TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Friday  January 29, 2016.   
    This is the 29th day of the year, there are 337 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 1780 On the coldest morning of a severe winter the mercury   
               dipped to 16 degrees below zero at New York City, and   
               reached 20 degrees below zero at Hartford CT.  New York   
               Harbor was frozen for five weeks, allowing a heavy cannon   
               to be taken across the ice to fortify the British on   
               Staten Island.   
       In 1921 A small but intense windstorm resulted in the "Great   
               Olympic Blowdown" in the Pacific Northwest.  Hurricane   
               force winds, funneled along the mountains, downed vast   
               expanses of Douglas fir trees, and the storm destroyed   
               eight billion board feet of timber.  Winds at North Head   
               WA gusted to 113 mph.   
       In 1983 A series of Pacific coast storms finally came to an end.   
               The storms, attributed in part to the ocean current, "El   
               Nino", produced ocean swells 15 to 20 feet high which   
               ravaged the beaches of southern California.  Much of the   
               damage was to homes of movie stars in the exclusive   
               Malibu Colony.   
       In 1987 A strong storm moving out of the Central Rockies spread   
               snow across the north central states, with up to 8 inches   
               of snow in Wisconsin, and produced wind gusts to 64 mph   
               at Goodland KS.  A thunderstorm produced three inches of   
               snow in forty-five minutes at Owing Mills MD.   
       In 1988 Rain and snow were primarily confined to the northwestern   
               U.S.  An afternoon reading of 34 degrees at International   
               Falls MN was a record high for the date.   
       In 1989 Bitter cold air continued to pour into Alaska.  The   
               temperature at McGrath dipped to 63 degrees below zero.   
               Strong winds blowing through the Alaska Range between   
               Fairbanks and Anchorage produced a wind chill reading of   
               120 degrees below zero at Cantwell.   
       In 1990 Severe thunderstorms in the southeastern U.S. spawned a   
               tornado which destroyed three mobile homes near Blythe GA   
               injuring six persons.  A fast moving cold front produced   
               high winds in the western U.S.  Winds along the coast of   
               Oregon gusted to 65 mph at Portland, and high winds   
               generated 22 to 26 foot seas which battered the coast.   
               Winds near Reno NV gusted to 78 mph.  High winds also   
               buffeted the Central High Plains, with gusts to 94 mph   
               reported at La Mesa CO.   
       In 2002 Cleanup began in much of Europe in the aftermath of severe   
               windstorms. Great Britian and Scotland had gale force   
               winds (some places had gusts to 140 mph), and the British   
               Railway came to a halt. Germany had gusts to hurricane   
               force, and Leningrad, Russia also was affected by the   
               storm. Property damage was widespread in all these   
               areas...and unfortunately, there were several injuries,   
               and some fatalities...mainly due to falling trees, and   
               other debris.   
       In 2013 (29th-30th) Severe weather rocked the Lower Mississippi   
               Valley, eastward into the eastern United States. Numerous   
               reports of tornadoes, damaging wind, hail, and flooding   
               were noted across portions of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas,   
               and Louisiana...which spread east and north across the   
               Mississippi River as far north as Ohio and Pennsylvania,   
               and as far east as north Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas,   
               and Virginia.   
      
      
   --- GTMail 1.26    
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