For August 3rd
1864 - A waterspout over Albemarle Sound, NC passed perilously close to the Union Fleet at anchor. The crews of the ships watched "in awe" as the whirlwind dissipated as it moved onshore.
1879 - A hailstorm devastated Kew Gardens, London, England shattering 3,000 windows in the Temperate House and 700 panes of glass in the Palm House.
1885 - A tornado hit Philadelphia and Camden along its eight mile path. (David Ludlum)
1894 - After two record heat waves in July, record cool weather arrives. Lansing, MI fell to 32° for a rare summer freezing temperature.
1898 - Philadelphia, PA had one of their worst thunderstorms ever when 5.84 inches fell in just 2 hours. The hydraulic pressure in the city sewers caused by the force of the accumulated runoff created overflows via toilets, basins, and sinks to rise to second floor levels in some cases.
1899 - A tropical depression was born in the tropical Atlantic. Before it finally dissipated a record 33 days later, it became known as the San Ciriaco Hurricane after a Puerto Rican village the storm devastated. Its life as a hurricane was 27.75 days, a record for the Atlantic Basin beating Hurricane Ginger of 1971 by three-quarters of a day.
1914 - The temperature at Calgary, Alberta Canada reached an all-time August high of 96°.
1948 - The Netherlands registered their record maximum 24 hour precipitation as 8.20 inches of rain fell at Voorthuizen.
1960 - A home in Wauponsee Township, IL was struck by two tornadoes within 4 hours. The first one struck around 7pm and the second around 11pm. The house sustained significant damage to the roof, wiring and appliances.
1964 - Muskegon, MI set an August record and tied their all-time record high temperature at 99°. The temperature hit 100° at Grand Rapids, MI a record for the date.
Owen, WI set their all-time record high with 101°.
1970 - Hurricane Celia struck the coast of Texas producing wind gusts to 161 mph at Corpus Christi, and estimated wind gusts of 180 mph at Arkansas Pass. The hurricane was the most destructive of record along the Texas coast causing 454 million dollars damage, and also claimed eleven lives. (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel)
1975 - Boston, MA recorded their all-time record highest minimum temperature of 83°.
1979 - Six inches of rain at fell Everman, TX causing the Litter Bugger Creek to overflow. Several homes flooded as a result.
1980 - 12 inches of rain fell in six hours at Buffalo, N.Y causing extensive flash flooding.
1981 - Severe thunderstorms tore across portions of central and eastern South Dakota. Near Hoven, a steel bin building was lifted off the ground by a small tornado and carried about 30 feet before it wrapped around a tree. In Faulkton, winds gusted to 97 mph at the Faulkton airport. The extremely high winds destroyed an airport hanger and damaged a grain elevator. At Redfield, 70 mph winds leveled an outdoor movie screen and flipped a plane.
1986 - Three-quarter inch hail fell at Wharton, New Gulf and Boling (Wharton County). In Wharton, four men were slightly injured when lightning struck near a tent structure that they were holding up. High winds from a thunderstorm downed trees across a road just north of Wharton. Power lines and billboards were also damaged. In the southwest part of the county near Louise, high winds from a thunderstorm downed trees and power lines. There was also damage to area signs and to the roof of one carport.
1987 - A severe thunderstorm moved across Cheyenne, WY, during the mid afternoon. The thunderstorm produced hailstones up to two inches in diameter causing more than 37 million dollars damage. The eastern U.S. sweltered in the heat. A dozen cities reported record high temperatures for the date, including Paducah KY with a reading of 102 degrees. Beckley WV established an all- time record with an afternoon high of 93 degrees. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
1988 - Thunderstorms developing ahead of a slow moving cold front produced severe weather from the Central High Plains to the Upper Great Lakes Region. Thunderstorms around Fort Collins, CO, produced wind gusts to 74 mph along with marble size hail. Sixteen persons were injured in the storm, most of whom were accidently locked out of their office building, having evacuated it when the fire alarm went off, apparently triggered by lightning. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
1989 - Thunderstorms representing what remained of Hurricane Chantal drenched Wichita, KS, with 2.20 inches of rain in four hours during the early morning. Thunderstorms developing in Minnesota produced wind gusts to 85 mph at Baudette during the afternoon, and softball size hail at Lake Kabetogama, during the evening. Jamestown, ND, reported a record hot afternoon high of 103 degrees. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
1993 - Workers desperate to save the historic town of Prarier du Rocher, IL during the Mississippi River Flood deliberately broke a 1,000 foot hole in a levee near the town to divert water headed toward the town from a levee break upstream. The quick action worked, saving the town.
1994 - Fairbanks, AK recorded their hottest August temperature ever with 93°.
1995 - Hurricane Erin was nearing the coast of the Florida Panhandle. The hurricane had emerged into the Gulf Mexico the previous day after crossing the Florida Peninsula. By early morning, Erin's sustained winds reached 100 mph in a small area near its center. A 98-mph wind gust was observed at Mary Esther Field and Fort Walton Beach, FL. The storm came ashore near Pensacola, FL later that morning causing six fatalities and an estimated $700 million damage. The barrier island stretching from Pensacola Beach to Navarre Beach absorbed the brunt of the storm as it came ashore near Pensacola. Sustained winds of 94 mph and gusts up to 103 mph were measured at Pensacola during the height of the storm. Seven people were reported missing at sea.
South Bend, IN was deluged with 4.83 inches of rain in 24-hours to set their record for greatest daily rainfall.
It was certainly more like fall at Shirley Basin, WY when they recorded a morning low temperature of 33°.
1997 - A Southern California radio station reported that more than 20 homes were flooded in Twentynine Palms from heavy thunderstorm rains. Also, the flooding closed Route 62 for about 10 hours due to mud and debris across the road.
2002 - On this date through the 4th, hailstones the size of tennis balls crushed grapes in parts of northern Italy and ruined many other crops were also ruined, including corn, peaches and the highly prized olives from the Lake Garda region.
2003 - Severe thunderstorms moved over parts of the Chicago Metro area during the early afternoon. The storms produced golf ball size hail along with heavy rain and flooding. 4.14 inches was reported in just 90 minutes six miles east of O’Hare Airport. Four to six feet of water covered the closed Kennedy Expressway. Several tents were blown down at an outdoor festival in Roselle. These storms continued into the evening producing more large hail. The National Weather Service at Romeoville reported nickel size hail for five minutes and 1.60 inches of rain in just 30 minutes.
2005 - Elfashir, Sudan recorded a new daily rainfall record with 5.24 inches.
2008 - A lightning bolt struck an auto-racing track in Flisa, Norway about five miles from the Swedish border sending 45 fans to hospital with minor burns.
2009 - A woman riding her bike in training for the Ironman Triatholon was struck by lightning in Boulder, CO. She was in the 78th mile of a 100 mile training ride when she was struck. The woman lost her vision initially and couldn’t move her arms. After a short stay in the hospital, she made a complete recovery.
2011 - Iraq recorded its hottest temperature on record as Tallil soared to 127.4°. The previous record was 126.1° recorded at Diwanya airbase just a few days before.
Mitrabah, Kuwait was even hotter when their temperature peaked at 127.9°.
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This Day In Weather History
For August 10th
258 - The Legend of St. Lawrence's Tears: Legend has it that a young man named Lawrence was martyred on this date in 258 A.D. As his followers recorded his body that night, the sky was filled with bright streaks of light. The friends believed that they were Lawrence's tears. We know today that they were actually tiny specks of dust from the Comet Swift-Tuttle flaming out as they struck the earth's atmosphere, part of the annual Perseid meteor shower.
