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

 Today is Sunday  September 23, 2012.
 This is the 267th day of the year, there are 99 days left.

 On this day...
    In 1815 One of the greatest hurricanes to strike New England made
            landfall at Long Island and crossed Massachusetts and New
            Hampshire.  It was the worst tempest in nearly two
            hundred years, equal to the hurricane which struck in
            1938, and one of a series of severe summer and autumn
            storms to affect shipping lanes that year.
    In 1904 The temperature at Charlotteburg NJ dipped to 23 degrees,
            the coldest reading of record for so early in the autumn
            for the state.
    In 1983 A thunderstorm downburst caused a timber blowdown in the
            Kaibab National Forest north of the Grand Canyon.  200
            acres were completely destroyed, and scattered
            destruction occurred across another 3300 acres.  Many
            trees were snapped off at 15 to 30 feet above ground
            level.
    In 1987 Autumn began on a rather pleasant note for much of the
            nation.  Showers and thunderstorms were confined to
            Florida and the southwestern deserts.  Warm weather
            continued in the western U.S., and began to spread into
            the Great Plains Region, but even in the southwestern
            deserts readings remained below 100 degrees.
    In 1988 Thunderstorms developing along a cold front in the south
            central U.S. produced severe weather in Oklahoma during
            the afternoon and early evening hours.  Thunderstorms
            produced softball size hail near Noble and Enterprise,
            and baseball size hail at Lequire and Kinta.  A tornado
            near Noble OK destroyed a mobile home injuring one
            person.
    In 1989 Seventeen cities in the north central U.S. reported
            record low temperatures for the date, including Devils
            Lake ND with a reading of 22 degrees.  Jackson KY
            reported a record low of 41 degrees during the late
            afternoon.  Strong northwest winds ushering cold air into
            the central and northeastern U.S. gusted to 55 mph at
            Indianapolis IN.  Winds along the cold front gusted to 65
            mph at Norfolk VA, and thunderstorms along the cold front
            deluged Roseland NJ with 2.25 inches of rain in one hour.
            The temperature at Richmond VA plunged from 84 degrees to
            54 degrees in two hours.  Snow and sleet was reported at
            Binghamton NY.


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