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    TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Wednesday  January 21, 2026.   
    This is the 21st day of the year, there are 344 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.   
       In 2016 A winter storm brought snow to portions of the MidSouth,   
               including 6 to 8 inches around Little Rock, Arkansas. The   
               storm moved east into the DelMarva and Mid-Atlantic, and   
               intensified rapidly. Heavy snow was recorded across   
               Kentucky, Tennessee, and other areas...with the DelMarVa   
               and Baltimore-Washington areas, along with portions of   
               Maryland receiving from 2 to 4 feet of snow (21st-23rd).   
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