Subj : Today's Weather History To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Wed Apr 26 2017 12:10 am TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid Today is Wednesday April 26, 2017. This is the 116th day of the year, there are 249 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 1834 Killer frosts were reported in the Deep South. The frost was quite severe around Huntsville AL, and highlighted a backward spring in the South that year. In 1978 An unusually strong occluded front swept out of the Gulf of Alaska and produced the first April thunderstorm of record at Fairbanks. Pea size hail fell northeast of Fairbanks from thunderstorms whose tops were less than 8000 feet. In 1984 Severe thunderstorms associated with an intense cyclone spawned a total of forty-seven tornadoes in two days from Louisiana to Upper Michigan. The tornadoes killed 16 persons, and injured 259 others. In 1987 Twenty-two cities in the central and western U.S. reported new record high temperatures for the date. The afternoon high of 83 degrees at Astoria OR smashed their previous record by 13 degrees. Sacramento CA hit 94 degrees. In 1988 While Rochester MN was blanketed with 13.7 inches of snow, establishing a single storm record for the month of April, Minneapolis MN, just 90 miles away, got only rain. In 1989 Thirty-three cities in the central and southeastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. Afternoon highs of 91 degrees at Evansville IN, and Nashville TN equalled April records. Thunderstorms produced severe weather from Iowa to Kentucky, with more than 90 reports of large hail and damaging winds. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 90 mph at Berwick IA. In 1990 Twenty-nine cities from the Carolinas to the Great Lakes Region and western New England reported record high temperatures for the date, as readings soared into the 80s and lower 90s. Record high temperatures included 95 degrees at Baltimore MD and 92 degrees at Allentown PA. The record high of 89 degrees at Alpena MI was the third out of six straight record highs for that location, and smashed their previous record for the date by ten degrees. In 1991 An outbreak of 55 tornadoes devastated parts of Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska, killing 21 people. The Golden Spur Trailer Park in Andover, KS was hard hit by an F5 tornado. Posted by VPost v1.7.081019 .