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

 Today is Sunday  October 29, 2006.
 This is the 302nd day of the year, there are 63 days left.

 On this day...
    In 1917 The temperature at Denver CO dipped to zero, and at Soda
            Butte WY the mercury plunged to 33 degrees below zero, a
            U.S. record for the month of October.
    In 1942 A tornado struck the town of Berryville in northwest
            Arkansas killing 20 persons and causing half a million
            dollars damage.
    In 1956 A violent tornado, or series of tornadoes, moved along a
            path more than 100 miles in length from south of North
            Platte NE into Rock County NE.  It was an unusually late
            occurence so far north and west in the U.S. for such a
            storm.
    In 1987 Severe thunderstorms in Arizona produced wind gusts to 86
            mph at the Glendale Airport near Phoenix, baseball size
            hail and 70 mph winds at Wickenburg, and up to an inch of
            rain in fifteen minutes in Yavapai County and northwest
            Maricopa County.  Arizona Public Service alone reported
            2.5 million dollars damage from the storms.
    In 1988 Wintry weather prevailed in the Upper Midwest.  South
            Bend IN equalled their record for October with a low of
            23 degrees.  International Falls MN reported a record low
            of 11 degrees in the morning, then dipped down to
            8 degrees above zero late in the evening.
    In 1989 Thunderstorms developing along a cold front produced
            severe weather in Oklahoma and north central Texas during
            the late afternoon and evening hours.  Thunderstorms in
            Oklahoma produced weak tornadoes near Snyder and
            Davidson, and produced hail two inches in diameter at
            Altus.  Large hail damaged 60 to 80 percent of the cotton
            crop in Tillman County OK. Nine cities in the northeastern
            U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date as
            readings warmed into the 70s.  For Marquette MI, it marked
            their fifth straight day of record warmth.  Arctic cold
            invaded the western U.S. Lows of 7 above at Alamosa CO and
            9 above at Elko NV were records for the date.
    In 2003 A powerful storm battered Washington state, knocking out
            power to thousands of people, with battering waves severely
            damaging a dockside restaurant in Mukilteo. While no one
            was injured at the restaurant, one person was killed by a
            falling tree elsewhere. 
    In 2005 After being nearly stationary over the southwestern
            Caribbean island of Providencia for several days, dumping
            torrential flooding rains, Tropical Storm Beta, which
            formed from a depression on the 27th, strengthened into a
            hurricane, becoming the 13th hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic
            season; adding another record to the already record setting
            season...this one for the most hurricanes in a season in
            the Atlantic basin.

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