1778 - A major hurricane struck along the east coast. The storm could have played a decisive role in a major naval battle between the French and British fleets, but British naval commanders failed to capitalize on their advantage after the larger French ships were damaged more heavily by the storm.
1831 - A violent hurricane devastated the island of Barbados. The death toll was estimated to be as high as 2,500 people.
1856 - The Isle Derniere (Last Island) disaster occurred off the coast of Louisiana. A storm tide drowned 140 vacationers as a five foot wave swept over Low Island during a hurricane. (The Weather Channel)
1882 - Sandusky OH noted a four minute snow squall during the morning, frost was reported in the suburbs of Chicago, and a killing frost was reported at Cresco IA. (The Weather Channel)
1884 - An earthquake, centered near New York City and registering 5.2 on the Richter scale, hit the region a little after 2pm. The quake produced a tsunami from the Hudson River to the Delaware River.
1898 - The temperature at Pendleton OR climbed all the way to 119 degrees at set a state record. (The Weather Channel)
1924 - Colorado's deadliest tornado killed a woman and nine children in one house along its twenty-mile path east southeast of Thurman. Mennonite men had left the farm to provide possible aid, as the 200-yard wide storm was first seen while far away.(The Weather Channel)
1936 - The temperature soared to 114 degrees at Plain Dealing, LA, and reached 120 degrees at Ozark AR, to establish record highs for those two states. (The Weather Channel)
1951 - Romania's hottest day on record occurred as the temperature reached 112° in Ion Sion.
1967 - Prince Rupert British Columbia Canada recorded their wettest August day on record as 3.45 inches of rain fell.
1972 - High pressure from Canada brought record low temperatures to parts of the Great Lakes including 40° at Lansing, MI, 45° at Grand Rapids, MI and 47° at Muskegon, MI.
1975 - Holstebro, Denmark reached 97.5° to record their countries hottest day on record.
1980 - Hurricane Allen came ashore north of Brownsville, TX with sustained winds of 115 mph, dropping 15 inches of rain near San Antonio, and up to 20 inches in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, ending a summer long drought. Winds at Port Mansfield gusted to 140 mph with a storm surge of 12 feet. Tidal flooding occurred all along the South Texas coast. Hurricane Allen also spawned 29 tornadoes. Total damage from the storm was estimated at $750 million dollars.
1981 - In Moapa Valley, 80 miles north of Las Vegas, NV two storms 14 miles apart dropped 6.5 inches and 5 inches of rain, respectively, with most of it (85%) occurring in 15 minutes. Rains of such intensity happen once every 200 to 500 years. 762 cattle were killed at a dairy in Hidden Valley. Damage in Moapa Valley was estimated at $10 million dollars.
1983 - Four inches of rain fall on the Flamingo Wash watershed at Las Vegas, NV. Several days after the flash flood, a child died when soil that had been carried off collapsed. Damage was estimated at $3 million dollars.
1987 - Unseasonably hot weather continued in the southeastern U.S. Ten cities in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina reported record high temperatures for the date. Macon GA hit 101 degrees. A tropical depression deluged southeastern Texas and southwestern Louisiana with torrential rains. (The National Weather Summary)
1988 - Citizens of Bluefield, WV, where the Chamber of Commerce provides free lemonade on days when the temperature warms into the 90s, were able to celebrate their record high of 90 degrees. Eight other cities also reported record high temperatures for the date,including Bismarck ND with a reading of 102 degrees.(The National Weather Summary)
1989 - Thirty-eight cities in the south central and southeastern U.S. reported record low temperatures for the date, including Asheville NC with a reading of 48 degrees, and Victoria TX with a low of 63 degrees. Oklahoma City OK reported a record cool afternoon high of 71 degrees, and the daily high of 64 degrees at Raleigh NC established a record for August. In Arizona, a record sixty-four day streak of 100 degree days at Phoenix came to an end.(The National Weather Summary)
1992 - Torrential rainfall caused flooding over parts of north-central Oklahoma. Rainfall of more than four inches in just a few hours produced widespread street flooding in Enid and collapsed the roof of a meat company in the city. Much of the Enid Correctional Center was severely damaged as all of the first floor housing units suffered water damage. Four inmates became trapped by the rising water and had to be rescued.
1993 - Lightning struck a nursing home at Sandy, UT. A patient was struck when the current entered his room, temporarily blinding him, but freeing him of intense pain he had been suffering for 24 hours.
1996 - Widespread power outages occurred across the West. Blazing heat covered the West for much of the summer and was blamed for the Blackout which affected over 4 million people. Residents of California, Nevada, Arizona, Oregon, Washington, Texas, Baja California in Mexico, and Alberta in Canada lost power when the massive blackout occurred. High temperatures in the 90s and 100s sent the demand for power to high levels. Some of the specific highs included 88° at Seattle, WA, 98° at Portland, OR, a record breaking 100° at Burns, OR, 106° at Phoenix, AZ, and a record 110° at Sacramento, CA. Temperatures in the deserts of California and Arizona were in the 110-120° range. As a result of the power outage, residents of Los Angeles were unable to find relief from the heat at the oceans edge. Beaches were closed after a pump failed at a sewage treatment plant, sending raw sewage into the Pacific Ocean. Beaches along an 8 mile stretch were closed as the water was deemed unsafe for swimming.
1997 - In addition to strong winds and large hail, redeveloping severe thunderstorms produced heavy downpours which resulted in severe flash flooding in southeast Las Vegas, NV. In Henderson, raging flood waters turned roads into rivers up to three and four feet deep. Water and mud slides closed many roads, including U.S. Highway 95, for several hours. One man was drowned when a strong current swept him under his vehicle as he tried to move it off his neighborhood street. Rescue workers performed a number of swift water rescues until as late as 8:30pm PT. Four people were hospitalized. Flooding also resulted in the release of titanium dioxide gas (non-toxic) at the TIMET plant. Officials from Henderson report $5 million dollars in flood damage. In all, 83 homes and 10 businesses were damaged prompting the Governor to declare Henderson a disaster area.
Boulder City and the nearby Lake Mead National Recreation Area were also hit hard by heavy rain producing thunderstorms. Water and debris swept across Highway 93, between Railroad Pass and Boulder City, taking several vehicles off the road but sparing all occupants from injury. Flood waters also eroded roads, drainage canals and damaged many buildings in Boulder City. One man almost drowned in a drainage culvert but was rescued and hospitalized. The golf course alone reported 40 trees down. The Boulder City airport recorded a peak wind gust of 91 mph. The storms and floods ravaged the west side of Lake Mead battering marinas, eroding beaches and washing out roads. The recreation area was closed by 1:25 pm PST as access to Heminway Launch, Boulder Beach and Lake Mead Marina was cut off by flooding. Over 500 people were held captive within the park until the flood waters subsided. Damage was estimated at over one million dollars for Lake Mead and about $3.4 million dollars for Boulder City.
1999 - Thundersnow occurred in the high Sierra in California at around 11,500 feet about 18 miles northeast of Huntington Lake. 3 to 4 inches of snow fell.
2001 - Lightning hit the Hog Island Association (Mummers Parade) building in Philadelphia, PA and set it on fire. More than 60% of the 100 costumes for the Mummers Parade were damaged or destroyed.
