Subj : Todays Weather History
To   : ALL USERS
From : DARYL STOUT
Date : Mon Feb 08 2016 12:09 am

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

 Today is Monday  February 8, 2016.
 This is the 39th day of the year, there are 327 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 1835 A severe cold wave gripped the southeastern U.S.  The
            temperature dipped to 8 above at Jacksonville FL, and to
            zero at Savannah GA.  Orange trees were killed to the
            roots, setting the new citrus industry in Florida back
            by 10 years.
    In 1936 The temperature at Denver CO plunges to a record
            30 degrees below zero.
    In 1987 A powerful storm produced blizzard conditions in
            the Great Lakes Region.  Winds gusted to 86 mph at
            Janesville WI and Cleveland OH received 12 inches
            of snow.  North winds of 50 to 70 mph raised the water
            level of southern Lake Michigan two feet, and produced
            waves 12 to 18 feet high, causing seven million dollars
            damage along the Chicago area shoreline.  It was the most
            damage caused by shoreline flooding and erosion in the
            history of the city of Chicago.
    In 1988 Arctic air invaded the north central U.S.  Hibbing MN
            reported a morning low of 30 degrees below zero. 
    In 1989 A winter storm over California produced snow from the
            beaches of Malibu to the desert canyons around Palm
            Springs, and the snow created mammoth traffic jams in the
            Los Angeles Basin.  Sixteen cities in the western U.S.
            reported record low temperatures for the date.
            Marysville CA reported an all-time record low reading of
            21 degrees above zero. 
    In 1990 Unseasonably mild weather prevailed across the south
            central and eastern U.S.  Twenty-two cities, including
            five in Michigan, reported record high temperatures for
            the date.  The high of 53 degrees at Flint MI surpassed
            their previous record by ten degrees, and the afternoon
            high of 66 degrees at Burlington IA exceeded their old
            record by eight degrees.
            winter storm, with blizzard conditions in many areas;
            remiscient of the "blizzard of 1978". Well over 3 feet
            of snow fell in some areas, and with wind gusts either
            approachig of exceeding hurricane force, blizzard and
            white-out conditions were widespread. Over 650,000 lost
            lost power, and many of the areas were the same ones
            that were pummeled by Hurricane Sandy in late 2012.
            Over 5000 airline flights were cancelled, and Amtrak
            shut down much of the northeast corridor. Some states
            enacted vehicle bans on roadways during the storm.
            Even the Postal Service suspended operations in seven
            states, due to the massive winter storm and blozzard.
            At the same time, a new winter storm, with blizzard
            conditions in some areas, was developing from Minnesota
            west and southeast into North and South Dakota, Nebraska,
            Wyoming, and Colorado.
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