TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid
Today is Friday October 23, 2020.
This is the 297th day of the year, there are 69 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 1761 A hurricane struck southeastern New England. It was the
most violent in thirty years. Thousands of trees blocked
roads in Massachsuetts and Rhode Island.
In 1843 "Indian Summer" was routed by cold and snow that brought
sleighing from the Poconos to Vermont. A foot of snow
blanketed Haverhill NH and Newberry VT, and 18 to 24
inches were reported in some of the higher elevations.
Snow stayed on the ground until the next spring. (22nd-
23rd)
In 1987 Thirteen cities in the southeastern U.S. reported record
low temperatures for the date. It marked the sixth
record low of the month for Greer SC and Columbia SC, and
the ninth of the month for Montgomery AL. Showers and
thunderstorms deluged Corpus Christi TX with five inches
of rain. Winnemucca NV reported their first measurable
rain in ninety-two days, and Yakima WA reported a record
96 days in a row without measurable rainfall.
In 1988 Denver CO reported their first freeze of the autumn, and
Chicago IL reported their first snow. In Texas,
afternoon highs of 93 degrees at Austin and San Antonio
were records for the date.
In 1989 A storm moving out of the Gulf of Alaska brought rain and
high winds to the Central Pacific Coast Region. High
winds in Nevada gusted to 67 mph at Reno, and
thunderstorms around Redding CA produced wind gusts to 66
mph. Locally heavy rains in the San Francisco area
caused numerous mudslides, adding insult to injury for
earthquake victims.
In 2015 Category 5 Hurricane Patricia, in the Eastern Pacific
basin, became the strongest hurricane ever recorded in
the National Hurricane Center's area of responsibility,
with data reported by Hurricane Hunter Aircraft, of 200
mph winds, gusts to 245 mph, and a central pressure of
879 millibars, or 25.96 inches. The remnants of Patricia
caused widespread, extensive flooding across south Texas
just days after landfall in southwest Mexico.
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