2003 - The hottest day on record occurred in the United Kingdon. Gravesend recorded 100.6° and Brogdale, near Faversham hit 101.3° and Londoners experience their hottest recorded day in the city's history when the temperature hit 100.2°, the first ever in history over 100° at Heathrow Airport. The heat forced rail service officials across Britain to limit train speeds to 60 mph because of fears the tracks could buckle. On the same day parts of northeastern England were affected by an intense thunderstorm. At Carlton-in-Cleveland 1.85 inches of rain fell in just 12 minutes, 1.18 inches of it in just 5 minutes. This is the highest 5 minute rainfall total ever recorded in the UK. Hail up to 0.75 inches in diameter also fell. This rainfall rate, which equated to between 9 to 14 inches an hour is the most intense on record in the United Kingdom for a sub 10 minute storm.
2005 - An unusual snowfall covered parts of the Australian States of Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania. The snowfall was the first in Melbourne since July 1986, and the heaviest and most widespread snowfall event since July 19-20, 1951.
2006 - Typhoon Saomai, the most powerful tropical cyclone to hit China in five decades, battered the southeast coast with winds up to 135 mph, requiring more than 1.3 million people to be evacuated. The official death toll was 436. Saomai was the 8th major storm to strike China during the unusually violent typhoon season.
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258 - The Legend of St. Lawrence's Tears: Legend has it that a young man named Lawrence was martyred on this date in 258 A.D. As his followers recorded his body that night, the sky was filled with bright streaks of light. The friends believed that they were Lawrence's tears. We know today that they were actually tiny specks of dust from the Comet Swift-Tuttle flaming out as they struck the earth's atmosphere, part of the annual Perseid meteor shower.
1778 - A major hurricane struck along the east coast. The storm could have played a decisive role in a major naval battle between the French and British fleets, but British naval commanders failed to capitalize on their advantage after the larger French ships were damaged more heavily by the storm.
1831 - A violent hurricane devastated the island of Barbados. The death toll was estimated to be as high as 2,500 people.
1856 - The Isle Derniere (Last Island) disaster occurred off the coast of Louisiana. A storm tide drowned 140 vacationers as a five foot wave swept over Low Island during a hurricane. (The Weather Channel)
1882 - Sandusky OH noted a four minute snow squall during the morning, frost was reported in the suburbs of Chicago, and a killing frost was reported at Cresco IA. (The Weather Channel)
1884 - An earthquake, centered near New York City and registering 5.2 on the Richter scale, hit the region a little after 2pm. The quake produced a tsunami from the Hudson River to the Delaware River.
1898 - The temperature at Pendleton OR climbed all the way to 119 degrees at set a state record. (The Weather Channel)
1924 - Colorado's deadliest tornado killed a woman and nine children in one house along its twenty-mile path east southeast of Thurman. Mennonite men had left the farm to provide possible aid, as the 200-yard wide storm was first seen while far away.(The Weather Channel)
1936 - The temperature soared to 114 degrees at Plain Dealing, LA, and reached 120 degrees at Ozark AR, to establish record highs for those two states. (The Weather Channel)
1951 - Romania's hottest day on record occurred as the temperature reached 112° in Ion Sion.
1967 - Prince Rupert British Columbia Canada recorded their wettest August day on record as 3.45 inches of rain fell.
1972 - High pressure from Canada brought record low temperatures to parts of the Great Lakes including 40° at Lansing, MI, 45° at Grand Rapids, MI and 47° at Muskegon, MI.
1975 - Holstebro, Denmark reached 97.5° to record their countries hottest day on record.
1980 - Hurricane Allen came ashore north of Brownsville, TX with sustained winds of 115 mph, dropping 15 inches of rain near San Antonio, and up to 20 inches in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, ending a summer long drought. Winds at Port Mansfield gusted to 140 mph with a storm surge of 12 feet. Tidal flooding occurred all along the South Texas coast. Hurricane Allen also spawned 29 tornadoes. Total damage from the storm was estimated at $750 million dollars.
1981 - In Moapa Valley, 80 miles north of Las Vegas, NV two storms 14 miles apart dropped 6.5 inches and 5 inches of rain, respectively, with most of it (85%) occurring in 15 minutes. Rains of such intensity happen once every 200 to 500 years. 762 cattle were killed at a dairy in Hidden Valley. Damage in Moapa Valley was estimated at $10 million dollars.
1983 - Four inches of rain fall on the Flamingo Wash watershed at Las Vegas, NV. Several days after the flash flood, a child died when soil that had been carried off collapsed. Damage was estimated at $3 million dollars.
1987 - Unseasonably hot weather continued in the southeastern U.S. Ten cities in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina reported record high temperatures for the date. Macon GA hit 101 degrees. A tropical depression deluged southeastern Texas and southwestern Louisiana with torrential rains. (The National Weather Summary)
1988 - Citizens of Bluefield, WV, where the Chamber of Commerce provides free lemonade on days when the temperature warms into the 90s, were able to celebrate their record high of 90 degrees. Eight other cities also reported record high temperatures for the date,including Bismarck ND with a reading of 102 degrees.(The National Weather Summary)
1989 - Thirty-eight cities in the south central and southeastern U.S. reported record low temperatures for the date, including Asheville NC with a reading of 48 degrees, and Victoria TX with a low of 63 degrees. Oklahoma City OK reported a record cool afternoon high of 71 degrees, and the daily high of 64 degrees at Raleigh NC established a record for August. In Arizona, a record sixty-four day streak of 100 degree days at Phoenix came to an end.(The National Weather Summary)
1992 - Torrential rainfall caused flooding over parts of north-central Oklahoma. Rainfall of more than four inches in just a few hours produced widespread street flooding in Enid and collapsed the roof of a meat company in the city. Much of the Enid Correctional Center was severely damaged as all of the first floor housing units suffered water damage. Four inmates became trapped by the rising water and had to be rescued.
1993 - Lightning struck a nursing home at Sandy, UT. A patient was struck when the current entered his room, temporarily blinding him, but freeing him of intense pain he had been suffering for 24 hours.
1996 - Widespread power outages occurred across the West. Blazing heat covered the West for much of the summer and was blamed for the Blackout which affected over 4 million people. Residents of California, Nevada, Arizona, Oregon, Washington, Texas, Baja California in Mexico, and Alberta in Canada lost power when the massive blackout occurred. High temperatures in the 90s and 100s sent the demand for power to high levels. Some of the specific highs included 88° at Seattle, WA, 98° at Portland, OR, a record breaking 100° at Burns, OR, 106° at Phoenix, AZ, and a record 110° at Sacramento, CA. Temperatures in the deserts of California and Arizona were in the 110-120° range. As a result of the power outage, residents of Los Angeles were unable to find relief from the heat at the oceans edge. Beaches were closed after a pump failed at a sewage treatment plant, sending raw sewage into the Pacific Ocean. Beaches along an 8 mile stretch were closed as the water was deemed unsafe for swimming.
1997 - In addition to strong winds and large hail, redeveloping severe thunderstorms produced heavy downpours which resulted in severe flash flooding in southeast Las Vegas, NV. In Henderson, raging flood waters turned roads into rivers up to three and four feet deep. Water and mud slides closed many roads, including U.S. Highway 95, for several hours. One man was drowned when a strong current swept him under his vehicle as he tried to move it off his neighborhood street. Rescue workers performed a number of swift water rescues until as late as 8:30pm PT. Four people were hospitalized. Flooding also resulted in the release of titanium dioxide gas (non-toxic) at the TIMET plant. Officials from Henderson report $5 million dollars in flood damage. In all, 83 homes and 10 businesses were damaged prompting the Governor to declare Henderson a disaster area.
