Subj : Todays Weather History To : ALL USERS From : DARYL STOUT Date : Thu Dec 03 2015 12:09 am TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid Today is Thursday December 3, 2015. This is the 337th day of the year, there are 28 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 1856 A severe blizzard began to rage across Iowa and Kansas. It produced as much as 16 inches of snow in Iowa. In 1926 Yuma AZ was soaked with 1.10 inch of rain, and by the 10th of the month had received 4.43 inches, making it the wettest December of record. The average annual rainfall for Yuma is 3.38 inches. (3rd-10th) In 1952 A remarkable display of sea smoke was seen in Hong Kong harbor, where it poured from Kowloon Bay from 8 to 9:30 A.M. In 1978 An EF-4 tornado struck Bossier City, Louisiana, during the early morning hours. It carved a path 8 miles long, and 400 miles wide through the heart of Bossier City, killing 2, and injuring over 200. Damagers were estimated to be 100 million dollars. In 1987 Stormy weather in the northwestern U.S. finally began to abate, but not before Gold Beach OR was drenched with 7.94 inches of rain in 24 hours. Low pressure spread snow from the Upper Mississippi Valley to the Central Appalachians. In 1988 Gale force winds ushered cold air into the northeastern U.S., and produced snow squals in the Lower Great Lakes Region. Winds gusted to 48 mph at Buffalo NY. In 1989 Heavy snow and high winds created blizzard conditions in northern New England. Snowfall totals in Maine ranged up to 31 inches, at Limestone. Presque Isle ME reported a record 30 inches of snow in 24 hours, along with wind gusts to 46 mph. --- BgNet 1.0a12 - The Thunderbolt BBS wx1der.dyndns.org Little Rock, AR .