TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Saturday  October 20, 2012.   
    This is the 294th day of the year, there are 72 days left.   
      
    On this day...   
       In 1770 An exceedingly great storm struck eastern New England   
               causing extensive coastal damage from Massachusetts to   
               Maine, and the highest tide in 47 years.   
       In 1983 Remnants of Pacific Hurricane Tico caused extensive   
               flooding in central and south central Oklahoma.  Oklahoma   
               City set daily rainfall records with 1.45 inch on the   
               19th and 6.28 inches on the 20th.  (17th-21st)   
       In 1987 Cold arctic air invaded the Upper Midwest, and squalls in   
               the Lake Superior snowbelt produced heavy snow in eastern   
               Ashland County and northern Iron County of Wisconsin.   
               Totals ranged up to 18 inches at Mellen.  In the western   
               U.S., the record high of 69 degrees at Seattle WA was   
               their twenty-fifth of the year, the highest number of   
               record highs for any given year.  Bakersfield CA reported   
               a record 146 days in a row with daily highs 80 degrees or   
               above.   
       In 1988 Unseasonably warm weather continued in the western U.S.   
               In California, afternoon highs of 96 degrees at Redding   
               and Red Bluff were records for the date.   
       In 1989 Forty-nine cities reported record low temperatures for   
               the date as readings dipped into the 20s and 30s across   
               much of the south central and southeastern U.S.  Lows of   
               32 at Lake Charles LA and 42 at Lakeland FL were records   
               for October, and Little Rock AR reported their earliest   
               freeze of record.  Snow blanketed the higher elevations   
               of Georgia and the Carolinas.  Melbourne FL dipped to 47   
               degrees shortly before midnight to surpass the record low   
               established that morning. Showers and thunderstorms brought   
               heavy rain to parts of the northeastern U.S.  Autumn leaves   
               on the ground clogged drains and dtiches causing flooding.   
               Up to 4.10 inches of rain soaked southern Vermont in three   
               days. Flood waters washed 600 feet of railroad track,   
               resulting in a train derailment.   
       In 1991 Strong Diablo winds fanned a small brush fire into an inferno   
               that destroyed over 3300 homes in Oakland and Berkeley.   
      
      
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