Boulder City and the nearby Lake Mead National Recreation Area were also hit hard by heavy rain producing thunderstorms. Water and debris swept across Highway 93, between Railroad Pass and Boulder City, taking several vehicles off the road but sparing all occupants from injury. Flood waters also eroded roads, drainage canals and damaged many buildings in Boulder City. One man almost drowned in a drainage culvert but was rescued and hospitalized. The golf course alone reported 40 trees down. The Boulder City airport recorded a peak wind gust of 91 mph. The storms and floods ravaged the west side of Lake Mead battering marinas, eroding beaches and washing out roads. The recreation area was closed by 1:25 pm PST as access to Heminway Launch, Boulder Beach and Lake Mead Marina was cut off by flooding. Over 500 people were held captive within the park until the flood waters subsided. Damage was estimated at over one million dollars for Lake Mead and about $3.4 million dollars for Boulder City.
1999 - Thundersnow occurred in the high Sierra in California at around 11,500 feet about 18 miles northeast of Huntington Lake. 3 to 4 inches of snow fell.
2001 - Lightning hit the Hog Island Association (Mummers Parade) building in Philadelphia, PA and set it on fire. More than 60% of the 100 costumes for the Mummers Parade were damaged or destroyed.
2003 - The hottest day on record occurred in the United Kingdon. Gravesend recorded 100.6° and Brogdale, near Faversham hit 101.3° and Londoners experience their hottest recorded day in the city's history when the temperature hit 100.2°, the first ever in history over 100° at Heathrow Airport. The heat forced rail service officials across Britain to limit train speeds to 60 mph because of fears the tracks could buckle. On the same day parts of northeastern England were affected by an intense thunderstorm. At Carlton-in-Cleveland 1.85 inches of rain fell in just 12 minutes, 1.18 inches of it in just 5 minutes. This is the highest 5 minute rainfall total ever recorded in the UK. Hail up to 0.75 inches in diameter also fell. This rainfall rate, which equated to between 9 to 14 inches an hour is the most intense on record in the United Kingdom for a sub 10 minute storm.
2005 - An unusual snowfall covered parts of the Australian States of Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania. The snowfall was the first in Melbourne since July 1986, and the heaviest and most widespread snowfall event since July 19-20, 1951.
2006 - Typhoon Saomai, the most powerful tropical cyclone to hit China in five decades, battered the southeast coast with winds up to 135 mph, requiring more than 1.3 million people to be evacuated. The official death toll was 436. Saomai was the 8th major storm to strike China during the unusually violent typhoon season.
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For August 13th
1795 - The second hurricane of the year caused flooding in the Virginia and North Carolina area contributing to a very wet summer.
1831 - A blue sun was widely observed in the southern states. The phenomena was believed to have pre-staged Nat Turner's slave uprising. (David Ludlum)
1913 - Indianapolis, IN received 1.30 inches of rain in 15 minutes, 1.98 inches in 30 minutes and 2.68 inches in one hour.
1919 - High winds and heavy rain struck the Middle Atlantic Coast Region. In New Jersey, winds gusted to 60 mph at Atlantic City, and nine inches of rain fell at Tuckerton. The wind and rain leveled crops and stripped trees of fruit causing several million dollars damage. (David Ludlum)
1935 - A severe thunderstorm collapsed the roof of the B&O Hall of Transportation Building in Baltimore, MD which housed the most important collection of railroad models, pictures, exhibits and stock in the world. Many old, fragile locomotives like the Tom Thumb and Thomas Jefferson steam engines escape destruction when the largest locomotives lined up in the center of the building acted to hold up the collapsing roof. The collection would again be damaged by a collapsing roof in 2003 when the President's Day Snowstorm dumped a record 28.2 inches of snow in four days, including 21.8 inches on February 16th.
1947 - Victoria, Australia recorded its coldest night on record when the low at Mt. Hotham dropped to 9°.
1955 - Hurricane Connie dumped 5 to 8 inches of rain on Southeastern Pennsylvania, ending a drought that had been plaguing the area.
1966 - High-intensity rains of as much as 14 in. fell on the West Nueces, extreme upper Nueces, Dry Frio, and extreme upper Frio River Basins.
1978 - 4 inches of snow at fell at Salmon, ND.
1980 - The afternoon high at New York City was just 89 degrees. But there were fifteen days of 90 degree heat during the month, their hottest August of record. (The Weather Channel)
1982 - A total of 4.50 inches of rain fell in Searchlight, NV making this the wettest calendar day ever and the only time over 4 inches of rain has fallen on one day.
1985 - Hail larger than golf balls, driven by 70 mph winds, moved down crops, stripped trees, and broke windows, near Logan KS. Road graders cleared three foot drifts of hail on Kansas Highway 9 east of Logan. (The Weather Channel)
1987 - Thunderstorms deluged the Central Gulf Coast States with torrential rains. Thunderstorms in Mississippi drenched Marion County with up to 15 inches of rain during the morning hours, with 12.2 inches reported at Columbia. Floodwaters swept cars away in the Lakeview subdivision of Columbia when the the Lakeview Dam broke. Flash flooding caused more than three million dollars damage in Marion County. The storms were from remnants of Unnamed Tropical Storm, which made landfall on High Island, Texas on August 10. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1988 - A dozen cities in the northeastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. Lansing MI reported a record 35 days of 90 degree weather for the year, Detroit MI reported a record 37 days of 90 degree heat for the year, and Williamsport PA reported a record 38 days of 90 degree weather for the year. (The National Weather Summary)
1989 - Thunderstorms developing in a tropical airmass over the northeastern U.S. soaked Connecticut and Massachusetts with four to eight inches of rain over the weekend, between the 11th and 13th of the month. Hartford CT received 7.70 inches of rain. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1991 - It had never rained on this date in Stockton, CA since weather records started in 1906 until this date, when 0.05 of an inch of rain fell.
1993 - A cold front progressed into northwest Iowa creating a very unstable air mass out in front of it. By mid-evening, strong thunderstorms began to erupt producing high winds, heavy rains and a small tornado. The tornado touched down in Emmett County just west of Swea City, SD but did little damage. But high straight line winds from the storms caused considerable damage throughout the area. A grain bin was blown three quarters of a mile across a field just west of Swea City and very high winds swept across Palo Alto County downing numerous trees and power lines. The strongest winds occurred in Graettinger where winds of 80 mph were clocked destroying a few buildings. Other reports of damage to outbuildings were common across Winnebago and Palo Alto Counties, but no injuries were reported.
Mother Nature spoiled the day at the Sturgis rally. Strong thunderstorms developed in the late morning and afternoon hours producing dangerous lightning and large hail in the Sturgis area in South Dakota. Golf ball sized hail and strong winds caused many a problem for vendors. The winds blew away many canopies and signs while lightning injured one man and knocked a tree on a car.
Phoenix, AZ topped out at over 100 degrees for the 65th day in a row. This set a new record for consecutive days above 100 degrees breaking the old record of 64 days set back in 1989.
1995 - Chicago, IL was in the midst of a four day heat wave where temperatures climbed into the middle 90s and lows were in the mid to upper 70s. The low temperature of 77° on this date tied for the record high minimum. Humidity was high and 27 deaths were attributed to the heat wave. The majority was in the Chicago area.
2002 - Fires were burning over more than 460,000 acres across Oregon as the state's worst wildfire season in over a century continued with a vengeance. The wildfires of 2002 had already burned more acreage than the Great Tillamook Burn of Northwest Oregon in 1933. Larger wildfires may have occurred before the turn of the century, but records were not kept then. The massive Biscuit fire, which resulted from the merger of two other fires to become a mega-fire, had already charred more than 376,000 acres.
