TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid
Today is Saturday January 23, 2016.
This is the 23rd day of the year, there are 343 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 1780 The coldest day of the coldest month of record in the
northeastern U.S. A British Army thermometer in New York
City registered a reading of 16 degrees below zero.
During that infamous hard winter the harbor was frozen
solid for five weeks, and the port was cut off from sea
supply.
In 1943 (23rd-24th) A 24-hour precipitation record was set for
California when Hoegees Camp (in the San Gabriel Mountains)
measured 26.12".
In 1971 The temperature at Prospect Creek AK plunged to 80 degrees
below zero, the coldest reading of record for the United
States.
In 1987 Strong winds ushered bitterly cold air into the north
central U.S., and produced snow squalls in the Great Lakes
Region. Snowfall totals in northwest Lower Michigan ranged
up to 17 inches in Leelanau County. Wind chill temperatures
reached 70 degrees below zero at Sault Ste Marie MI and
Hibbing MN.
In 1988 Northeastern Colorado experienced its most severe windstorm
in years. A wind gust to 92 mph was recorded at Boulder CO
before the anenometer blew away, and in the mountains, a
wind gust to 120 mph was reported at Mines Peak. The high
winds blew down a partially constructed viaduct east of
Boulder, as nine unanchored concrete girders, each weighing
forty-five tons, were blown off their supports.
In 1989 Low pressure brought heavy snow to Wyoming, with 18 inches
reported at the Shoshone National Forest, and 17 inches in
the Yellowstone Park area. Gunnison CO, with a low of 19
degrees below zero, was the cold spot in the nation for
the twelfth day in a row.
In 1990 A Pacific cold front brought strong and gusty winds to the
northwestern U.S. Winds in southeastern Idaho gusted to 62
mph at Burley. Strong winds also prevailed along the
eastern slopes of the northern and central Rockies. Winds
in Wyoming gusted to 74 mph in Goshen County.
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* Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - wx1der.dyndns.org - GT Power 20 (1:19/33.0)
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