Cite Return to Daily IQ Today's Weather Fact On this date in 1996, the National Weather Service shut down the last of its 1957 vintage weather radars, in Charleston, South Carolina. All of the nation's 118 weather radars are now Dopplers put into operation since 1988. Other Weather Facts Select month and date: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec Related LinksWeather CentralWeather DisastersWeather ExtremesClimateTornado FactsMajor Storms