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

 Today is Monday  August 14, 2006.
 This is the 226th day of the year, there are 139 days left.

 On this day...
    In 1936 Temperatures across much of eastern Kansas soared above
            110 degrees.  Kansas City MO hit an all-time record high
            of 113 degrees.  It was one of sixteen consecutive days
            of 100 degree heat for Kansas City.  During that summer
            there were a record 53 days of 100 degree heat, and
            during the three summer months Kansas City received just
            1.12 inches of rain.
    In 1987 Slow moving thunderstorms deluged northern and western
            suburbs of Chicago IL with torrential rains.  O'Hare
            Airport reported 9.35 inches in 18 hours, easily
            exceeding the previous 24 hour record of 6.24 inches.
            Flooding over a five day period resulted in 221 million
            dollars damage.  It was Chicago's worst flash flood
            event, particularly for northern and western sections of
            the city.  Kennedy Expressway became a footpath for
            thousands of travelers to O'Hare Airport as roads were
            closed.  The heavy rains swelled the Des Plaines River
            above flood stage, and many persons had to be rescued
            from stalled vehicles on flooded roads.  (13th-14th)
    In 1988 Eighteen cities in the northeastern U.S. reported record
            high temperatures for the date, and the water temperature
            at Lake Erie reached a record 80 degrees.  Portland ME
            reported a record fourteen straight days of 80 degree
            weather.  Milwaukee WI reported a record 34 days of 90
            degree heat for the year.  Afternoon and evening
            thunderstorms resulted in about fifty reports of severe
            weather in the northeastern U.S.  One person was killed
            at Stockbridge MI when a tornado knocked a tree onto
            their camper.
    In 1989 Afternoon thunderstorms in Illinois soaked the town of
            Battendorf with 2.10 inches of rain in thirty minutes.
            Evening thunderstorms in Montana produced wind gusts to
            66 mph at Hobson.

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