1988 - Unseasonably cool weather prevailed across the north central and northeastern U.S. Thirty cities reported record low temperatures for the date, including Saint Joseph MO with a reading of 38 degrees. A low of 44 degrees at Indianapolis IN was their coolest reading of record for so early in the season. The mercury dipped to 31 degrees at Hibbing MN and Philips WI.
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Day: A chance of rain showers before 11am, then showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy. High near 70, with temperatures falling to around 65 in the afternoon. Northwest wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Night: A chance of rain showers before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52. Northwest wind around 3 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 72. West wind 1 to 6 mph.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 46. Northeast wind around 3 mph.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 74. East wind around 3 mph.
Night: Clear, with a low around 51.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 78.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 54.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 80.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 55.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 82.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 55.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 80.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 55.
Fri's High Temperature
111 at Death Valley, CA
Fri's Low Temperature
25 at 13 Miles North Of White Sulphur Springs, MT
Winifrede is an unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. Winifrede is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) southwest of Chesapeake. Winifrede has a post office with ZIP code 25214. It is home of the Big Eagle Railroad (formerly known as Winifrede Mining and Manufacturing Company, Winifrede Collieries, and Winifrede Railroad), one of the oldest short-line railroad operations in the United States, having been in existence since 1850. The Winifrede Railroad was incorporated in November 1881 and opened in 1882; the original operation was closed in 1988 and reopened as the Big Eagle Railroad in 2000–01.
According to tradition, the community was named after a woman in Philadelphia.
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