TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid
Today is Thursday February 4, 2016.
This is the 35th day of the year, there are 331 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 1961 The third great snowstorm of the winter season struck the
northeastern U.S. Cortland NY received 40 inches of snow.
In 1972 Attendees of the 29th annual Eastern Snow Conference in
Oswego were snowed in until February 6.
In 1987 Gales lashed the northern Pacific coast and the coast of
northern New England. A storm in the central U.S.
produced five inches of snow at Rapid City SD.
In 1988 A winter storm produced heavy snow from the Upper Ohio
Valley to New England, with up to 12 inches reported in
Vermont and New Hampshire. Strong northerly winds in the
Upper Midwest produced wind chill readings as cold as 60
degrees below zero.
In 1989 Two dozen cities in the south central and northwestern
U.S. reported new record low temperatures for the date.
The low of 14 below zero at Boise ID is a February
record. A winter storm continued in the southwestern
U.S. Alta UT reported 49 inches of snow in four days,
Wolf Creek CO reported 66 inches in six days, including
28 inches in 24 hours, and up to 84 inches buried the ski
resorts of northern New Mexico in three days.
In 1990 A winter storm produced heavy snow in the northeastern
U.S. Snowfall totals in Maine ranged up to 13 inches at
Gorham, with 11 inches reported at Portland. Totals in
New Hampshire ranged up to 14 inches at Franconia, with
13 inches reported at Portsmouth. A mixture of snow,
sleet and freezing rain caused numerous traffic accidents
in eastern New York State resulting in three deaths and
fourteen injuries. Subzero cold also gripped parts of
the northeastern U.S. Caribou ME and Houlton ME reported
morning lows of 15 degrees below zero.
In 2004 A storm system brought a wintry mix to Arkansas. Snow,
then freezing rain fell across the north...rain and
sleet in central Arkansas...with heavy rain and
thunderstorms in south Arkansas. 4 to 6 inches of snow
fell in some of areas of north Arkansas, before changing
to an icy glaze of freezing rain...with up to 2 inches
of ice in some areas...resulting in numerous downed
trees and power lines. Some of the storms in central
Arkansas also produced sleet...with 2-4 inches of rain
noted across southern Arkansas.
--- GTMail 1.26
* Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - wx1der.dyndns.org - GT Power 20 (1:19/33.0)
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