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

 Today is Wednesday  December 12, 2012.
 This is the 347th day of the year, there are 19 days left.

 On this day...
    In 1882 Portland OR was drenched with 7.66 inches of rain,
            a record 24 hour total for that location.  (12th-13th)
    In 1960 The first of three Middle Atlantic snowstorms produced a
            foot of snow at Baltimore MD.  A pre-winter blizzard
            struck the northeastern U.S. producing wind gusts as high
            as 51 mph along with 16 inches of snow at Nantucket MA,
            and 20 inches at Newark NJ.
    In 1969 The worst tornado of record for western Washington State
            tracked south of Seattle, traveling five miles, from Des
            Moines to Kent.  The tornado, 50 to 200 yards in width,
            began as a waterspout over Puget Sound.  One person was
            injured and the tornado caused half a million dollars
            damage.
    In 1987 While a developing winter storm began to spread snow
            across New Mexico into Colorado, high winds ushered
            unseasonably cold air into the southwestern states.
            Winds in California gusted to 60 mph in the Sacramento
            River Delta, and in the San Bernardino Valley.
    In 1988 Cold arctic air spread from the Great Lakes Region to the
            Appalachian Region.  Twenty-five cities, mostly in the
            northeastern U.S., reported record low temperatures for
            the date.  The low of 12 degrees below zero at Albany NY
            was their coldest reading for so early in the season.
            Saranac Lake NY was the cold spot in the nation with a
            low of 28 degrees below zero.
    In 1989 A winter storm produced snow from northern Mississippi to
            the Middle Atlantic Coast, with 10.5 inches reported at
            Powhatan VA.  Heavy snow whitened the Black Hills
            of South Dakota, with 36 inches of snow reported at Deer
            Mountain.  Thirteen cities in the north central U.S.,
            from Minnesota to Texas, reported record low temperatures
            for the date, including Duluth MN and Yankton SD with
            morning lows of 22 degrees below zero.
    In 2000 (12th-13th) Much of Arkansas was hit by an intense ice
            storm, that paralyzed the state, with icy roads, and
            knocking out power to 250,000 residents for several days.
            It was difficult to find hotel rooms within 60 miles of
            Little Rock, for those wanting shelter from the storm.
    In 2003 (12th-15th) For the second time in a week, a winter storm
            which began in Kansas and Oklahoma with snow, spread east
            into the Ohio Valley and the northeast and New England.
            Some areas once again got over 2 feet of snow.


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