TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Wednesday  October 31, 2012.   
    This is the 305th day of the year, there are 61 days left.   
      
    On this day...   
       In 1846 Eighty-seven pioneers were trapped by early snows in the   
               Sierra Nevada Mountains that piled five feet deep, with   
               30 to 40 foot drifts.  Just 47 persons survived the   
               "Donner Pass Tradgedy".   
       In 1950 Unseasonably warm weather prevailed in the central U.S.   
               for Halloween.  The temperature soared to 83 degrees at   
               Minneapolis MN, their warmest reading of record for so   
               late in the season.   
       In 1965 Fort Lauderdale FL was deluged with 13.81 inches of rain,   
               which brought their rainfall total for the month of   
               October to an all-time record of 42.43 inches.  (30th-   
               31st)   
       In 1987 Halloween was a wet one in the southwestern U.S.   
               Heavy rain in southern California resulted in numerous   
               mudslides.  Weather-related auto accidents resulted in   
               three deaths and twenty-five injuries.  Mount Wilson CA   
               received 3.14 inches of rain in 24 hours.  Yakima WA   
               reported measurable rainfall for the first time since the   
               18th of July.  The 103 day long dry spell was their   
               longest of record.   
       In 1988 Twenty-two cities in the northeastern U.S. reported   
               record low temperatures for the date.  The low of 19 at   
               Cleveland OH was a record for October, and morning lows   
               of 21 at Allentown PA and Bridgeport CT tied October   
               records.  Nine cities in the southwestern U.S. reported   
               record high temperatures for the date, including Phoenix   
               AZ with a reading of 96 degrees.  Showers made Halloween   
               a soggy one in the southeastern U.S.   
       In 1989 Halloween night was a soggy one in New England.  Showers   
               in the northeastern U.S. produced more than an inch and   
               a half of rain in six hours at some locations.   
               An invasion of cold arctic air brought an abrupt end to a   
               week of "Indian Summer" type weather in the Great Lakes   
               Region, and brought snow and subzero wind chill readings   
               to the Northern Plains.  In Colorado, Alamosa was the   
               cold spot in the nation with a record low of two degrees   
               above zero, and a Halloween night storm brought 3 to 6   
               inches of snow to the Front Range, and 5 to 10 inches to   
               the nearby foothills.  Icy streets around Denver the next   
               morning made for a rather spooky commute.   
       In 1999 Little Rock, AR experienced its wettest Halloween ever,   
               with over 3 inches of rain in some parts of the state,   
               more than double the previous rainfall record for the   
               date.   
      
      
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