TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Thursday  April 7, 2016.   
    This is the 98th day of the year, there are 268 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 1857 A late season freeze brought snow to every state in the   
               Union. Even as far south as Houston TX the mercury plunged   
               to 21 degrees.   
       In 1929 Record heat prevailed across New England.  Hartford CT   
               reported an afternoon high of 90 degrees.   
       In 1935 Amarillo TX reported dust obscuring visibility for 20 hours.   
               Blowing dust was reported twenty-seven of 30 days in the   
               month.  On several days the visibility was reduced to near   
               zero by the dust.   
       In 1980 Severe thunderstorms spawned tornadoes which ripped through   
               central Arkansas.  The severe thunderstorms also produced   
               high winds and baseball size hail.  Five counties were   
               declared disaster areas by President Carter.   
       In 1984 In Texas, members of a soccer team were on an aluminum   
               ladder, putting up a net, when lightning struck, ripping   
               the clothes off a player.   
       In 1987 International Falls MN, with record warm afternoon high of   
               71 degrees, was warmer than Miami FL, where the high was a   
               record cool 66 degrees.   
       In 1988 High winds in the Middle Atlantic Coast Region gusted to   
               172 mph atop Grandfather Mountain NC.  Twenty-nine cities   
               in the southwest and north central U.S. reported record   
               high temperatures for the date, including Yankton SD with   
               a reading of 91 degrees.   
       In 1989 Twenty-seven cities in the southwestern U.S. reported record   
               high temperatures for the date.  Afternoon highs of 92   
               degrees in Downtown San Francisco and 104 degrees at Phoenix   
               AZ established records for April.  Highs of 78 degrees at   
               Ely NV and 93 degrees at San Jose CA equalled April records.   
       In 1990 Low pressure brought strong winds to the Alaska peninsula   
               and the Aleutian Islands.  Winds gusted to 68 mph at Port   
               Heiden two days in a row.  Unseasonably warm weather   
               prevailed across central Alaska.  Yakutat reported a record   
               high of 54 degrees. Unseasonably cold weather prevailed over   
               central sections of the Lower Forty-eight states.  A dozen   
               cities from Kansas to Indiana and Alabama reported record   
               low temperatures for the date. Evansville IN equalled their   
               record for April with a morning low of 23 degrees.   
       In 2001 Severe thunderstorms struck a large part of the central and   
               southern plains. Straight line winds struck Russell, Kansas   
               (113 mph), and Amarillo, Texas (80 mph)...where bricks were   
               ripped off of the front of a building.   
       In 2002 Severe weather and flooding rains plagued parts of Texas,   
               Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Mississippi. A large   
               tornado roared through Throckmorton County, Texas...while   
               over 6 inches of rain fell over portions of northwestern   
               Arkansas, aggravating already existing flooding conditions.   
       In 2004 A third day of heavy rain, with 2-4 inches across   
               south and southeast Texas aggravated ongoing flash   
               flooding. Thunderstorms from North Texas into Oklahoma   
               and Kansas dropped from 2-5 inches of rain.   
      
      
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