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    TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Tuesday  February 17, 2026.   
    This is the 48th day of the year, there are 317 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 1930 Eureka CA reported an all-time record high of 85 degrees,   
               a record which lasted until September of 1983.   
       In 1936 The temperature at McIntosh SD plunged to 58 degrees   
               below zero to establish a state record.   
       In 1958 The greatest snowstorm of the mid 20th century struck the   
               northeastern U.S.  The storm produced 30 inches of snow   
               in interior New England, including more than 19 inches in   
               24 hours at the Boston Airport.  The same storm produced   
               up to three feet of snow in the Middle Atlantic Coast   
               Region, with 14 inches at Washington D.C., and 15.5   
               inches at Baltimore MD.  The storm resulted in 43 deaths   
               and 500 million dollars damage over the Middle Atlantic   
               Coast States.   
       In 1987 A couple of winter storms, one off the Atlantic coast and   
               one in the south central U.S., produced snow and ice from   
               the Mississippi Valley to the Mid Atlantic Coast Region.   
               Freezing rain produced a coat of ice three inches thick   
               in northern South Carolina, and 30,000 homes around   
               Pee Dee SC were left without electricity.  Part of south   
               central Kentucky were without electricity for three days   
               following the storm, which is their worst in 35 years.   
       In 1988 Santa Ana winds in southern California gusted to 63 mph   
               at Ontario.  Heavy snow blanketed parts of Colorado, with   
               11 inches reported at Strontia.    
       In 1989 Low pressure off the Washington coast produced more than   
               a foot of snow in the Cascade Mountains, and more than   
               three inches of rain along the Northern Pacific Coast.   
               Spokane WA was blanketed with 13 inches of snow.  Cold   
               arctic air in the Upper Midwest produced all-time record   
               high barometric pressure readings of 31.10 inches at   
               Duluth MN, 31.09 inches at Minneapolis MN, and 31.21   
               inches at Bismarck ND.   
       In 1990 The biggest winter storm of the season hit the Pacific   
               Coast Region.  In northern California, snow fell along   
               the coast, and two day totals in the mountains ranged up   
               to 67 inches at Echo Summit.  Snowfall totals in the   
               mountains of southern California ranged up to 48 inches   
               at Green Valley, with 46 inches reported at Big Bear.  Up   
               to two feet of snow blanketed the southern Cascade   
               Mountains of Oregon, and 20 to 35 inches were reported in   
               the northern Cascades of Oregon.  Up to ten inches of   
               snow blanketed Seattle WA.   
       In 2003 (12th-17th) After hitting the west coast on the 12th, with   
               heavy rain, flooding, thunderstorms, and even a funnel   
               cloud near Fresno, CA, a winter storm affected much of the   
               eastern half of the country. Areas from Des Moines, IA east   
               to the east coast got heavy snow, including close to 2 feet   
               in parts of New England, and around the Baltimore and   
               Washington, DC area. Further south, heavy rain fell across   
               Arkansas and adjancent states, with totals over 2 inches   
               common. Tornadoes were also reported in Florida, with   
               flooding in Tennessee.   
   --- SBBSecho 3.32-Win32   
    * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (1:19/33)   
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