Subj : Todays Weather History
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Wed Oct 15 2025 00:01:12

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

 Today is Wednesday  October 15, 2025.
 This is the 288th day of the year, there are 77 days left.

 On this day...
    Weather data after 1990 is PARTIAL. For more current
    weather history, go to the National Climate Data Center
    website at www.ncdc.noaa.gov
    In 1880 A violent early season blizzard raked Minnesota and the
            Dakotas.  Winds gusted to 70 mph at Yankton SD, and snow
            drifts 10 to 15 feet high were reported in northwest Iowa
            and southeast South Dakota.  Saint Paul MN reported a
            barometric pressure of 28.65 inches on the 16th.
            Railroads were blocked by drifts of snow which remained
            throughout the severe winter to follow.  Gales did
            extensive damage to ships on the Great Lakes.  (15th-16th)
    In 1954 Hurricane Hazel struck the Carolina coastline.
            The hurricane demolished every pier along a 170 mile
            stretch from Myrtle Beach SC to Cedar Island NC, and
            obliterated entire lines of beach homes.  Hurricane Hazel
            also destroyed 1500 homes as it moved inland with
            seventeen foot tides.  Winds between Myrtle Beach SC and
            Cape Fear NC gusted to 150 mph.  Hurricane Hazel caused
            163 million dollars damage, and claimed the lives of 98
            persons.
    In 1966 Iowa experienced its worst late season tornado of record.
            In just one minute a twister tore through the town of
            Belmond leveling 75 percent of the businesses, and 100
            homes, causing more than eleven million dollars damage.
    In 1987 Unseasonably cold weather continued in the eastern U.S.,
            with thirteen cities reporting record low temperatures
            for the date.  The low of 34 degrees at Montgomery AL was
            their coldest reading of record for so early in the
            season.  Lows of 32 at Harrisburg PA and 34 at
            Parkersburg WV marked their third straight morning of
            record cold.
    In 1988 The cold high pressure system responsible for the record
            low temperatures in the eastern U.S. began to move out to
            sea, giving way to a trend toward "Indian Summer".
            Thunderstorms developing ahead of a cold front produced
            golf ball size hail at Altamont KS and hail two inches in
            diameter at Yates City IL.
    In 1989 Hurricane Jerry made landfall at Galveston TX at 6:30 PM
            CDT.  Winds at the Galveston Airport reached 75 mph, with
            gusts to 100 mph.  Tides along the island were six to
            eight feet, and rainfall totals ranged up to slightly
            more than six inches north of Beaumont.  Three persons
            were killed when their vehicle was blown off the
            Galveston seawall into the pounding surf.  Total damage
            along the Upper Texas Coast was estimated at fifteen
            million dollars. Thunderstorms produced severe weather
            in Lower Michigan during the late morning.  Two persons
            were injured when a tree fell on their camper at the
            Traverse City State park.  While strong northerly winds
            ushered much colder air into the central U.S.,
            unseasonably warm weather continued in the south central
            and eastern U.S. The afternoon high of 82 degrees at
            Bluefield WV was a record for October.
    In 2015 The temperature at Little Rock Arkansas broke a record
            with a searing 98 degree high. It was the hottest October
            day in Little Rock Weather History, and the hottest it has
            been in Little Rock so late in the year.
--- SBBSecho 3.29-Win32
 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (1:19/33)

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