Germany registered their record maximum 24 hour precipitation record as 12.29 inches fell from this date through the morning of the 13th at Zinnwald-Georgenfeld in Erzgebergte. The storm dumped 14.74 inches of rain in 36 hours.
2003 - Paris, France had a string of days with temperatures from the 4th to the 12th above 95°. It ended on this date when the day's high dropped to 90°. During the long, hot summer which began on 7/25 several days were above 100°. 4,802 people died from heat-related causes.
Karlsruhe recorded Germany’s hottest day on record as the temperature reached 104.4°.
2004 - Hurricane Charley rapidly deepened just hours before landfall near Punta Gorda, FL, going from a Category 2 to a Category 4 hurricane. Sustained winds at landfall were 150 mph and the pressure dropped to 941 millibars or 27.79 inHg. Extreme wind damage occurred over all of Charlotte County with and 8 foot storm surge in Lee County. Well over hurricane force winds in gusts occurred far inland as the hurricane accelerated to the northeast. Orlando, FL measured a peak gust of 105 mph; an all-time record wind gust for this location. 15 people lost their lives to the hurricane and total damage was $14 billion dollars, making Charley the second costliest hurricane up to this time.
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1795 - The second hurricane of the year caused flooding in the Virginia and North Carolina area contributing to a very wet summer.
1831 - A blue sun was widely observed in the southern states. The phenomena was believed to have pre-staged Nat Turner's slave uprising. (David Ludlum)
1913 - Indianapolis, IN received 1.30 inches of rain in 15 minutes, 1.98 inches in 30 minutes and 2.68 inches in one hour.
1919 - High winds and heavy rain struck the Middle Atlantic Coast Region. In New Jersey, winds gusted to 60 mph at Atlantic City, and nine inches of rain fell at Tuckerton. The wind and rain leveled crops and stripped trees of fruit causing several million dollars damage. (David Ludlum)
1935 - A severe thunderstorm collapsed the roof of the B&O Hall of Transportation Building in Baltimore, MD which housed the most important collection of railroad models, pictures, exhibits and stock in the world. Many old, fragile locomotives like the Tom Thumb and Thomas Jefferson steam engines escape destruction when the largest locomotives lined up in the center of the building acted to hold up the collapsing roof. The collection would again be damaged by a collapsing roof in 2003 when the President's Day Snowstorm dumped a record 28.2 inches of snow in four days, including 21.8 inches on February 16th.
1947 - Victoria, Australia recorded its coldest night on record when the low at Mt. Hotham dropped to 9°.
1955 - Hurricane Connie dumped 5 to 8 inches of rain on Southeastern Pennsylvania, ending a drought that had been plaguing the area.
1966 - High-intensity rains of as much as 14 in. fell on the West Nueces, extreme upper Nueces, Dry Frio, and extreme upper Frio River Basins.
1978 - 4 inches of snow at fell at Salmon, ND.
1980 - The afternoon high at New York City was just 89 degrees. But there were fifteen days of 90 degree heat during the month, their hottest August of record. (The Weather Channel)
1982 - A total of 4.50 inches of rain fell in Searchlight, NV making this the wettest calendar day ever and the only time over 4 inches of rain has fallen on one day.
1985 - Hail larger than golf balls, driven by 70 mph winds, moved down crops, stripped trees, and broke windows, near Logan KS. Road graders cleared three foot drifts of hail on Kansas Highway 9 east of Logan. (The Weather Channel)
1987 - Thunderstorms deluged the Central Gulf Coast States with torrential rains. Thunderstorms in Mississippi drenched Marion County with up to 15 inches of rain during the morning hours, with 12.2 inches reported at Columbia. Floodwaters swept cars away in the Lakeview subdivision of Columbia when the the Lakeview Dam broke. Flash flooding caused more than three million dollars damage in Marion County. The storms were from remnants of Unnamed Tropical Storm, which made landfall on High Island, Texas on August 10. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1988 - A dozen cities in the northeastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. Lansing MI reported a record 35 days of 90 degree weather for the year, Detroit MI reported a record 37 days of 90 degree heat for the year, and Williamsport PA reported a record 38 days of 90 degree weather for the year. (The National Weather Summary)
1989 - Thunderstorms developing in a tropical airmass over the northeastern U.S. soaked Connecticut and Massachusetts with four to eight inches of rain over the weekend, between the 11th and 13th of the month. Hartford CT received 7.70 inches of rain. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1991 - It had never rained on this date in Stockton, CA since weather records started in 1906 until this date, when 0.05 of an inch of rain fell.
1993 - A cold front progressed into northwest Iowa creating a very unstable air mass out in front of it. By mid-evening, strong thunderstorms began to erupt producing high winds, heavy rains and a small tornado. The tornado touched down in Emmett County just west of Swea City, SD but did little damage. But high straight line winds from the storms caused considerable damage throughout the area. A grain bin was blown three quarters of a mile across a field just west of Swea City and very high winds swept across Palo Alto County downing numerous trees and power lines. The strongest winds occurred in Graettinger where winds of 80 mph were clocked destroying a few buildings. Other reports of damage to outbuildings were common across Winnebago and Palo Alto Counties, but no injuries were reported.
Mother Nature spoiled the day at the Sturgis rally. Strong thunderstorms developed in the late morning and afternoon hours producing dangerous lightning and large hail in the Sturgis area in South Dakota. Golf ball sized hail and strong winds caused many a problem for vendors. The winds blew away many canopies and signs while lightning injured one man and knocked a tree on a car.
Phoenix, AZ topped out at over 100 degrees for the 65th day in a row. This set a new record for consecutive days above 100 degrees breaking the old record of 64 days set back in 1989.
1995 - Chicago, IL was in the midst of a four day heat wave where temperatures climbed into the middle 90s and lows were in the mid to upper 70s. The low temperature of 77° on this date tied for the record high minimum. Humidity was high and 27 deaths were attributed to the heat wave. The majority was in the Chicago area.
2002 - Fires were burning over more than 460,000 acres across Oregon as the state's worst wildfire season in over a century continued with a vengeance. The wildfires of 2002 had already burned more acreage than the Great Tillamook Burn of Northwest Oregon in 1933. Larger wildfires may have occurred before the turn of the century, but records were not kept then. The massive Biscuit fire, which resulted from the merger of two other fires to become a mega-fire, had already charred more than 376,000 acres.
Germany registered their record maximum 24 hour precipitation record as 12.29 inches fell from this date through the morning of the 13th at Zinnwald-Georgenfeld in Erzgebergte. The storm dumped 14.74 inches of rain in 36 hours.
2003 - Paris, France had a string of days with temperatures from the 4th to the 12th above 95°. It ended on this date when the day's high dropped to 90°. During the long, hot summer which began on 7/25 several days were above 100°. 4,802 people died from heat-related causes.
Karlsruhe recorded Germany’s hottest day on record as the temperature reached 104.4°.
2004 - Hurricane Charley rapidly deepened just hours before landfall near Punta Gorda, FL, going from a Category 2 to a Category 4 hurricane. Sustained winds at landfall were 150 mph and the pressure dropped to 941 millibars or 27.79 inHg. Extreme wind damage occurred over all of Charlotte County with and 8 foot storm surge in Lee County. Well over hurricane force winds in gusts occurred far inland as the hurricane accelerated to the northeast. Orlando, FL measured a peak gust of 105 mph; an all-time record wind gust for this location. 15 people lost their lives to the hurricane and total damage was $14 billion dollars, making Charley the second costliest hurricane up to this time.
