TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Wednesday  October 3, 2012.   
    This is the 277th day of the year, there are 89 days left.   
      
    On this day...   
       In 1841 An October gale, the worst of record for Nantucket MA,   
               caught the Cap Cod fishing fleet at sea.  Forty ships   
               were driven ashore on Cape Cod, and 57 men perished from   
               the town of Truro alone.  Heavy snow fell inland, with 18   
               inches near Middletown CT.   
       In 1912 The longest dry spell of record in the U.S. commenced as   
               Bagdad CA went 767 days without rain.   
       In 1964 Hurricane Hilda struck Louisiana spawning many tornadoes,   
               and claimed twenty-two lives.   
       In 1979 The first killer tornado of record in October in   
               Connecticut destroyed sixteen vintage aircraft at the   
               Bradley Air Museum in Windsor Locks.  The tornado damaged   
               more than 100 homes causing 200 million dollars damage.   
               Three persons were killed, and 500 others were injured.   
       In 1986 Remnants of Hurricane Paine deluged Oklahoma and   
               southeastern Kansas with 6 to 10 inch overnight rains.   
               Hardy OK was drenched with 21.79 inches.  Heavy rain   
               between September 26th and October 4th caused 350 million   
               dollars damage in Oklahoma.   
       In 1987 Twenty-five cities in the Upper Midwest, ten in Iowa,   
               reported record low temperatures for the date.  Duluth   
               MN, Eau Claire WI and Spencer IA dipped to 24 degrees.   
               Temperatures warmed into the 80s in the Northern and   
               Central High Plains Region.  At Chadaron NE, the mercury   
               soared from a morning low of 29 degrees to an afternoon   
               high of 88 degrees.  Temperatures soared above 100   
               degrees in southern California.  The high of 108 degrees   
               at Downtown Los Angeles was a record for October.   
               (2nd-3rd) 7.87" of rain fell on Nimes, France in 3 hours,   
               causing floods and mudslides, & $634 million damage.   
       In 1988 Cold Canadian air invaded the north central U.S. bringing   
               an end to the growing season across those states.   
               Unseasonably warm weather prevailed in the southwestern   
               U.S.  Phoenix AZ reported a record high of 105 degrees.   
       In 1989 Unseasonably cold weather prevailed from the Pacific   
               Northwest to the Upper Mississippi Valley.  A dozen   
               cities reported record low temperatures for the date,   
               including Bismarck ND and Williston ND with readings   
               of 16 degrees above zero.  An upper level weather   
               disturbance brought snow to parts of Idaho, Wyoming   
               and Montana, with five inches at West Yellowstone MT.   
       In 2000 (3rd-4th) A non-tropical system developed rapidly over   
               South Florida, spawning torrential rains, severe flash   
               flooding, and several tornadoes. Miami International   
               Airport measured 7 inches of rain in 2 hours, with a 33   
               hour storm total of over 15 inches. Nearly 100,000 homes   
               and businesses in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties   
               received flood damage...and over 20,000 utility customers   
               lost power. The communities of Hialeah and Sweetwater   
               were especially hard hit. The weather system eventually   
               became a "sub-tropical depression", and transformed into   
               Tropical Storm Leslie on the 4th, moving away from   
               Florida.   
       In 2002 Hurricane Lili, which was at 145 mph just 24 hours before,   
               weakened to a 100 mph hurricane before coming ashore near   
               New Iberia, LA. Widespread heavy rain, damage, and several   
               tornadoes resulted, with close to 500,000 people without   
               power at the height of the storm.   
      
      
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