 48th day of the year, there are 318 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 1930 Eureka CA reported an all-time record high of 85 degrees,
            a record which lasted until September of 1983.
    In 1936 The temperature at McIntosh SD plunged to 58 degrees
            below zero to establish a state record.
    In 1958 The greatest snowstorm of the mid 20th century struck the
            northeastern U.S.  The storm produced 30 inches of snow
            in interior New England, including more than 19 inches in
            24 hours at the Boston Airport.  The same storm produced
            up to three feet of snow in the Middle Atlantic Coast
            Region, with 14 inches at Washington D.C., and 15.5
            inches at Baltimore MD.  The storm resulted in 43 deaths
            and 500 million dollars damage over the Middle Atlantic
            Coast States.
    In 1987 A couple of winter storms, one off the Atlantic coast and
            one in the south central U.S., produced snow and ice from
            the Mississippi Valley to the Mid Atlantic Coast Region.
            Freezing rain produced a coat of ice three inches thick
            in northern South Carolina, and 30,000 homes around
            Pee Dee SC were left without electricity.  Part of south
            central Kentucky were without electricity for three days
            following the storm, which is their worst in 35 years.
    In 1988 Santa Ana winds in southern California gusted to 63 mph
            at Ontario.  Heavy snow blanketed parts of Colorado, with
            11 inches reported at Strontia. 
    In 1989 Low pressure off the Washington coast produced more than
            a foot of snow in the Cascade Mountains, and more than
            three inches of rain along the Northern Pacific Coast.
            Spokane WA was blanketed with 13 inches of snow.  Cold
            arctic air in the Upper Midwest produced all-time record
            high barometric pressure readings of 31.10 inches at
            Duluth MN, 31.09 inches at Minneapolis MN, and 31.21
            inches at Bismarck ND.
    In 1990 The biggest winter storm of the season hit the Pacific
            Coast Region.  In northern California, snow fell along
            the coast, and two day totals in the mountains ranged up
            to 67 inches at Echo Summit.  Snowfall totals in the
            mountains of southern California ranged up to 48 inches
            at Green Valley, with 46 inches reported at Big Bear.  Up
            to two feet of snow blanketed the southern Cascade
            Mountains of Oregon, and 20 to 35 inches were reported in
            the northern Cascades of Oregon.  Up to ten inches of
            snow blanketed Seattle WA.
    In 2003 (12th-17th) After hitting the west coast on the 12th, with
            heavy rain, flooding, thunderstorms, and even a funnel
            cloud near Fresno, CA, a winter storm affected much of the
            eastern half of the country. Areas from Des Moines, IA east
            to the east coast got heavy snow, including close to 2 feet
            in parts of New England, and around the Baltimore and
            Washington, DC area. Further south, heavy rain fell across
            Arkansas and adjancent states, with totals over 2 inches
            common. Tornadoes were also reported in Florida, with
            flooding in Tennessee.


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