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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 Tuesday  February 7, 2006.
 This is the 38th day of the year, there are 327 days left.

 On this day...
    In 1861 The temperature at Gouverneur NY bottomed out at
            40 degrees below zero, a drop of 70 degrees in one day.
            Two days later the mercury hit 55 degrees. 
            Hanover NH plunged from 37 degrees at 1 PM on the 7th to
            -32 degrees at 7 AM on the 8th, West Cummington MA
            plummeted 80 degrees to -32 degrees, and Boston MA
            plunged 60 degrees to -14 degrees, and on the 11th was
            back up to 60 degrees.  (7th-8th) 
    In 1934 A deep freeze made it possible to drive from Bay Shore to
            Fire Island NY. 
    In 1978 The worst winter storm of record struck coastal New
            England.  The storm produced 27.5 inches of snow at
            Boston, and nearly 50 inches in northeastern Rhode
            Island.  The fourteen foot tide at Portland ME was
            probably the highest of the century.  Winds gusted to
            79 mph at Boston, and reached 92 mph at Chatham MA.
            A hurricane size surf caused 75 deaths and 500 million
            dollars damage. 
    In 1986 In Johnstown, Pennsylvania, lightning struck the bell tower
            of a church during a snowstorm, causing some minor damage.
    In 1987 Low pressure in Manitoba, Canada, pulled warm air up from
            the Gulf of Mexico, and more than forty cities in the
            north central U.S. reported record high temperatures for
            the date, including North Platte NE and Rapid City SD
            with readings of 73 degrees.
    In 1988 Twenty-two cities in the eastern U.S. reported record low
            temperatures for the date, including Binghamton NY with
            a reading of 5 degrees below zero.  Snow blanketed
            southern Louisiana, with three inches reported at
            Cameron. 
    In 1989 Twenty-five cities in the western U.S. reported record
            low temperatures for the date.  Lows of 16 at Las Vegas
            NV, 26 at Bakersfield CA, 29 below at Milford UT, and 16
            below at Reno NV were February records.  The low of 43
            below at Boca CA was a state record for the month of
            February.  In Utah, lows of 32 below at Bryce Canyon, 27
            below at Delta, 29 below at Dugway, and 38 below at
            Vernal were all-time records for those locations.
    In 1990 A slow moving cold front spread heavy snow across the
            state of Utah.  Storm totals ranged up to 31 inches
            at Alta, with 24 inches at Brighton and 23 inches at
            Snowbird.  Bitter cold weather prevailed across Alaska
            for the thirteenth day in a row, with morning lows of 42
            degrees below zero at Fairbanks, 48 below zero at Nenana,
            and 54 below at Bettles.  Anchorage AK reported a record
            low of 23 degrees below zero.
    In 2003 Blinding lake effect snow and its reduced visibilities in
            Berrien County, Michigan, resulted in a 60 vehicle pile-up.
            Two were killed, and many more were injured.

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