TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Friday  April 8, 2016.   
    This is the 99th day of the year, there are 267 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 1819 A tornado swarm in northern Texas resulted in 64 deaths.   
       In 1926 The lightning-set oil depot fire near San Luis Obispo CA   
               boiled over and engulfed 900 acres.  Many tornado vortices   
               resulted from the intense heat of the fire. One such tornado   
               traveled 1000 yards, picked up a house and carried it 150   
               feet, killing the two occupants inside.   
       In 1973 A severe storm brought high winds and heavy snow to Iowa.   
               Belle Plain received 20 inches of snow, and 19 inches   
               blanketed Dubuque, record totals for both locations for   
               so late in the season.  Snow drifts up to sixteen feet high   
               closed highways.   
       In 1979 Tornado outbreaks hit Arkansas on the 8th and 11th; with   
               Hamburg, in southeast Arkansas, being hit each time.   
       In 1984 (8th-14th) Intense tropical cyclone Kamisy crossed and   
               recrossed the north of Madagascar, leaving 100,000 homeless.   
       In 1987 A cold front crossing the Northern Plateau and the Northern   
               Rocky Mountain Region produced high winds in northeastern   
               Wyoming. Winds gusting to 69 mph at Sheridan WY downed power   
               lines and caused some property damage.   
       In 1988 Strong northerly winds ushered cold air into the north   
               central U.S.  The strong winds, gusting to 60 mph at   
               Rapid City SD and Williston ND, reduced visibilities in   
               blowing dust over the Dakotas.   
       In 1989 Two dozen cities in the southwestern U.S. reported new   
               record high temperatures for the date.  Phoenix AZ   
               equalled their record for April of 104 degrees established   
               just the previous day.   
       In 1990 Twenty-two cities reported record low temperatures for the   
               date as readings dipped into the 20s and 30s across much of   
               the eastern U.S.  Freezing temperatures severely damaged   
               peach and apple orchards in West Virginia, where prolonged   
               mild weather since January had caused an early blooming of   
               spring vegetation.  State and Federal agencies estimated a   
               50 percent loss in production for peaches and "Delicious Red   
               Apples".   
      
      
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