TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Tuesday  March 22, 2016.   
    This is the 82nd day of the year, there are 284 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 1920 A spectactular display of the Northern Lights was   
               visible as far south as Bradenton FL, El Paso TX, and   
               Fresno CA.  At Detroit MI, the display was described   
               "so brilliant as to blot out all stars below first   
               magnitude".    (22nd-23rd)   
       In 1936 A great flood crested on rivers from Ohio to Maine.   
               The flood claimed 107 lives and caused 270 million   
               dollars property damage.   
       In 1954 Six to ten inch rains caused the Chicago River to   
               overflow its banks.   
       In 1987 An intense storm produced heavy snow in the southern   
               and central Rockies, and high winds from southern   
               California to West Texas.  Wolf Creek Pass CO received   
               24 inches of snow, and winds gusted to 69 mph at   
               Ruidoso NM.  Blizzard conditions were reported in   
               eastern Colorado.   
       In 1988 Rain and high winds battered the Northern Pacific Coast   
               Region, with wind gusts to 78 mph at Ocean Shores WA.   
               The high winds uprooted trees and down power lines.   
               Ten cities in the northeastern U.S. reported new record   
               low temperatures for the date.  Eight cities in the   
               central U.S. reported record highs.  Southerly winds   
               gusting to 60 mph helped push the mercury at Ottumwa IA   
               to a record warm reading of 83 degrees.   
       In 1989 Six cities in the Great Lakes Region, and three in   
               southern Texas, reported new record low temperatures   
               for the date, including Alpena MI with a reading of   
               9 above zero, and Brownsville TX with a reading of   
               38 degrees.   
       In 1990 A surge of arctic air kept temperatures in the teens   
               and 20s during the day in the north central U.S.,   
               and heavy snow fell over parts of Montana.  Record   
               warmth was reported in the western U.S., and in Alaska.   
               Phoenix AZ reported a record high of 94 degrees, and   
               the town of Barrow, located along the arctic coast of   
               Alaska, reported a record high of 20 degrees.   
       In 2004 Strong thunderstorms across Maui and the big island of   
               Hawaii, caused heavy rain...with storm totals as high   
               as 9 inches.   
       In 2013 (22nd-25th) Another in a series of late winter/early   
               early spring storms moved across the country...bringing   
               heavy snow from Colorado and Kansas east into Missouri,   
               with warnings as far east as Ohio and Pennsylvania; and   
               strong to severe storms with large hail and flooding rain   
               from Oklahoma and Texas, eastward through Arkansas, and   
               along the Gulf Coast to the southeast US. Whiteout   
               conditions prompted authorities to close 154 miles of   
               Interstate 70 from Denver to the Kansas line. About 45   
               45 miles north of Denver, Interstate 25 was shut down,   
               due to a weather related incident that led to as many as   
               50 vehicles crashing, or spinning off the roadway. Flames   
               also engulfed a semi-taknker caught in the pile-up.   
      
      
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