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

 Today is Thursday  January 21, 2016.
 This is the 21st day of the year, there are 345 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 1863 A severe coastal storm dropped heavy rain on the
            Fredericksburg area of Virginia.  It disrupted a Union
            Army offensive in an ill famed "mud march".
    In 1982 The second of two major snowstorms to hit southern Minnesota
            came to an end.  Minneapolis received 20 inches of snow in
            24 hours to break the previous record of 17 inches in 24
            hours established just a few days earlier.  A record 38
             inches of snow covered the ground following the two storms,
            with drifts ten feet high.
    In 1985 Three days of snow squalls at Buffalo NY finally came to an
            end.  The squalls, induced by relatively warm water in
            Lake Erie, produced 34 inches of snow at the International
            Airport, with up to 47 inches reported in the suburbs of
            Buffalo.  The New York "blizzard of 85" left many counties
            disaster areas. (19th-21st). President Reagan was sworn in
            for a second term in the coldest Inauguration Ceremony of
            record.  Cold and wind resulted in wind chill readings as
            much as 30 degrees below zero. In Arkansas, North Little
            set an all time record low of -6 degrees. Little Rock Adams
            was at -2 degrees that morning.
    In 1987 Low pressure over Minnesota produced high winds in the
            Northern Plains Region.  Winds gusted to 66 mph at Rapid
            City SD, and reached 70 mph at Belle Fourche SD.
    In 1988 High pressure over northern Nevada and low pressure off the
            coast of southern California combined to produce high winds
            in the southwestern U.S.  Wind gusts in the San Francisco
            area reached 70 mph at Fremont.
    In 1989 Cold and snow prevailed in the northeastern U.S.  Up to
            13 inches of snow was reported between Woodford and
            Searsburg in Vermont.  Montpelier VT reported a wind chill
            reading of 42 degrees below zero.
    In 1990 Unseasonably warm weather prevailed across the state of
            Florida.  Eight cities reported record high temperatures for
            the date, including West Palm Beach with a reading of 86
            degrees. Rain in southern New England changed to freezing
            rain, then to sleet, and then to heavy snow during the late
            morning.  Most of Massachusetts was blanketed with 6 to 10
            inches of snow.
    In 1999 Nearly 5 dozen tornadoes raked Arkansas, producing several
            fatalities and many injuries. Downtown Little Rock was hard
            hit...along with the community of Beebe, to the northeast.
            At the height of the outbreak, there was a tornado being
            reported every 6 minutes...averaging 10 tornadoes an hour.
            It also set records of the most tornadoes in a state on any
            day in January (previous record was 13 tornadoes on January
            10, 1975 in Alabama, and Jan. 24, 1997 in Tennessee); most
            tornadoes on one day in January (previous record was 39
            tornadoes on Jan. 10, 1975 in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida,
            Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, North Carolina, and Texas);
            and the most tornadoes in any state for the month of
            January (previous record was 25 tornadoes in Texas in
            1998). Baseball sized hail was also observed in some areas,
            and the high school in Beebe took a direct hit from one of
            the tornadoes. There was a basketball game in progress, but
            the game was aborted at halftime, and the premises were
            evacuated just a half hour before the tornado hit.
    In 2013 Brutally cold wind chills of at least -50 degrees were seen
            across North Dakota, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, with Wind
            Chill Warnings over a large area.


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