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

 Today is Tuesday  March 22, 2016.
 This is the 82nd day of the year, there are 284 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 1920 A spectactular display of the Northern Lights was
            visible as far south as Bradenton FL, El Paso TX, and
            Fresno CA.  At Detroit MI, the display was described
            "so brilliant as to blot out all stars below first
            magnitude".    (22nd-23rd)
    In 1936 A great flood crested on rivers from Ohio to Maine.
            The flood claimed 107 lives and caused 270 million
            dollars property damage.
    In 1954 Six to ten inch rains caused the Chicago River to
            overflow its banks.
    In 1987 An intense storm produced heavy snow in the southern
            and central Rockies, and high winds from southern
            California to West Texas.  Wolf Creek Pass CO received
            24 inches of snow, and winds gusted to 69 mph at
            Ruidoso NM.  Blizzard conditions were reported in
            eastern Colorado.
    In 1988 Rain and high winds battered the Northern Pacific Coast
            Region, with wind gusts to 78 mph at Ocean Shores WA.
            The high winds uprooted trees and down power lines.
            Ten cities in the northeastern U.S. reported new record
            low temperatures for the date.  Eight cities in the
            central U.S. reported record highs.  Southerly winds
            gusting to 60 mph helped push the mercury at Ottumwa IA
            to a record warm reading of 83 degrees.
    In 1989 Six cities in the Great Lakes Region, and three in
            southern Texas, reported new record low temperatures
            for the date, including Alpena MI with a reading of
            9 above zero, and Brownsville TX with a reading of
            38 degrees.
    In 1990 A surge of arctic air kept temperatures in the teens
            and 20s during the day in the north central U.S.,
            and heavy snow fell over parts of Montana.  Record
            warmth was reported in the western U.S., and in Alaska.
            Phoenix AZ reported a record high of 94 degrees, and
            the town of Barrow, located along the arctic coast of
            Alaska, reported a record high of 20 degrees.
    In 2004 Strong thunderstorms across Maui and the big island of
            Hawaii, caused heavy rain...with storm totals as high
            as 9 inches.
    In 2013 (22nd-25th) Another in a series of late winter/early
            early spring storms moved across the country...bringing
            heavy snow from Colorado and Kansas east into Missouri,
            with warnings as far east as Ohio and Pennsylvania; and
            strong to severe storms with large hail and flooding rain
            from Oklahoma and Texas, eastward through Arkansas, and
            along the Gulf Coast to the southeast US. Whiteout
            conditions prompted authorities to close 154 miles of
            Interstate 70 from Denver to the Kansas line. About 45
            45 miles north of Denver, Interstate 25 was shut down,
            due to a weather related incident that led to as many as
            50 vehicles crashing, or spinning off the roadway. Flames
            also engulfed a semi-taknker caught in the pile-up.


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