TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Tuesday  February 23, 2016.   
    This is the 54th day of the year, there are 312 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 1802 A great snowstorm raged along the New England coast.  The   
               snowfall reached a total of 48 inches north of Boston.   
               Three large ships from Salem were wrecked along Cape Cod.   
       In 1936 A severe blizzard in the Sierra Nevada Range closed Donner   
               Pass.  It stranded 750 motorists and claimed seven lives.   
       In 1986 Surf heights rose to near 40' along Oahu's north shore as   
               the Hawaiian Islands were pounded by damaging surf.   
       In 1987 A winter storm buried the Middle Atlantic Coast Region   
               under heavy snow.  Totals ranged up to 24 inches at   
               Lancaster PA, with 23 inches at Coatesville PA.  During   
               the height of the storm Philadelphia PA received five   
               inches of snow in one hour.  The Washington D.C. area was   
               blanketed with up to 15 inches of snow.   
       In 1988 Strong northwesterly winds ushered arctic air into the   
               central U.S., and temperatures in Missouri were thirty   
               degrees colder than the previous day.  The strong winds   
               produced squalls along the shore of Lake Superior, with   
               up to 15 inches of snow reported over the Keweenaw   
               Peninsula of Upper Michigan.   
       In 1989 Nineteen cities in the central U.S. reported new record   
               low temperatures for the date, including Lincoln NE with   
               a reading of 19 degrees below zero.   
       In 1990 A fast moving storm produced near blizzard conditions in   
               Michigan.  Snowfall totals ranged up to 9.5 inches in   
               Allegan County, wind gusts reached 74 mph at Ann Arbor,   
               and five foot snow drifts were reported around Saginaw.   
               The Michigan AAA records showed more than 5000 traffic   
               accidents reported, a near record for one day.  There   
               were several chain reaction collisions.  One near Pontiac   
               involved a hundred cars.   
      
      
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