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For August 22nd
1711 - British Admiral Sir Hovenden Walker's assault on Quebec was thwarted by dense river fog and high winds on the St. Lawrence River. Collisions in the fog wrecked 8 of 15 warships and drowned 884 men.
1746 - Salem, MA had a cold night, with "some frost so as to kill corn leaves", according to the Lt. John Preston diary.
1816 - The growing season for corn was cut short as damaging frosts were reported from North Carolina to interior New England. (David Ludlum)
1821 - A tornado ripped through Tybee Island, GA destroying a wing of the U.S. Army barracks.
1851 - A tornado ripped through Middlesex County in Massachusetts. The tornado swept through Waltham, Belmont, West Cambridge, Arlington, and Medford. Six people died along with extensive damage.
1857 - A tornado tore through Woodland, WI. Although it leveled every building in the town, fortunately there were no deaths.
1893 - On this date, four hurricanes roamed the Atlantic Basin: one off Nova Scotia; the second between the Bahamas and Bermuda; the third northeast of the Lesser Antilles, and the newest off the Cape Verde Islands. Over a century would pass, 1998 before four hurricanes would again rage together in the Atlantic.
1923 - The temperature at Anchorage, AK, reached 82 degrees, a record for August for the location which was later tied on the 2nd in 1978. (The Weather Channel)
1933 - The Hampton Roads area of Virginia was hit on the night of the 22nd-23rd by its worst hurricane in history. Norfolk saw an 8 foot storm surge pushed through the streets of the city. Winds reached nearly 100 mph. 18 people were killed.
1968 - A violent thunderstorm at St. Paul, Alberta Canada produced hailstones a half inch in diameter and 6 inches deep on roads.
1976 - Newfoundland, Canada recorded its hottest day on record when the temperature peaked at 98° at Botwood. It was also the hottest day on record in St. John, New Brunswick and Halifax, Nova Scotia as temperatures reached 94°.
1980 - Major flash flooding occurred in Kentucky as up to 3 inches of rain fell in a very short period. Heavy damage included flooded homes and washed out bridges and roads.
Wichita Falls, TX reached 108° to establish a record for the date. 56 of the previous 59 days in Wichita Falls had reached a high temperature of 100 degrees or hotter.
New Orleans LA hit 102° to establish their all-time record high temperature.
1985 - Intense thunderstorms moved from near Shadehill Reservoir in northwest South Dakota late in the evening on the 21st, to northern Brown County after sunrise on this date. These thunderstorms produced strong winds, large hail, heavy rainfall and lightning. Considerable crop and property damage was caused mainly by the strong winds and hail. Winds gusts ranged from 55 mph at Mobridge to 60 mph in and around Akaska. Winds of 70 mph were reported at Onaka and Faulkton. The strongest wind gust was reported in Hoven with a peak gust of 72 mph. Widespread damage was reported throughout the area. Many mobile homes, storage sheds, silos, and roofs were damaged or destroyed. Nine miles south and four miles west of Keldron, over two inches in diameter hail fell for 40 minutes, breaking windows and piling in ditches to a depth of four feet. These intense thunderstorms also produced brief heavy rainfall ranging from three quarters of an inch to over four inches.
1987 - A cold front lowered temperatures 20 to 40 degrees across the north central U.S., and produced severe thunderstorms in Ohio and Lower Michigan. An early morning thunderstorm near Sydney MI produced high winds which spun a car around 180 degrees. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1988 - Afternoon highs of 88 degrees at Astoria, OR, and 104 degrees at Medford, OR, were records for the date, and the number of daily record highs across the nation since the first of June topped the 2000 mark. (The National Weather Summary)
1989 - Evening thunderstorms in the central U.S. produced golf ball size hail at May City IA, and wind gusts to 66 mph at Balltown IA. Lightning struck a barn in Fayette County IA killing 750 hogs. Evening thunderstorms in Montana produced wind gusts to 70 mph at Havre. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1990 - Thunderstorms dropped heavy rains in Virginia with Nassawadox recording 12 inches in just 2 hours. Numerous road washouts occurred including several on U.S. 13, a major route to the Tidewater area.
1992 - Hurricane Andrew developed a well-defined eye. Residents of Florida were alerted. The storm was 650 miles east of Miami, moving west at 14 with top winds of 95 mph.
1994 - Hurricane John, about 390 miles south of Hilo, HI had winds of 170 mph and pressure at 920 millibars or 27.17 inHg, making it the strongest hurricane ever in the Central Pacific. It was the third category 5 storm in this area in a month, unprecedented since records began.
1998 - Tropical Storm Charley was the second of 7 named tropical systems to strike the U.S. in 1998. But the most interesting event of Charley's arrival on the mainland would occur the next day, when 17.03 inches of rain fell in Del Rio, TX. This amount is nearly equal to the average rainfall for an entire year. It would establish their all-time record rainfall. The Del Rio area had received less than three inches of rain during the previous 8 1/2 months. 20 people died in flash flooding.
An F0 tornado downed trees and tore bricks off a house in League City (Galveston County). There was also some roof and vehicle damage from the tornado. Total damage was around $20,000.
1999 - Hurricane Bret made landfall on South Padre Island on the Texas coast with maximum sustained winds of 140 mph and a central pressure of 946 millibars or 27.94 inHg. Fortunately, the Category 4 Hurricane made landfall over the most sparsely populated area on the Texas coast, about 70 miles south of Corpus Christi. Very heavy rainfall amounts up to 28 inches occurred in parts of Kennedy County.
2000 - Billy Wagner, the Emergency Manager for Monroe County, FL, which includes the Florida Keys, had a dilemma on his hands. He had a strengthening Tropical Storm Debbie north of Puerto Rico. Wagner knew that it would take 36 hours to evacuate the Keys. Wagner consulted with the National Hurricane Center and decided to issue an evacuation the next morning. He faced the wrath of tourism officials when the storm weakened inexplicably.
Super Typhoon Billis devastated Taiwan claiming 11 lives, injuring at least 80 others, and trapping 18 in mudslides.
2002 - Thunderstorms produced very heavy rainfall across far northern Illinois during the early morning hours. Significant flooding of roads, creeks and basements were reported across several counties in northern Illinois. Chicago reported 3.75 inches of rain in six hours. Many roads were closed due to flooding and the metropolitan water reclamation district of greater Chicago opened the locks at Wilmette Harbor and at the Chicago River releasing 850 million gallons of storm and sewage water into Lake Michigan. Several beaches were closed as a result.
The Dubuque airport in Iowa reported 8.96 inches of rain setting their 24 hour rainfall record.
2003 - Cheyenne, WY topped out at 92°, making it the 32nd 90 degree day this year, a record for the location.
The Okanagan Mountain fire reached its destructive peak, destroying 250 homes in British Columbia Canada. Nearly 40,000 residents were evacuated or on alert. The Okanagan Mountain Park Fire was estimated to be 17,000 hectares and continued to grow.
2008 - Severe thunderstorms produced large hail and strong winds over parts of eastern Wyoming and the Nebraska panhandle. A wind gust to 71 mph was recorded at the Chadron airport in Nebraska while 60 to 70 mph winds and hail up to 2 inches in diameter were reported around Douglas, WY.
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1711 - British Admiral Sir Hovenden Walker's assault on Quebec was thwarted by dense river fog and high winds on the St. Lawrence River. Collisions in the fog wrecked 8 of 15 warships and drowned 884 men.
1746 - Salem, MA had a cold night, with "some frost so as to kill corn leaves", according to the Lt. John Preston diary.
