TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Friday  February 26, 2016.   
    This is the 57th day of the year, there are 309 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 1910 Parts of Washington State were in the midst of a storm   
               which produced 129 inches of snow at Laconia between the   
               24th and the 26th, a single storm record for the state.   
               A series of storms, which began on the 23rd, led to a   
               deadly avalanche on the first of March.  By late on the   
               28th, the snow had changed to rain, setting the stage for   
               disaster.   
       In 1972 The Buffalo Creek disaster occurred in the Buffalo Creek   
               Hollow of Logan County in West Virginia.  A coal slag dam   
               on the Middle Fork of Buffalo Creek burst sending a fifty   
               foot wall of water down a narrow valley killing 125   
               persons and causing 51 million dollars damage.  Three   
               days of rain atop a six inch snow cover prompted the   
               dam break.   
       In 1987 A slow moving storm in the southwestern U.S. spread heavy   
               snow from the southern and central Rockies into the   
               Central High Plains Region.  Totals in Colorado ranged up   
               to 62 inches at Purgatory.  Colorado Springs CO reported   
               a February record of 14.8 inches of snow in 24 hours.   
               Lander WY received four inches in one hour, 13 inches in   
               seven hours, and a record storm total of 26 inches.  High   
               winds created near blizzard conditions at Colorado   
               Springs.  Fairplay CO reported 43 inches of snow, with   
               drifts ten feet high.   
       In 1988 Eight cities in the central and western U.S. reported new   
               record high temperatures for the date, including Lamoni   
               IA with a reading of 67 degrees.  Temperatures in North   
               Dakota were as warm as those in Florida.   
       In 1989 An upper level weather disturbance brought snow to parts   
               of the central U.S. which just one day earlier were   
               enjoying temperatures in the 60s.  Snowfall totals in   
               Missouri ranged up to 9 inches at Rolla.   
       In 1990 Unseasonably cold weather followed in the wake of the   
               winter storm in the northeastern U.S.  Ten cities   
               reported record low temperatures for the date, including   
               Syracuse NY with a reading of 10 degrees below zero.   
               Freezing temperatures in southeastern Virginia caused   
               considerable damage to plants and fruit trees.  The   
               barometric pressure reading of 30.88 inches at Wilmington   
               NC was a February record for that location.   
       In 2004 Heavy rain caused flash flooding, mudslides and rock   
               slides, with numerous road closings across much of   
               Hawaii. A 5 year old boy drowned in a runoff basin on   
               Oahu, and an adult female was swept away by heavy surf.   
      
      
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