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Ärende: Today In Weather History
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 TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid

 Today is Sunday  March 12, 2006.
 This is the 71st day of the year, there are 294 days left.

 On this day...
    In 1888 A blizzard paralyzed southeastern New York State and
            western New England.  The storm produced 58 inches of
            snow at Saratoga NY, and 50 inches at Middletown CT.
            The blizzard was followed by record cold temperatures,
            and the cold and snow claimed 400 lives.  New York City
            received 20.9 inches of snow, Albany NY reported 46.7
            inches.
    In 1954 A blizzard raged from eastern Wyoming into the Black
            Hills of western South Dakota, while a severe ice storm
            was in progress from northeastern Nebraska to central
            Iowa.  The ice storm isolated 153 towns in Iowa.  Dust
            from the Great Plains caused brown snow, and hail and
            muddy rain over parts of Wisconsin and Michigan.
            (11th-13th)
    In 1967 A tremendous four day storm raged across California.
            Winds of 90 mph closed mountain passes, heavy rains
            flooded the lowlands, and in sixty hours Squaw Valley
            received 96 inches (eight feet) of snow.
    In 1987 Unseasonably cold weather prevailed in the southeastern
            U.S., with gale force winds along the Middle Atlantic
            Coast.  A storm in the Pacific Northwest produced rain
            and gale force winds.  Crescent City CA received 2.27
            inches of rain in 24 hours.
    In 1988 A powerful storm produced high winds and heavy snow in
            the Upper Mississippi Valley and the Upper Great Lakes
            Region.  Winds gusting to 70 mph produced snow drifts
            six feet high in Minnesota, and sent twelve foot waves
            on Lake Superior over the breakwalls of the ship canal
            at Duluth MN.
    In 1989 An early season heat wave continued in the central and
            southwestern U.S.  Nineteen cities reported record high
            temperatures for the date.  Wichita Falls TX, which six
            days earlier reported a record low of 8 above, reported
            a record high of 95 degrees.  Childress TX was the
            first spot in the country to hit the 100 degree mark.
    In 1990 Unseasonably warm weather prevailed from the Southern
            and Central Plains to the Southern and Middle Atlantic
            Coast, with afternoon highs in the 70s and 80s.
            Seventy-six cities reported record high temperatures
            for the date.  Downtown Baltimore MD was the hot spot
            in the nation with a record high of 95 degrees, which
            smashed their previous record for the date by nineteen
            degrees.  Other record highs included 89 degrees at
            Washington D.C. and 90 degrees at Raleigh NC.
    In 2004 Big Bay Lake Dam, an earthen structure about 7 miles
            north of Baxterville, MS, failed. The lake originally
            covered 1100 areas...the break flooded over 50 homes.

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