1816 - The growing season for corn was cut short as damaging frosts were reported from North Carolina to interior New England. (David Ludlum)
1821 - A tornado ripped through Tybee Island, GA destroying a wing of the U.S. Army barracks.
1851 - A tornado ripped through Middlesex County in Massachusetts. The tornado swept through Waltham, Belmont, West Cambridge, Arlington, and Medford. Six people died along with extensive damage.
1857 - A tornado tore through Woodland, WI. Although it leveled every building in the town, fortunately there were no deaths.
1893 - On this date, four hurricanes roamed the Atlantic Basin: one off Nova Scotia; the second between the Bahamas and Bermuda; the third northeast of the Lesser Antilles, and the newest off the Cape Verde Islands. Over a century would pass, 1998 before four hurricanes would again rage together in the Atlantic.
1923 - The temperature at Anchorage, AK, reached 82 degrees, a record for August for the location which was later tied on the 2nd in 1978. (The Weather Channel)
1933 - The Hampton Roads area of Virginia was hit on the night of the 22nd-23rd by its worst hurricane in history. Norfolk saw an 8 foot storm surge pushed through the streets of the city. Winds reached nearly 100 mph. 18 people were killed.
1968 - A violent thunderstorm at St. Paul, Alberta Canada produced hailstones a half inch in diameter and 6 inches deep on roads.
1976 - Newfoundland, Canada recorded its hottest day on record when the temperature peaked at 98° at Botwood. It was also the hottest day on record in St. John, New Brunswick and Halifax, Nova Scotia as temperatures reached 94°.
1980 - Major flash flooding occurred in Kentucky as up to 3 inches of rain fell in a very short period. Heavy damage included flooded homes and washed out bridges and roads.
Wichita Falls, TX reached 108° to establish a record for the date. 56 of the previous 59 days in Wichita Falls had reached a high temperature of 100 degrees or hotter.
New Orleans LA hit 102° to establish their all-time record high temperature.
1985 - Intense thunderstorms moved from near Shadehill Reservoir in northwest South Dakota late in the evening on the 21st, to northern Brown County after sunrise on this date. These thunderstorms produced strong winds, large hail, heavy rainfall and lightning. Considerable crop and property damage was caused mainly by the strong winds and hail. Winds gusts ranged from 55 mph at Mobridge to 60 mph in and around Akaska. Winds of 70 mph were reported at Onaka and Faulkton. The strongest wind gust was reported in Hoven with a peak gust of 72 mph. Widespread damage was reported throughout the area. Many mobile homes, storage sheds, silos, and roofs were damaged or destroyed. Nine miles south and four miles west of Keldron, over two inches in diameter hail fell for 40 minutes, breaking windows and piling in ditches to a depth of four feet. These intense thunderstorms also produced brief heavy rainfall ranging from three quarters of an inch to over four inches.
1987 - A cold front lowered temperatures 20 to 40 degrees across the north central U.S., and produced severe thunderstorms in Ohio and Lower Michigan. An early morning thunderstorm near Sydney MI produced high winds which spun a car around 180 degrees. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1988 - Afternoon highs of 88 degrees at Astoria, OR, and 104 degrees at Medford, OR, were records for the date, and the number of daily record highs across the nation since the first of June topped the 2000 mark. (The National Weather Summary)
1989 - Evening thunderstorms in the central U.S. produced golf ball size hail at May City IA, and wind gusts to 66 mph at Balltown IA. Lightning struck a barn in Fayette County IA killing 750 hogs. Evening thunderstorms in Montana produced wind gusts to 70 mph at Havre. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1990 - Thunderstorms dropped heavy rains in Virginia with Nassawadox recording 12 inches in just 2 hours. Numerous road washouts occurred including several on U.S. 13, a major route to the Tidewater area.
1992 - Hurricane Andrew developed a well-defined eye. Residents of Florida were alerted. The storm was 650 miles east of Miami, moving west at 14 with top winds of 95 mph.
1994 - Hurricane John, about 390 miles south of Hilo, HI had winds of 170 mph and pressure at 920 millibars or 27.17 inHg, making it the strongest hurricane ever in the Central Pacific. It was the third category 5 storm in this area in a month, unprecedented since records began.
1998 - Tropical Storm Charley was the second of 7 named tropical systems to strike the U.S. in 1998. But the most interesting event of Charley's arrival on the mainland would occur the next day, when 17.03 inches of rain fell in Del Rio, TX. This amount is nearly equal to the average rainfall for an entire year. It would establish their all-time record rainfall. The Del Rio area had received less than three inches of rain during the previous 8 1/2 months. 20 people died in flash flooding.
An F0 tornado downed trees and tore bricks off a house in League City (Galveston County). There was also some roof and vehicle damage from the tornado. Total damage was around $20,000.
1999 - Hurricane Bret made landfall on South Padre Island on the Texas coast with maximum sustained winds of 140 mph and a central pressure of 946 millibars or 27.94 inHg. Fortunately, the Category 4 Hurricane made landfall over the most sparsely populated area on the Texas coast, about 70 miles south of Corpus Christi. Very heavy rainfall amounts up to 28 inches occurred in parts of Kennedy County.
2000 - Billy Wagner, the Emergency Manager for Monroe County, FL, which includes the Florida Keys, had a dilemma on his hands. He had a strengthening Tropical Storm Debbie north of Puerto Rico. Wagner knew that it would take 36 hours to evacuate the Keys. Wagner consulted with the National Hurricane Center and decided to issue an evacuation the next morning. He faced the wrath of tourism officials when the storm weakened inexplicably.
Super Typhoon Billis devastated Taiwan claiming 11 lives, injuring at least 80 others, and trapping 18 in mudslides.
2002 - Thunderstorms produced very heavy rainfall across far northern Illinois during the early morning hours. Significant flooding of roads, creeks and basements were reported across several counties in northern Illinois. Chicago reported 3.75 inches of rain in six hours. Many roads were closed due to flooding and the metropolitan water reclamation district of greater Chicago opened the locks at Wilmette Harbor and at the Chicago River releasing 850 million gallons of storm and sewage water into Lake Michigan. Several beaches were closed as a result.
The Dubuque airport in Iowa reported 8.96 inches of rain setting their 24 hour rainfall record.
2003 - Cheyenne, WY topped out at 92°, making it the 32nd 90 degree day this year, a record for the location.
The Okanagan Mountain fire reached its destructive peak, destroying 250 homes in British Columbia Canada. Nearly 40,000 residents were evacuated or on alert. The Okanagan Mountain Park Fire was estimated to be 17,000 hectares and continued to grow.
2008 - Severe thunderstorms produced large hail and strong winds over parts of eastern Wyoming and the Nebraska panhandle. A wind gust to 71 mph was recorded at the Chadron airport in Nebraska while 60 to 70 mph winds and hail up to 2 inches in diameter were reported around Douglas, WY.
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For August 28th
1816 - Widespread frosts continued throughout New England in the infamous “Year Without A Summer”.
1898 - Torrents of rain accompanied by a furious wind upset the rain gage at Fort Mohave AZ. However, water in a wash tub set out on the mesa, clear of everything, measured eight inches after the 45 minute storm. (The Weather Channel)
1911 - Saint George, GA, was deluged with 18.00 inches of rain in 24 hours to establish a state record. (The Weather Channel)
1951 - Needles, CA recorded 2.55 inches of rain which is the greatest one day calendar total.
1954 - Thunderstorm winds and hail struck Alachua and Orange Counties in Florida. A tornado touched down briefly in Orlando and ripped up three large oaks. Trees, wire lines, and TV antennas were downed in many areas. Considerable wind damage to roofs and several automobiles were hit by falling trees. A child was killed by lightning at Lake City, FL. Several others were injured.
