From October 16th to the 17th, in 1998, Casper got a whopping 18.7" of snow. This made the National Weather Service's list of TOP 25 snowstorms in our area since 1937.
Today, the recorded high was 96°, which is exceptionally high for this time of year, but two years ago to the day, it was much cooler. As a matter of fact, it was snowing.
On this day in 1912, Jackson Pollock was born in Cody Wyoming. He went on to do some incredible things with his life. Such as becoming what some consider to be one of the best painters throughout history right up there with Van Gogh, and Claude Monet.