TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid
Today is Saturday October 31, 2015.
This is the 304th day of the year, there are 61 days left.
On this day...
Weather data after 1990 is PARTIAL. For more current
weather history, go to the National Climate Data Center
website at www.ncdc.noaa.gov
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.
In 2013 A large area of rain and thunderstorms...some severe...
extended from Texas east into the Lower Mississippi Valley
region. Many areas from Texas into Louisiana got over 6
inches of rain, with a flood emergency being declared in
Austin, Texas. Several tornadoes were also noted across
southeast Texas, Louisiana, and into Mississippi.
--- GTMail 1.26
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