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

 Today is Wednesday  July 5, 2006.
 This is the 186th day of the year, there are 179 days left.

 On this day...
    In 1891 Sixteen horses were killed by hail, and many more have to
            be put to death due to injuries from a hailstorm at Rapid
            City SD.
    In 1900 A spectacular 3 day fire resulted when lightning struck an oil
            refinery in Bayonne, New Jersey. The smoke column rose 13,000
            feet.
    In 1916 A hurricane produced 82 mph winds, an 11.6 foot tide, and
            a barometric pressure of 28.92 inches at Mobile AL.
    In 1937 The temperature at Medicine Lake MT soared to 117 degrees
            to establish a state record. Midale and Yellow Grass in
            Saskatchewan hit 113 degrees to establish an all-time record
             high for Canada that same day.
    In 1970 The morning low at Death Valley CA was 103 degrees.  The
            afternoon high was 120 degrees.
    In 1987 Severe thunderstorms raked south central Kansas for
            the second morning in a row.  Thunderstorm winds again
            gusted to 80 mph at Clearwater, and in the Wichita area
            reached 100 mph.  Twenty-five persons were injured at
            a trailer park at El Dorado Lake.
    In 1988 Afternoon and evening thunderstorms spawned eleven
            tornadoes in Montana and three in North Dakota.  Baseball
            size hail was reported at Shonkin MT, and wind gusts to
            85 mph were reported south of Fordville ND.  Twenty
            cities in the north central U.S. reported record high
            temperatures for the date, including Fargo ND with a
            reading of 106 degrees.  Muskegon MI equalled their July
            record with a high of 95 degrees.
    In 1989 Moisture from what once was Tropical Storm Allison
            triggered thunderstorms over the Middle Atlantic Coast
            Region, which deluged Wilmington DE with a record
            6.83 inches of rain in 24 hours, including 6.37 inches in
            just six hours.  Up to ten inches of rain was reported at
            Claymont, northeast of Wilmington.  July 1989 was thus
            the wettest month in seventy years for Wilmington, with
            a total of 12.63 inches of rain.  Alamosa CO reported an
            all-time record high of 94 degrees.  Pierre SD hit 113
            degrees.
    In 2005 Tropical Storm Cindy made landfall near Grand Isle, LA
            with 70 mph winds. Several tornadoes and flooding rains
            were spawned by Cindy. Also, Tropical Storm Dennis formed
            in the Carribbean Sea...and it later strengthened to a
            major hurricane. But, this was the earliest date on
            record for 4 named tropical systems to have already been
            reached in the Atlantic basin.

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