Subj : Todays Weather History To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Thu Nov 02 2017 12:13 am TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid Today is Thursday November 2, 2017. This is the 306th day of the year, there are 59 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 1946 A heavy wet snow began to cover the Southern Rockies. Up to three feet of snow blanketed the mountains of New Mexico, and a 31 inch snow at Denver CO caused roofs to collapse. In 1961 The temperature at Atlanta GA reached 84 degrees to establish a record for November. In 1966 A storm brought 18 inches of snow to Celia KY in 24 hours. It tied the state 24 hour snowfall record first established at Bowling Green. In 1976 Two light aircraft were struck by lightning while in flight over Boston, Massachusetts. There were no injuries. In 1987 A dozen cities, mostly in the Ohio Valley, reported record high temperatures for the date. Record highs included 83 degrees at Paducah KY and 84 degrees at Memphis TN. Temperatures reached 70 degrees as far north as southern Lower Michigan. Showers and thundershowers over southern Florida, associated with a tropical depression, produced 4.77 inches of rain at Tavernier, located in the Upper Floirda Keys. In 1988 A very intense low pressure system brought heavy rain, snow, and high winds, to parts of the northeastern U.S. Portland ME established a record for November with 4.52 inches of rain in 24 hours, and winds along the coast of Maine gusted to 74 mph at Southwest Harbor. Heavy snow blanketed parts of northern Vermont and upstate New York, with fifteen inches reported at Spruce Hill NY. In 1989 Squalls in the Upper Great Lakes Region the first three days of the month buried Ironwood MI under 46 inches of snow, and produced 40 inches at Hurley WI. Arctic cold invaded the Southern Plains Region. Midland TX reported a record low of 22 degrees. In 1997 An F-3 tornado hit New Smyrna Beach, Florida causing heavy damage. 31 homes were destroyed, 290 were damaged, and 52 people were injured. In 2000 Hilo, Hawaii received nearly 28 inches of rain in a 28 hour period on the 1st and 2nd...their normal November rainfall is around 14 1/2 inches. --- þ Synchronet þ The Thunderbolt BBS - wx1der.dyndns.org .