TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Friday  August 24, 2012.   
    This is the 237th day of the year, there are 129 days left.   
      
    On this day...   
       In 1906 A cloudburst deluged Guinea VA with more than nine inches   
               of rain in just forty minutes.   
       In 1968 Lightning struck the Crawford County fairgrounds   
               in Pennsylvania killing two persons and injuring   
               72 others.   
       In 1987 Autumn-like weather prevailed across the north central   
               and northeastern U.S.  Seven cities reported record low   
               temperatures for the date, including Saint Cloud MN with   
               a reading of 37 degrees.  Temperatures in Florida soared   
               to 98 degrees at Pensacola and 99 degrees at   
               Jacksonville.  Thunderstorms produced heavy rain in the   
               Southern High Plains Region, with 5.40 inches at Union   
               NM, and 7.25 inches reported west of Anthony NM.   
       In 1988 Thunderstorms in the Delaware Valley of eastern   
               Pennsylvania produced wind gusts to 95 mph around   
               Philadelphia, and gusts to 100 mph at Warminster.   
               A tropical depression drenched the Cabo Rojo area of   
               southwestern Puerto Rico with up to ten inches of rain.   
               San Juan received 5.35 inches of rain.   
       In 1989 Late afternoon and evening thunderstorms produced severe   
               weather in eastern Montana and western sections of the   
               Dakotas.  Thunderstorms in Montana produced wind gusts to   
               76 mph at Jordan, and golf ball size hail at Rock   
               Springs, which collected three to four feet deep in   
               ditches.  Lewiston ID reported a record 1.50 inches of   
               rain for the date, and a record rainfall total for August   
               of 2.63 inches.   
       In 1992 Hurricane Andrew hit first near Homestead, Florida, and   
               again on the 26th in Louisiana. Its total damage was   
               $30 billion, a US record. Wind gusts to near 165 mph were   
               reported at the National Hurricane Center in Coral Gables.   
               Originally a category 4, it was upgraded to a category 5   
               after new hurricane research 10 years later.   
      
      
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