TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Tuesday  January 1, 2013.   
    This is the 1st day of the year, there are 364 days left.   
      
    On this day...   
       In 1864 Snow, gales and severe cold hit the Midwest.  It was the   
               most bitter cold New Year's day of record with afternoon   
               highs of 16 below zero at Chicago IL and 25 below at   
               Minneapolis MN.   
       In 1934 Heavy rain which began on December 30th led to flooding   
               in the Los Angeles Basin area of California.  Flooding   
               claimed the lives of at least 45 persons.  Walls of water   
               and debris up to ten feet high were noted in some canyon   
               areas.  Rainfall totals ranged up to 16.29 inches at Azusa,   
               with 8.26 inches reported in Downtown Los Angeles.   
       In 1949 A six day blizzard began over the Northern Rockies and the   
               Great Plains.  The storm produced the most adverse weather   
               conditions in the history of the west.   
       In 1979 The temperature at Maybell, Colorado plummeted to 60 degrees   
               below zero, to tie the state record set back in 1951 at   
               Taylor Park.   
       In 1987 A winter storm brought rain and snow and high winds to the   
               Southern and Middle Atlantic Coast Region.  The storm, which   
               occurred in a period of unusually high astronomical tides,   
               produced a tide of 9.4 feet at Myrtle Beach SC (their highest   
               since Hurricane Hazel in 1954) which caused a total of 25   
               million dollars damage in South Carolina.   
       In 1988 Arctic cold gripped the north central U.S.  The morning low   
               of 31 degrees below zero at Alamosa CO was a record for the   
               date. Squalls in the Great Lakes Region produced 17 inches of   
               snow at Elmira NY.   
       In 1989 Those who woke up New Year's morning unable to see much   
               farther than the end of their nose had a good excuse, at   
               least in the central U.S., as dense fog prevailed from Texas   
               to Wisconsin.   
       In 1990 The new year and decade began on a rather peaceful note.   
               Snow was primarily confined to the Great Lakes Region, the   
               Upper Ohio Valley, and the Sierra Nevada Range of California.   
               Subzero temperature readings were confined to Minnesota and   
               North Dakota.   
       In 1994 Strong winds along the eastern slopes of the Central Rockies   
               gusted to 70 mph at Arlington WY, and gusted to 80 mph near   
               Estes Park CO.  Heavy snow in the northeast mountains of   
               Oregon produced 14 inches at Tollgate. A series of storms   
               the first three days of the year produced 20 inches of snow   
               at Lowman, in the west central mountains of Idaho.   
      
      
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