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    TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Saturday  December 20, 2025.   
    This is the 354th day of the year, there are 11 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 1836 A famous cold wave occurred in central Illinois.  A cold   
               front with 70 mph winds swept through at Noon dropping   
               the temperature from 40 degrees to near zero in a matter   
               of minutes.  Many settlers froze to death.  Folklore told   
               of chickens frozen in their tracks and men frozen to   
               saddles.  Ice in streams reportedly froze several inches   
               in a few hours.   
       In 1942 An early cold wave sends the temperature plunging to   
               3 degrees below zero at Nantucket MA, and to 11 degrees   
               below zero at Boston MA.   
       In 1987 Heavy snow fell in the northern mountains of Colorado,   
               with 15 inches reported in the Mary Jane ski area.   
               Strong and gusty winds prevailed from the Northern High   
               Plains to the Great Lakes.  Winds gusted to 54 mph at   
               Buffalo NY, and reached 66 mph at Livingston MT.  Rain,   
               freezing rain, sleet and snow fell across New England,   
               with up to seven inches of snow in Maine.   
       In 1988 Strong southerly winds ahead of a cold front in the   
               central U.S. gusted to 70 mph at Indianapolis IN.   
               The high winds toppled a masonary wall, killing a   
               construction worker.  Low pressure and a trailing   
               cold front brought rain and snow and high winds to the   
               western U.S.  Winds gusted to 90 mph at the Callahan   
               Ranch south of Reno NV.  Soda Springs, in the Sierra   
               Nevada Range of California, received 17 inches of snow in   
               less than 24 hours.   
       In 1989 Brutal northwest winds ushered bitter cold arctic air   
               into the north central U.S.  International Falls MN   
               and Warroad MN tied for honors as the cold spot in   
               the nation with morning lows of 34 degrees below zero.   
               Minot ND reported a wind chill reading of 81 degrees   
               below zero.  Squalls produced more heavy snow in the   
               Great Lakes Region.  Erie PA received 21 inches of snow,   
               including four inches in one hour, to bring their total   
               snow cover to 39 inches, an all-time record for that   
               location.   
       In 2013 (20th-22nd) A large storm system brought a wide variety   
               of weather from the Southern Plains, north through the   
               Midwest, east through the Mississippi, Tennessee, and   
               Ohio Valleys, and into the northeast and southeast U.S.   
               On the north end of the storm, widespread freezing rain,   
               sleet, and snow, caused numerous power outages, and icy   
               roads. On the south side of the storm, severe weather was   
               the rule, with widespread flooding rain, damaging winds,   
               and tornadoes.   
   --- SBBSecho 3.32-Win32   
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