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

 Today is Tuesday  October 31, 2006.
 This is the 304th day of the year, there are 61 days left.

 On this day...
    In 1846 Eighty-seven pioneers were trapped by early snows in the
            Sierra Nevada Mountains that piled five feet deep, with
            30 to 40 foot drifts.  Just 47 persons survived the
            "Donner Pass Tradgedy".
    In 1950 Unseasonably warm weather prevailed in the central U.S.
            for Halloween.  The temperature soared to 83 degrees at
            Minneapolis MN, their warmest reading of record for so
            late in the season.
    In 1965 Fort Lauderdale FL was deluged with 13.81 inches of rain,
            which brought their rainfall total for the month of
            October to an all-time record of 42.43 inches.  (30th-
            31st)
    In 1987 Halloween was a wet one in the southwestern U.S.
            Heavy rain in southern California resulted in numerous
            mudslides.  Weather-related auto accidents resulted in
            three deaths and twenty-five injuries.  Mount Wilson CA
            received 3.14 inches of rain in 24 hours.  Yakima WA
            reported measurable rainfall for the first time since the
            18th of July.  The 103 day long dry spell was their
            longest of record.
    In 1988 Twenty-two cities in the northeastern U.S. reported
            record low temperatures for the date.  The low of 19 at
            Cleveland OH was a record for October, and morning lows
            of 21 at Allentown PA and Bridgeport CT tied October
            records.  Nine cities in the southwestern U.S. reported
            record high temperatures for the date, including Phoenix
            AZ with a reading of 96 degrees.  Showers made Halloween
            a soggy one in the southeastern U.S.
    In 1989 Halloween night was a soggy one in New England.  Showers
            in the northeastern U.S. produced more than an inch and
            a half of rain in six hours at some locations.
            An invasion of cold arctic air brought an abrupt end to a
            week of "Indian Summer" type weather in the Great Lakes
            Region, and brought snow and subzero wind chill readings
            to the Northern Plains.  In Colorado, Alamosa was the
            cold spot in the nation with a record low of two degrees
            above zero, and a Halloween night storm brought 3 to 6
            inches of snow to the Front Range, and 5 to 10 inches to
            the nearby foothills.  Icy streets around Denver the next
            morning made for a rather spooky commute.
    In 1999 Little Rock, AR experienced its wettest Halloween ever,
            with over 3 inches of rain in some parts of the state,
            more than double the previous rainfall record for the
            date.
    In 2005 Jonesboro, Arkansas recorded their driest October ever on
            record, with only a trace of precipitation. North Little
            Rock, Arkansas ended its longest dry spell ever of 32 days,
            with thunderstorms from a cold front...making for a soggy
            Halloween. The last major rain for much of Arkansas was
            in late September, 2005, when the remnants of Hurricane
            Rita moved through the region.

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