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Ärende: Today In Weather History
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 TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid

 Today is Saturday  February 4, 2006.
 This is the 35th day of the year, there are 330 days left.

 On this day...
    In 1961 The third great snowstorm of the winter season struck the
            northeastern U.S.  Cortland NY received 40 inches of snow.
    In 1972 Attendees of the 29th annual Eastern Snow Conference in
            Oswego were snowed in until February 6.
    In 1987 Gales lashed the northern Pacific coast and the coast of
            northern New England.  A storm in the central U.S.
            produced five inches of snow at Rapid City SD.
    In 1988 A winter storm produced heavy snow from the Upper Ohio
            Valley to New England, with up to 12 inches reported in
            Vermont and New Hampshire.  Strong northerly winds in the
            Upper Midwest produced wind chill readings as cold as 60
            degrees below zero. 
    In 1989 Two dozen cities in the south central and northwestern
            U.S. reported new record low temperatures for the date.
            The low of 14 below zero at Boise ID is a February
            record.  A winter storm continued in the southwestern
            U.S.  Alta UT reported 49 inches of snow in four days,
            Wolf Creek CO reported 66 inches in six days, including
            28 inches in 24 hours, and up to 84 inches buried the ski
            resorts of northern New Mexico in three days.
    In 1990 A winter storm produced heavy snow in the northeastern
            U.S.  Snowfall totals in Maine ranged up to 13 inches at
            Gorham, with 11 inches reported at Portland.  Totals in
            New Hampshire ranged up to 14 inches at Franconia, with
            13 inches reported at Portsmouth.  A mixture of snow,
            sleet and freezing rain caused numerous traffic accidents
            in eastern New York State resulting in three deaths and
            fourteen injuries.  Subzero cold also gripped parts of
            the northeastern U.S.  Caribou ME and Houlton ME reported
            morning lows of 15 degrees below zero.
    In 2004 A storm system brought a wintry mix to Arkansas. Snow,
            then freesing rain fell across the north...rain and
            sleet in central Arkansas...with heavy rain and
            thunderstorms in south Arkansas. 4 to 6 inches of snow
            fell in some of areas of north Arkansas, before changing
            to an icy glaze of freezing rain...with up to 2 inches
            of ice in some areas...resulting in numerous downed
            trees and power lines. Some of the storms in central
            Arkansas also produced sleet...with 2-4 inches of rain
            noted across southern Arkansas.

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