Subj : Todays Weather History
To   : ALL USERS
From : DARYL STOUT
Date : Fri Feb 26 2016 12:09 am

 TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid

 Today is Friday  February 26, 2016.
 This is the 57th day of the year, there are 309 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 1910 Parts of Washington State were in the midst of a storm
            which produced 129 inches of snow at Laconia between the
            24th and the 26th, a single storm record for the state.
            A series of storms, which began on the 23rd, led to a
            deadly avalanche on the first of March.  By late on the
            28th, the snow had changed to rain, setting the stage for
            disaster.
    In 1972 The Buffalo Creek disaster occurred in the Buffalo Creek
            Hollow of Logan County in West Virginia.  A coal slag dam
            on the Middle Fork of Buffalo Creek burst sending a fifty
            foot wall of water down a narrow valley killing 125
            persons and causing 51 million dollars damage.  Three
            days of rain atop a six inch snow cover prompted the
            dam break.
    In 1987 A slow moving storm in the southwestern U.S. spread heavy
            snow from the southern and central Rockies into the
            Central High Plains Region.  Totals in Colorado ranged up
            to 62 inches at Purgatory.  Colorado Springs CO reported
            a February record of 14.8 inches of snow in 24 hours.
            Lander WY received four inches in one hour, 13 inches in
            seven hours, and a record storm total of 26 inches.  High
            winds created near blizzard conditions at Colorado
            Springs.  Fairplay CO reported 43 inches of snow, with
            drifts ten feet high.
    In 1988 Eight cities in the central and western U.S. reported new
            record high temperatures for the date, including Lamoni
            IA with a reading of 67 degrees.  Temperatures in North
            Dakota were as warm as those in Florida.
    In 1989 An upper level weather disturbance brought snow to parts
            of the central U.S. which just one day earlier were
            enjoying temperatures in the 60s.  Snowfall totals in
            Missouri ranged up to 9 inches at Rolla.
    In 1990 Unseasonably cold weather followed in the wake of the
            winter storm in the northeastern U.S.  Ten cities
            reported record low temperatures for the date, including
            Syracuse NY with a reading of 10 degrees below zero.
            Freezing temperatures in southeastern Virginia caused
            considerable damage to plants and fruit trees.  The
            barometric pressure reading of 30.88 inches at Wilmington
            NC was a February record for that location.
    In 2004 Heavy rain caused flash flooding, mudslides and rock
            slides, with numerous road closings across much of
            Hawaii. A 5 year old boy drowned in a runoff basin on
            Oahu, and an adult female was swept away by heavy surf.
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