TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Sunday  September 23, 2012.   
    This is the 267th day of the year, there are 99 days left.   
      
    On this day...   
       In 1815 One of the greatest hurricanes to strike New England made   
               landfall at Long Island and crossed Massachusetts and New   
               Hampshire.  It was the worst tempest in nearly two   
               hundred years, equal to the hurricane which struck in   
               1938, and one of a series of severe summer and autumn   
               storms to affect shipping lanes that year.   
       In 1904 The temperature at Charlotteburg NJ dipped to 23 degrees,   
               the coldest reading of record for so early in the autumn   
               for the state.   
       In 1983 A thunderstorm downburst caused a timber blowdown in the   
               Kaibab National Forest north of the Grand Canyon.  200   
               acres were completely destroyed, and scattered   
               destruction occurred across another 3300 acres.  Many   
               trees were snapped off at 15 to 30 feet above ground   
               level.   
       In 1987 Autumn began on a rather pleasant note for much of the   
               nation.  Showers and thunderstorms were confined to   
               Florida and the southwestern deserts.  Warm weather   
               continued in the western U.S., and began to spread into   
               the Great Plains Region, but even in the southwestern   
               deserts readings remained below 100 degrees.   
       In 1988 Thunderstorms developing along a cold front in the south   
               central U.S. produced severe weather in Oklahoma during   
               the afternoon and early evening hours.  Thunderstorms   
               produced softball size hail near Noble and Enterprise,   
               and baseball size hail at Lequire and Kinta.  A tornado   
               near Noble OK destroyed a mobile home injuring one   
               person.   
       In 1989 Seventeen cities in the north central U.S. reported   
               record low temperatures for the date, including Devils   
               Lake ND with a reading of 22 degrees.  Jackson KY   
               reported a record low of 41 degrees during the late   
               afternoon.  Strong northwest winds ushering cold air into   
               the central and northeastern U.S. gusted to 55 mph at   
               Indianapolis IN.  Winds along the cold front gusted to 65   
               mph at Norfolk VA, and thunderstorms along the cold front   
               deluged Roseland NJ with 2.25 inches of rain in one hour.   
               The temperature at Richmond VA plunged from 84 degrees to   
               54 degrees in two hours.  Snow and sleet was reported at   
               Binghamton NY.   
      
      
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