TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Sunday  February 14, 2016.   
    This is the 45th day of the year, there are 321 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 1940 A "Saint Valentine's Day Blizzard" hit the northeastern   
               U.S.  Up to a foot and a half of snow blanketed southern   
               New England, and whole gales accompanied the heavy snow   
               stranding many in downtown Boston.    
       In 1978 (5th-14th) Freezing drizzle and wind left thousands of   
               residents in eastern Colorado without power, some for over   
               a week.   
       In 1987 A powerful storm spawned severe thunderstorms in Texas   
               and Oklahoma, and produced heavy snow in the Rocky   
               Mountain Region.  Snowfall totals in Colorado ranged up   
               to 27 inches at Telluride.  Straight line winds gusting   
               to 104 mph howled through Guadalupe Pass in West Texas.   
       In 1988 Strong northerly winds ushered arctic air into the north   
               central U.S.  Snow and high winds created blizzard   
               conditions in Minnesota and the Dakotas.  Winds gusted to   
               56 mph at Rapid City SD, and reached 65 mph at Cody WY.   
       In 1989 While "Valentine's Day" was a soggy one in the Ohio   
               Valley and the Tennessee Valley, unseasonably warm   
               weather prevailed in the southeastern U.S.  Seventeen   
               cities reported record high temperatures for the date as   
               readings warmed into the 70s and 80s.   
       In 1990 Valentine's Day was a snowy one for many parts of the   
               western and central U.S.  Five to ten inches of snow fell   
               across Iowa, and 6 to 12 inches of snow blanketed   
               northern Illinois, and strong northeasterly winds   
               accompanied the heavy snow.  Air traffic came to a halt   
               during the evening at O'Hare Airport in Chicago, where   
               9.7 inches of snow was reported.  More than 250 traffic   
               accidents were reported around Des Moines IA during the   
               evening rush hour.  An icestorm glazed east central   
               sections of Illinois, causing twelve million dollars   
               damage in Champaign County alone.   
       In 2000 Valentine's Day, 2000 was not a sweet one, weatherwise, as a   
               tornado outbreak hit the southern states. Camilla, Georgia   
               was the hardest hit, with close to two dozen fatalities, and   
               widespread damage. Many of the tornadoes struck in the   
               middle of the night, when many people were asleep; so they   
               never knew the storm was coming, or what hit them.   
       In 2004 A Valentine's Day winter storm brought heavy snow to   
               central and southern Arkansas, and into Louisiana.   
               Up to 5 inches of snow fell across parts of central   
               Arkansas...while parts of southwest Arkansas got up   
               to 8 inches of snow.   
      
      
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