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

 Today is Sunday  January 10, 2016.
 This is the 10th day of the year, there are 356 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 1800 Savannah GA received a foot and a half of snow, and 10 inches
            blanketed Charleston SC.  It was the heaviest snowfall of
            record for the immediate Coastal Plain of the southeastern
            United States.
    In 1911 The temperature at Rapid City, South Dakota, plummeted 47
            degrees in just 15 minutes.
    In 1918 (10th-12th) Arkansas was hit by a massive snowstorm that
            produced huge snow totals, just before a severe Arctic cold
            outbreak settled in over the state. Up to 30 inches of snow
            was reported on the ground in Calico Rock (north central
            Arkansas) after the storm; and deep snow generally covered
            the northern half of the state. Searcy, in central Arkansas
            fell to -20 degrees, and Little Rock fell to -8 on the 12th.
            The Arkansas River reportedly froze over to the point where
            cars and wagons could cross the river on the ice.
    In 1949 Snow was reported at San Diego CA for the first and only time
            since 1882.  Snow was noted even on some of the beaches in
            parts of the Los Angeles metropolitan area.  Burbank reported
            4.7 inches, and Long Beach and Laguna Beach received one inch
            of snow.
    In 1975 The "Storm of the Century" hit Minnesota.  A severe blizzard
            moved northward across the state producing up to two feet of
            snow. High winds drove wind chill readings to 80 degrees
            below zero, and at Duluth MN the barometric pressure dipped
            to 28.55 inches. The storm, which claimed 35 lives, occurred
            on the 102nd anniversary of the infamous "Pioneer Blizzard"
            in Minnesota.
    In 1982 The temperature at O'Hare Airport in Chicago IL plunged to
            an all-time record of 26 degrees below zero, and high winds
            drove the wind chill reading to 77 degrees below zero.  The
            temperature in Downtown Chicago reached 23 degrees below
            zero.  A week later, a second arctic surge sent the
            temperature plunging back down to 25 degrees below zero.
    In 1987 Bitter cold air invaded the Rocky Mountain Region, with
            subzero readings reported as far south as Gallop NM.
            Pocatello ID reported a record low rading of 14 degrees
            below zero.
    In 1988 A storm in the northwestern U.S. produced wind gusts to
            97 mph at Netarts OR, and up to two feet of snow in the
            mountains of Oregon.
    In 1989 The first documented January tornado of record in Utah
            struck the south part of Sandy.  Asphalt shingles were
            driven one half inch into a fence. Clear skies, light
            winds, and up to 24 inches of snow cover, allowed the
            temperature to plunge to 45 degrees below zero at
            Roseau MN, and to -43 degrees at Warroad MN.  The
            afternoon high at Grand Forks ND was 16 degrees below
            zero.
    In 1990 Strong southerly winds ahead of a Pacific cold front helped
            temperatures in the central U.S. soar as much as 50 degrees
            during the day.  A total of fifty cities in the central U.S.
            reported record high temperatures for the date, with
            afternoon highs in the 70s reported as far north as Nebraska
            and eastern Colorado.  Highs of 53 at Devils Lake ND, 76 at
            Grand Island NE, 73 at Lincoln NE, and 73 at North Platte NE,
            established records for the month of January.


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