TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Monday  April 18, 2016.   
    This is the 109th day of the year, there are 257 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 1880 More than two dozen tornadoes were reported from Kansas and   
               Arkansas to Wisconsin and Michigan.  More than 100 persons   
               were killed, including 65 persons at Marshfield MO.   
       In 1906 A severe earthquake shook San Francisco, and unusual   
               easterly winds spread fires destroying the city.   
       In 1944 California experienced its worst hailstorm of record. Damage   
               mounted to two million dollars as two consecutive storms   
               devastated the Sacramento Valley destroying the fruit crop.   
       In 1957 A dust devil near Dracut MA lifted a small child three   
               feet into the air, and rolled two other children on the   
               ground. Fortunately, none of the three were hurt. The dust   
               devil was accompanied by a loud whistling sound, as it moved   
               westward.   
       In 1970 Rapid City SD received a record 22 inches of snow in 24   
               hours. (17th-18th)   
       In 1987 Thirty-one cities in the central U.S. reported record high   
               temperatures for the date, including International Falls MN   
               with a reading of 88 degrees, and Bismarck ND with a high of   
               92 degrees. A sharp cold front produced high winds in the   
               western U.S.  Winds in Utah gusted to 99 mph at the Park   
               City Angle Station, and capsized a boat on Utah Lake,   
               drowning four persons.   
       In 1988 Afternoon and evening thunderstorms produced large hail and   
               damaging winds in the southeastern U.S.  A strong (F-2)   
               tornado severely damaged seventeen mobile homes near   
               Bainbridge GA, injuring three persons.   
       In 1989 Thunderstorms produced large hail and damaging winds in   
               Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. A thunderstorm in Pecos County   
               of southwest Texas produced wind gusts to 90 mph at Imperial.   
       In 1990 Heavy snow blanketed the west central valleys and southwest   
               mountains of Colorado with up to 18 inches of snow.  Nine   
               cities from the Mid Mississippi Valley to the Middle Atlantic   
               Coast Region reported record low temperatures for the date,   
               including Fort Wayne, IN with a reading of 23 degrees.   
      
      
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