TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Monday  February 8, 2016.   
    This is the 39th day of the year, there are 327 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 1835 A severe cold wave gripped the southeastern U.S.  The   
               temperature dipped to 8 above at Jacksonville FL, and to   
               zero at Savannah GA.  Orange trees were killed to the   
               roots, setting the new citrus industry in Florida back   
               by 10 years.   
       In 1936 The temperature at Denver CO plunges to a record   
               30 degrees below zero.   
       In 1987 A powerful storm produced blizzard conditions in   
               the Great Lakes Region.  Winds gusted to 86 mph at   
               Janesville WI and Cleveland OH received 12 inches   
               of snow.  North winds of 50 to 70 mph raised the water   
               level of southern Lake Michigan two feet, and produced   
               waves 12 to 18 feet high, causing seven million dollars   
               damage along the Chicago area shoreline.  It was the most   
               damage caused by shoreline flooding and erosion in the   
               history of the city of Chicago.   
       In 1988 Arctic air invaded the north central U.S.  Hibbing MN   
               reported a morning low of 30 degrees below zero.    
       In 1989 A winter storm over California produced snow from the   
               beaches of Malibu to the desert canyons around Palm   
               Springs, and the snow created mammoth traffic jams in the   
               Los Angeles Basin.  Sixteen cities in the western U.S.   
               reported record low temperatures for the date.   
               Marysville CA reported an all-time record low reading of   
               21 degrees above zero.    
       In 1990 Unseasonably mild weather prevailed across the south   
               central and eastern U.S.  Twenty-two cities, including   
               five in Michigan, reported record high temperatures for   
               the date.  The high of 53 degrees at Flint MI surpassed   
               their previous record by ten degrees, and the afternoon   
               high of 66 degrees at Burlington IA exceeded their old   
               record by eight degrees.   
               winter storm, with blizzard conditions in many areas;   
               remiscient of the "blizzard of 1978". Well over 3 feet   
               of snow fell in some areas, and with wind gusts either   
               approachig of exceeding hurricane force, blizzard and   
               white-out conditions were widespread. Over 650,000 lost   
               lost power, and many of the areas were the same ones   
               that were pummeled by Hurricane Sandy in late 2012.   
               Over 5000 airline flights were cancelled, and Amtrak   
               shut down much of the northeast corridor. Some states   
               enacted vehicle bans on roadways during the storm.   
               Even the Postal Service suspended operations in seven   
               states, due to the massive winter storm and blozzard.   
               At the same time, a new winter storm, with blizzard   
               conditions in some areas, was developing from Minnesota   
               west and southeast into North and South Dakota, Nebraska,   
               Wyoming, and Colorado.   
      
      
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