TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Wednesday  January 23, 2013.   
    This is the 23rd day of the year, there are 342 days left.   
      
    On this day...   
       In 1780 The coldest day of the coldest month of record in the   
               northeastern U.S.  A British Army thermometer in New York   
               City registered a reading of 16 degrees below zero.   
               During that infamous hard winter the harbor was frozen   
               solid for five weeks, and the port was cut off from sea   
               supply.   
       In 1943 (23rd-24th) A 24-hour precipitation record was set for   
               California when Hoegees Camp (in the San Gabriel Mountains)   
               measured 26.12".   
       In 1971 The temperature at Prospect Creek AK plunged to 80 degrees   
               below zero, the coldest reading of record for the United   
               States.   
       In 1987 Strong winds ushered bitterly cold air into the north   
               central U.S., and produced snow squalls in the Great Lakes   
               Region. Snowfall totals in northwest Lower Michigan ranged   
               up to 17 inches in Leelanau County.  Wind chill temperatures   
               reached 70 degrees below zero at Sault Ste Marie MI and   
               Hibbing MN.   
       In 1988 Northeastern Colorado experienced its most severe windstorm   
               in years.  A wind gust to 92 mph was recorded at Boulder CO   
               before the anenometer blew away, and in the mountains, a   
               wind gust to 120 mph was reported at Mines Peak.  The high   
               winds blew down a partially constructed viaduct east of   
               Boulder, as nine unanchored concrete girders, each weighing   
               forty-five tons, were blown off their supports.   
       In 1989 Low pressure brought heavy snow to Wyoming, with 18 inches   
               reported at the Shoshone National Forest, and 17 inches in   
               the Yellowstone Park area.  Gunnison CO, with a low of 19   
               degrees below zero, was the cold spot in the nation for   
               the twelfth day in a row.   
       In 1990 A Pacific cold front brought strong and gusty winds to the   
               northwestern U.S.  Winds in southeastern Idaho gusted to 62   
               mph at Burley.  Strong winds also prevailed along the   
               eastern slopes of the northern and central Rockies.  Winds   
               in Wyoming gusted to 74 mph in Goshen County.   
      
      
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