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

 Today is Tuesday  August 16, 2005.
 This is the 228th day of the year, there are 137 days left.

 On this day...
    In 1777 The Battle of Bennington, delayed a day by rain, was
            fought.  The rain delayed British reinforcements, and
            allowed the Vermont Militia to arrive in time, enabling
            the Americans to win a victory by defeating two enemy
            forces, one at a time.
    In 1909 A dry spell began in San Bernardino County of southern
            California that lasted until the 6th of May in 1912,
            a stretch of 994 days!  Another dry spell, lasting
            767 days, then began in October of 1912.
    In 1916 Altapass NC was deluged with 22.22 inches of rain in
            24 hours to establish a state record.
    In 1987 Afternoon and evening thunderstorms developing along
            a cold front produced severe weather from Oklahoma to
            Wisconsin and Lower Michigan.  Thunderstorms in central
            Illinois produced wind gusts to 80 mph at Springfield
            which toppled two large beer tents at the state fair
            injuring 58 persons.  Thunderstorms also drenched Chicago
            IL with 2.90 inches of rain, making August 1987 their
            wettest month of record.
    In 1988 Thunderstorms developing along a slow moving cold front
            produced severe weather from North Dakota to Lower
            Michigan during the day.  Nine tornadoes were sighted in
            North Dakota, and thunderstorms also produced hail three
            inches in diameter at Lakota ND, and wind gusts to 83 mph
            at Marais MI. Thirty-seven cities in the northeastern U.S.
            reported record high temperatures for the date, including
            Rockford IL with a reading of 104 degrees.
    In 1989 Late afternoon and evening thunderstorms in the Central
            High Plains Region produced golf ball size hail at
            La Junta CO, Intercanyon CO, and Custer SD.  Afternoon
            thunderstorms over South Texas drenched Brownsville with
            2.60 inches of rain.  Fair skies allowed viewing of the
            late evening full lunar eclipse from the Great Lakes
            Region to the Northern and Central Plains Region, and
            across much of the western third of the country.
    In 2003 Tropical Storm Erika made landfall with 70 mph winds
            about 60 miles south of Brownsville, TX. The region was
            just southwest of where Hurricane Claudette made
            landfall just a month earlier. Erika weakened to a heavy
            rain producing system over northern Mexico.

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