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

 Today is Tuesday  August 8, 2006.
 This is the 220th day of the year, there are 145 days left.

 On this day...
    In 1878 The temperature at Denver CO soars to an all-time record
            high of 105 degrees.
    In 1881 A cloudburst and flash flood occurred at Central Springs
            CO and Idaho Springs CO.
    In 1882 An August snowstorm was reported by a ship on
            Lake Michigan.  A thick cloud reportedly burst on the
            decks covering them with snow and slush six inches deep.
            Snow showers were observed at shore points that day.
    In 1983 The temperature at Big Horn Basin WY reached 115 degrees
            to establish a state record.
    In 1987 Thunderstorm rains in eastern Nebraska sent the Wahoo and
            Ithica Rivers above flood stage.  Thunderstorm rains in
            western Iowa sent the Nishnabotna River over flood stage.
            Up to seven inches of rain deluged the Council Bluffs
            area Friday evening and Saturday morning.  Thunderstorms
            produced 4.4 inches of rain in three hours Friday
            evening, along with golf ball size hail.
    In 1988 Thunderstorms developing along a slow moving cold front
            produced severe weather from central Kansas to southern
            Wisconsin late in the day.  Thunderstorms in Iowa
            produced hail three inches in diameter at Vinton, and
            produced wind gusts to 75 mph at Donohue and near Mount
            Pleasant.
    In 1989 A total of ninety-nine cities in the central and eastern
            U.S. reported record low temperatures for the date,
            including Alpena MI with a reading of 40 degrees.  Mount
            Mitchell NC was the cold spot in the nation with a
            morning low of 35 degrees.  Early evening thunderstorms
            around Las Vegas NV produced wind gusts to 116 mph.  The
            high winds damaged or destroyed about 82 aircraft at
            Henderson Sky Harbor Airport and McCarran International
            Airport, causing fourteen million dollars damage.

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