TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Monday  March 7, 2016.   
    This is the 67th day of the year, there are 299 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 1717 The "Great Snow", a composite of four storms to hit the   
               eastern U.S. in nine days, finally came to an end.   
               Snow depths averaged 60 inches following the storm.   
               Up to four feet of snow fell around Boston MA, and snow   
               drifts 25 feet high were reported around Dorchester MA.   
       In 1932 A severe coastal storm set barometric pressure records   
               from Virginia to New England.  Block Island RI reported   
               a barometric pressure reading of 28.20 inches.   
       In 1987 Forty-five cities in the north central and northeastern   
               U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date.   
               Huron SD hit 80 degrees, and Pickstown SD reached   
               81 degrees.  Rochester MN and Rockford IL smashed their   
               previous record for the date by 16 degrees.   
       In 1988 High winds along a sharp cold front ushered snow and   
               arctic cold into the Central Rocky Mountain Region and   
               the Northern Plains.  Snowfall totals in Utah ranged up   
               to 16 inches at Brighton.  Winds gusted to 66 mph at   
               Rapid City SD.   
       In 1989 Blustery northwest winds ushered arctic cold into the   
               northeastern U.S.  Burlington VT reported a record low of   
               14 degrees below zero.  Snow and ice over the Carolinas   
               replaced the 80 degree weather of the previous day.   
               High winds and heavy surf caused five million dollars   
               damage along the North Carolina coast.   
       In 1990 A major ice storm left much of Iowa under a thick coat   
               of ice.  It was the worst ice storm in at least 25 years   
               for Iowa, perhaps the worst of the century. Up to 2   
               inches of ice coated much of western and central   
               Iowa, with three inches reported in Crawford County   
               and Carroll County.  As much as five inches of ice   
               was reported on some electrical lines.  The ice downed   
               78 towers in a 17-mile stretch of a high voltage feeder   
               near Boone costing three electric utilities 15 million   
               dollars.  Damage to trees was incredible, and cleanup   
               costs alone ran into the millions.  Total damage from   
               the storm was more than 50 million dollars.   
      
      
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