Subj : Todays Weather History To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Sun Jan 29 2023 13:20:16 TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid Today is Sunday January 29, 2023. This is the 29th day of the year, there are 336 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 On the coldest morning of a severe winter the mercury dipped to 16 degrees below zero at New York City, and reached 20 degrees below zero at Hartford CT. New York Harbor was frozen for five weeks, allowing a heavy cannon to be taken across the ice to fortify the British on Staten Island. In 1921 A small but intense windstorm resulted in the "Great Olympic Blowdown" in the Pacific Northwest. Hurricane force winds, funneled along the mountains, downed vast expanses of Douglas fir trees, and the storm destroyed eight billion board feet of timber. Winds at North Head WA gusted to 113 mph. In 1983 A series of Pacific coast storms finally came to an end. The storms, attributed in part to the ocean current, "El Nino", produced ocean swells 15 to 20 feet high which ravaged the beaches of southern California. Much of the damage was to homes of movie stars in the exclusive Malibu Colony. In 1987 A strong storm moving out of the Central Rockies spread snow across the north central states, with up to 8 inches of snow in Wisconsin, and produced wind gusts to 64 mph at Goodland KS. A thunderstorm produced three inches of snow in forty-five minutes at Owing Mills MD. In 1988 Rain and snow were primarily confined to the northwestern U.S. An afternoon reading of 34 degrees at International Falls MN was a record high for the date. In 1989 Bitter cold air continued to pour into Alaska. The temperature at McGrath dipped to 63 degrees below zero. Strong winds blowing through the Alaska Range between Fairbanks and Anchorage produced a wind chill reading of 120 degrees below zero at Cantwell. In 1990 Severe thunderstorms in the southeastern U.S. spawned a tornado which destroyed three mobile homes near Blythe GA injuring six persons. A fast moving cold front produced high winds in the western U.S. Winds along the coast of Oregon gusted to 65 mph at Portland, and high winds generated 22 to 26 foot seas which battered the coast. Winds near Reno NV gusted to 78 mph. High winds also buffeted the Central High Plains, with gusts to 94 mph reported at La Mesa CO. In 2002 Cleanup began in much of Europe in the aftermath of severe windstorms. Great Britian and Scotland had gale force winds (some places had gusts to 140 mph), and the British Railway came to a halt. Germany had gusts to hurricane force, and Leningrad, Russia also was affected by the storm. Property damage was widespread in all these areas...and unfortunately, there were several injuries, and some fatalities...mainly due to falling trees, and other debris. In 2013 (29th-30th) Severe weather rocked the Lower Mississippi Valley, eastward into the eastern United States. Numerous reports of tornadoes, damaging wind, hail, and flooding were noted across portions of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana...which spread east and north across the Mississippi River as far north as Ohio and Pennsylvania, and as far east as north Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas, and Virginia. --- * Synchronet * The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas * Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (1:2320/105) .