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

 Today is Wednesday  January 12, 2005.
 This is the 12th day of the year, there are 353 days left.

 On this day...
    In 1888 A sharp cold front swept southward from the Dakotas to Texas
            in just 24 hours spawning a severe blizzard over the Great
            Plains. More than 200 pioneers perished in the storm.
            Subzero temperatures and mountainous snow drifts killed
            tens of thousands of cattle.
    In 1912 The morning low of 47 degrees below zero at Washta IA
            established a state record.
    In 1985 A record snowstorm struck portions of western and south
            central Texas.  The palm trees of San Antonio were
            blanketed with up to thirteen and a half inches of snow,
            more snow than was ever previously received in an entire
            winter season.
    In 1987 Twenty-seven cities in the Upper Midwest reported new record
            high temperatures for the date.  Afternoon highs of 72
            degrees at Valentine NE and 76 degrees at Rapid City SD set
            records for the month of January.
    In 1988 Parts of North Dakota finally got their first snow of the
            winter season, and it came with a fury as a blizzard raged
            across the north central U.S.  Snowfall totals ranged up to
            14 inches at Fargo ND, winds gusted to 65 mph at Windom MN,
            and wind chill readings in North Dakota reached 60 degrees
            below zero.
    In 1989 A dozen cities in the southeastern U.S. reported record high
            temperatures for the date as readings warmed into the 70s
            and 80s. Fort Myers FL reported a record high of 86 degrees.
    In 1990 Gale force winds produce squalls with heavy snow in the Great
            Lakes Region.  Totals in northwest Pennsylvania ranged up to
            eleven inches at Conneautville and Meadville. Barnes Corners,
            in western New York State, was buried under 27 inches of snow
            in two days.
    In 2003 The Lake Effect Snow Machine was in full force (11th-12th),
            with some parts of western New York state getting over 50
            inches of snow (just over 4 feet) in only 2 days.


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