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

 Today is Tuesday  May 23, 2006.
 This is the 143rd day of the year, there are 222 days left.

 On this day...
    In 1882 An unusual late season snow blanketed eastern Iowa, with
            4 to 6 inches reported around Washington.
    In 1953 The temperature at Hollis OK soared from a morning low of
            70 degrees to an afternoon high of 110 degrees to
            establish a state record for the month of May.    
    In 1972 The worst ice-jam flooding in 100 years caused the Yukon
            and Kuskokwim Rivers in Alaska to "flow as one."
    In 1987 It was a busy day for thunderstorms in the central U.S. 
            Thunderstorms produced wind gusts to 65 mph at Shreveport
            LA, and golf ball size hail at Marfa TX.  Hobart OK
            received 3.55 inches of rain in the morning, and another
            4.03 inches of rain that evening.  Thunder-storms in
            Nebraska produced 8.5 inches of rain in two hours north
            of Potter, and 7.5 inches of rain in ninety minutes north
            of Minatare.  Thunderstorms in Colorado produced five
            inches of hail at Greeley.    
    In 1988 Thunderstorms produced severe weather across much of the
            eastern U.S.  Golf ball size hail was reported in
            Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina and
            Ohio.    
    In 1989 Severe thunderstorms developing along a cold front
            resulted in 98 reports of large hail and damaging winds
            in the Northern Plains and Upper Mississippi Valley. 
            Golf ball size hail caused a million dollars damage
            around Buffalo City WI, baseball size hail was reported
            at Northfield MN and Randolph MN, and thunderstorm winds
            gusted to 95 mph at Dunkerton IA.  
            Unseasonably hot weather continued in the south central
            U.S.  Pueblo CO equalled their May record with a high of
            98 degrees, and the high of 106 degrees at Midland TX
            marked a record six straight days of 100 degree heat. 
    In 1990 A cold front crossing the western U.S. produced snow over
            parts of Oregon, California, Nevada, Idaho and Utah, with
            five inches reported at Austin NV, and four inches at
            Crater Lake National Park in Oregon.  Strong winds behind
            the cold front sharply reduced visibilities in blowing
            dust over central California, and two multi-vehicle
            accidents resulted in one death and eighteen injuries. 
            In northern Idaho, a cloud-burst washed tons of topsoil,
            and rocks as large as footballs, into the valley town of
            Culdesac.  

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