TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Sunday  February 7, 2016.   
    This is the 38th day of the year, there are 328 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 1861 The temperature at Gouverneur NY bottomed out at   
               40 degrees below zero, a drop of 70 degrees in one day.   
               Two days later the mercury hit 55 degrees.    
               Hanover NH plunged from 37 degrees at 1 PM on the 7th to   
               -32 degrees at 7 AM on the 8th, West Cummington MA   
               plummeted 80 degrees to -32 degrees, and Boston MA   
               plunged 60 degrees to -14 degrees, and on the 11th was   
               back up to 60 degrees.  (7th-8th)    
       In 1934 A deep freeze made it possible to drive from Bay Shore to   
               Fire Island NY.    
       In 1978 The worst winter storm of record struck coastal New   
               England.  The storm produced 27.5 inches of snow at   
               Boston, and nearly 50 inches in northeastern Rhode   
               Island.  The fourteen foot tide at Portland ME was   
               probably the highest of the century.  Winds gusted to   
               79 mph at Boston, and reached 92 mph at Chatham MA.   
               A hurricane size surf caused 75 deaths and 500 million   
               dollars damage.    
       In 1986 In Johnstown, Pennsylvania, lightning struck the bell tower   
               of a church during a snowstorm, causing some minor damage.   
       In 1987 Low pressure in Manitoba, Canada, pulled warm air up from   
               the Gulf of Mexico, and more than forty cities in the   
               north central U.S. reported record high temperatures for   
               the date, including North Platte NE and Rapid City SD   
               with readings of 73 degrees.   
       In 1988 Twenty-two cities in the eastern U.S. reported record low   
               temperatures for the date, including Binghamton NY with   
               a reading of 5 degrees below zero.  Snow blanketed   
               southern Louisiana, with three inches reported at   
               Cameron.    
       In 1989 Twenty-five cities in the western U.S. reported record   
               low temperatures for the date.  Lows of 16 at Las Vegas   
               NV, 26 at Bakersfield CA, 29 below at Milford UT, and 16   
               below at Reno NV were February records.  The low of 43   
               below at Boca CA was a state record for the month of   
               February.  In Utah, lows of 32 below at Bryce Canyon, 27   
               below at Delta, 29 below at Dugway, and 38 below at   
               Vernal were all-time records for those locations.   
       In 1990 A slow moving cold front spread heavy snow across the   
               state of Utah.  Storm totals ranged up to 31 inches   
               at Alta, with 24 inches at Brighton and 23 inches at   
               Snowbird.  Bitter cold weather prevailed across Alaska   
               for the thirteenth day in a row, with morning lows of 42   
               degrees below zero at Fairbanks, 48 below zero at Nenana,   
               and 54 below at Bettles.  Anchorage AK reported a record   
               low of 23 degrees below zero.   
       In 2003 Blinding lake effect snow and its reduced visibilities in   
               Berrien County, Michigan, resulted in a 60 vehicle pile-up.   
               Two were killed, and many more were injured.   
      
      
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