TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid
Today is Wednesday November 18, 2020.
This is the 323rd day of the year, there are 43 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 1873 A severe storm raged from Georgia to Nova Scotia causing
great losses to fishing fleets along the coast. In
Maine, the barometric pressure reached 28.49 inches at
Portland.
In 1955 An early season cold snap finally came to an end. Helena
MT experienced 138 consecutive hours of subzero
temperatures, including a reading of 29 below zero, which
surpassed by seven degrees their previous record for the
month of November. Missoula MT broke their November
record by 12 degrees with a reading of 23 below zero, and
Salt Lake City UT smashed their previous November record
of zero with a reading of 14 below. Heavy snow in the
Great Basin closed Donner Pass CA, and total crop damage
from the cold wave amounted to eleven million dollars.
In 1957 A tornado, 100 yards in width, travelled a nearly
"straight as an arrow" 27-mile path from near Rosa AL to
near Albertville AL, killing three persons. A home in
the Susan Moore community in Blount County was picked up
and dropped 500 feet away killing one person.
In 1979 (14th-18th): 40" of rain was measured over the northeast
Hawaii islands, flooding 90% of Waipo Valley farmland.
In 1986 The first of two successive snowstorms struck the
northeastern U.S. The storm produced up to 20 inches of
snow in southern New Hampshire. Two days later a second
storm produced up to 30 inches of snow in northern Maine.
In 1987 It was a windy day across parts of the nation.
Gale force winds whipped the Great Lakes Region.
Winds gusting to 80 mph in western New York State damaged
buildings and flipped over flat-bed trailers
at Churchville. In Montana, high winds in the Upper
Yellowstone Valley gusted to 64 mph at Livingston.
Strong Santa Ana winds buffeted the mountains and valleys
of southern California.
In 1988 Thunderstorms developing along a warm front drenched
Little Rock AR with 7.01 inches of rain, smashing their
previous record for the date of 1.91 inches.
In 1989 A second surge of arctic air brought record cold to parts
of the north central U.S. Eleven cities in the Upper
Midwest reported record low temperatures for the date,
including Rochester MN with a reading of 4 below zero.
Strong winds ushering the arctic air into the north
central U.S. produced squalls in the Lower Great Lakes
Region. Snowfall totals in northern Ohio ranged up to
twenty inches in Ashatabula County and Geauga County.
In 2003 (17th-18th) Strong thunderstorms with heavy rain and hail
affected much of Arkansas. Storm totals were from 2 to over
5 inches of rain, with several areas of flooding. An upper
level low with a cold front on the 18th produced large hail
in several areas of the state. The storm system also
spawned tornadoes in Alabama and Mississippi.
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* Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - tbolt.synchro.net (57:57/10)
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