Subj : Today's Weather History
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Tue Feb 14 2017 12:31 pm

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

 Today is Tuesday  February 14, 2017.
 This is the 45th day of the year, there are 320 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 1940 A "Saint Valentine's Day Blizzard" hit the northeastern
            U.S.  Up to a foot and a half of snow blanketed southern
            New England, and whole gales accompanied the heavy snow
            stranding many in downtown Boston. 
    In 1978 (5th-14th) Freezing drizzle and wind left thousands of
            residents in eastern Colorado without power, some for over
            a week.
    In 1987 A powerful storm spawned severe thunderstorms in Texas
            and Oklahoma, and produced heavy snow in the Rocky
            Mountain Region.  Snowfall totals in Colorado ranged up
            to 27 inches at Telluride.  Straight line winds gusting
            to 104 mph howled through Guadalupe Pass in West Texas.
    In 1988 Strong northerly winds ushered arctic air into the north
            central U.S.  Snow and high winds created blizzard
            conditions in Minnesota and the Dakotas.  Winds gusted to
            56 mph at Rapid City SD, and reached 65 mph at Cody WY.
    In 1989 While "Valentine's Day" was a soggy one in the Ohio
            Valley and the Tennessee Valley, unseasonably warm
            weather prevailed in the southeastern U.S.  Seventeen
            cities reported record high temperatures for the date as
            readings warmed into the 70s and 80s.
    In 1990 Valentine's Day was a snowy one for many parts of the
            western and central U.S.  Five to ten inches of snow fell
            across Iowa, and 6 to 12 inches of snow blanketed
            northern Illinois, and strong northeasterly winds
            accompanied the heavy snow.  Air traffic came to a halt
            during the evening at O'Hare Airport in Chicago, where
            9.7 inches of snow was reported.  More than 250 traffic
            accidents were reported around Des Moines IA during the
            evening rush hour.  An icestorm glazed east central
            sections of Illinois, causing twelve million dollars
            damage in Champaign County alone.
    In 2000 Valentine's Day, 2000 was not a sweet one, weatherwise, as a
            tornado outbreak hit the southern states. Camilla, Georgia
            was the hardest hit, with close to two dozen fatalities, and
            widespread damage. Many of the tornadoes struck in the
            middle of the night, when many people were asleep; so they
            never knew the storm was coming, or what hit them.
    In 2004 A Valentine's Day winter storm brought heavy snow to
            central and southern Arkansas, and into Louisiana.
            Up to 5 inches of snow fell across parts of central
            Arkansas...while parts of southwest Arkansas got up
            to 8 inches of snow.


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