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

 Today is Friday  September 28, 2012.
 This is the 272nd day of the year, there are 94 days left.

 On this day...
    In 1836 The first of three early season snows brought four inches
            of snow to Hamilton NY, and two inches to Ashby MA.
    In 1893 Albuquerque NM was soaked with 2.25 inches of rain,
            enough to establish a 24 hour record for that city.
    In 1917 A hurricane hit Pensacola FL.  Winds gusted to 95 mph,
            and the barometric pressure dipped to 28.50 inches.
            Winds at Mobile AL gusted to 75 mph.
    In 1986 A flash flood victim in HI held onto a branch awaiting
            help, while the current stripped him of his clothes and
            watch!
    In 1987 Thunderstorms produced up to ten inches of rain in
            southern Kansas and north central Oklahoma overnight.
            The Chikaskia River rose 2.5 feet above flood stage at
            Blackwell OK during the day causing flooding in Kay and
            Grant counties of north central Oklahoma. Early morning
            thunderstorms in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas
            produced 3.07 inches of rain in six hours at McAllen.
            Thunderstorms produced up to six inches of rain in
            southeastern Texas later in the day.
    In 1988 Thunderstorms developing ahead of a cold front in the
            central U.S. produced severe weather from northern Texas
            to the Lower Missouri Valley during the late afternoon
            and evening hours.  Hail three inches in diameter was
            reported at Nolan TX, and wind gusts to 80 mph were
            reported at Lawrence KS.  Thunderstorms drenched downtown
            Kansas City MO with up to four inches of rain, leaving
            some cars stranded in water six feet deep.
    In 1989 Thunderstorms over northeastern Florida drenched
            Jacksonville with 4.28 inches of rain between midnight
            and 6 AM EDT.  Unseasonably cool weather prevailed in the
            northeastern U.S.  Five cities reported record low
            temperatures for the date, including Binghamton NY with
            a reading of 30 degrees.  Morning lows were in the 20s in
            northern New England.  Unseasonably mild weather
            prevailed in the northwestern U.S., with afternoon highs
            in the upper 70s and 80s.  Astoria OR reported a record
            high of 83 degrees.
    In 2003 Hurricane Juan, with 80 mph winds, made landfall 30 miles
            southwest of Halifax, Nova Scotia...producing a 3 to 5 foot
            storm surge along the Nova Scotia coast.


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