1959 - Lieutenant Colonel William Rankin bailed out of his plane at a height of 46,000 feet into a violent thunderstorm, and lived to write about the 45 minute journey (which normally would have been a thirteen minute descent). He described it as one of the most bizarre and painful experiences imaginable. (The Weather Channel)
1961 - La Coruna on the tip of northwestern Spain recorded its hottest day on record as the temperature peak at 103.3°.
1964 - NASA launched the first NIMBUS weather satellite. More advanced than the pioneering TIROS satellites, the NIMBUS program featured new cameras and sensors that continued well into the 1970s.
1966 - 3.78 inches of rain fell in one hour at Porcupine Mountain, Manitoba Canada.
1968 - One man was seriously injured by lightning while riding on a roller coaster at a Denver, CO amusement park. An airline employee was injured when lightning struck a jetliner he was servicing at Stapleton International Airport. A lightning caused fire did extensive damage to a house and to several others.
Heavy rains of as much as 8 in. fell on Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River. Canyon in Randall County reported 7.87 in. All highways through Canyon were closed for a time during and immediately after the storm.
1971 - Heavy rains from Tropical Storm Doria caused devastating floods in central and northeast New Jersey resulting in 138 million dollars damage. In southeastern Pennsylvania, high winds downed trees and power lines, and in New York City, heavy rains flooded streets and subways. (David Ludlum)
1973 - An F4 tornado touched down in extreme eastern New York and moved into Massachusetts and leveled a truck stop at West Stockbridge. Four people were killed and 43 others were injured. The thunderstorm responsible for this tornado had tops to 62,000 feet which is rare for this part of the country.
1977 - Severe flooding hit parts of southwest Oklahoma after 8 to 10 inches of rain fell over the area. The hardest hit areas were between the West Cache and Blue Beaver Creeks, near the communities of Cache, Faxon, and Medicine Park, all in Comanche County. Six children had to be rescued by helicopter from a knoll between the two creeks, while several other families had to be evacuated. Damage was quite severe as many houses reportedly had two to four feet of water flowing through them. The floods also washed away several bridges.
1978 - Hail up to six inches deep was recorded during a severe thunderstorm at Colorado Springs, CO.
1979 - 2.73 inches of rain fell in 50 minutes at Rochester, MN; resulting in extensive flooding. The rainfall put the city over the top for the month as the wettest August on record.
A tornado struck a fully loaded semi-trailer truck on a highway in southwestern Iowa. The truck was carried through the air for 200 yards, fatally injuring the driver, who was found another 50 yards away. The twister was part of an outbreak of 20 tornadoes that occurred across a five state area.
1980 - Two inches of snow fell at Sherman Pass, WA.
1982 - A strong cold front pushed through bringing record low temperatures across parts of the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley. Record lows included: International Falls, MN: 30°, Duluth, MN: 34°, Marquette, MI: 36°, Lansing, MI: 36°, Ste. St. Marie, MI: 37°-Tied, Toledo, OH: 41°, Youngstown, OH: 41°, Rochester, NY: 41°, Grand Rapids, MI: 42°, Albany, NY: 42°, Binghamton, NY: 42°, Buffalo, NY: 43°, Syracuse, NY: 43° and New York (LaGuardia), NY: 57°-Tied.
1985 - In the early morning hours eight inches of rain pounded Le Mars, IA. Every home in town had some problems and houses that had never had water in their basements suddenly had 6 inches of water standing on their floors. Later that afternoon, more severe weather developed in northwest Iowa pounding several counties with golfball size hail and high winds in excess of 60 mph. Window and tree damage was extensive across Emmett, O'Brien, Cherokee, Clay, Buena Vista and Plymouth Counties.
1986 - There was an autumnal chill extending from the upper Midwest, Great Lakes to the Ohio& Tennessee Valley and the Mid-Atlantic. Locations recording their coldest August temperature ever included: Viroqua, WI: 32°, Richland Center, WI: 33°, Guttenberg, IA: 40° and Quincy, IL: 42°. Other daily records included: Grand Forks, ND: 31°, Lansing, MI: 36°-Tied, Sioux City, IA: 39°, Flint, MI: 39-Tied, Dubuque, IA: 40°, Moline, IL: 40°, Elkins, WV: 40°-Tied, Des Moines, IA: 41°, Peoria, IL: 41°, Grand Rapids, MI: 41°, Chicago, IL: 42°, Fort Wayne, IN: 42°, South Bend, IN: 42°, Columbia, MO: 42°-Tied, Kansas City, MO: 43°, Indianapolis, IN: 43°, Detroit, MI: 43°, Springfield, IL: 44°, Sterling (Dulles Airport), VA: 44°, Wilmington, DE: 46°, Allentown, PA: 46-Tied, Cincinnati, OH: 47°, St. Louis, MO: 48°, Baltimore, MD: 48°, Evansville, IN: 48°, Bristol, TN: 48-Tied, Philadelphia, PA: 49°, Islip, NY: 49°, Huntington, WV: 49°, Roanoke, VA: 49°-Tied, Jackson, KY: 50°, Richmond, VA: 50°, Wallops Island, VA: 50°, Lexington, KY: 50°-Tied, Louisville, KY: 51°, Lynchburg, VA: 51°-Tied, New York (Kennedy Airport), NY: 53°, New York (LaGuardia), NY: 54° and Oak Ridge, TN: 54°-Tied.
The temperature at Apalachicola, FL, dipped to 62 degrees to shatter their previous August record by four degrees, having tied their August record high of 99 degrees on the 2nd of the month. (The Weather Channel)
1987 - Severe thunderstorms broke the heat in the southeastern U.S. and the Gulf Coast Region, but not before seven cities reported record high temperatures for the date. The severe thunderstorms produced wind gusts to 80 mph downing large trees around Horse Shoe NC, and pelted southeastern Meridian MS with hail two inches in diameter. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
Golfball size hail fell at Rosharon (Brazoria County) but did little damage. High winds from a late afternoon thunderstorm rolled a mobile home in which eight persons were in. The people were treated at a local hospital for cuts and bruises and then released. The wind also damaged out buildings, trees and windows. Other mobile homes in the area suffered minor damage.
1988 - Tropical Storm Chris spawned a tornado near Manning, SC, which killed one person, and spawned three tornadoes in North Carolina. Chris produced one to two foot tides, and three to six inch rains, over coastal South Carolina. Severe thunderstorms in New York State and Vermont, developing ahead of a cold front, spawned a tornado which killed one person at Hector NY, produced tennis ball size hail at Brandon VT, and produced wind gusts to 80 mph at Lyndonville VT. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
Severe thunderstorms in New York State and Vermont, developing ahead of a cold front, spawned a tornado which killed one person at Hector, NY, produced tennis ball size hail at Brandon, VT, and produced wind gusts to 80 mph at Lyndonville, VT.
1989 - Early morning thunderstorms in Nebraska produced 4.50 inches of rain around McCook, and 4.65 inches near Auburn and Brownville. Showers in Montana pushed the rainfall total for the month at Havre past the previous August record of 3.90 inches. (The National Weather Summary)
1990 - A deadly tornado struck Kendall and Will Counties in northern Illinois. Known as “The Plainfield, IL Tornado”, the F5 twister was on the ground for over 16 miles, touching down first near Oswego and lifting 20 minutes later in Joliet. The worst damage occurred in the towns of Plainfield and Crest Hill. 29 people were killed, and another 350 were injured. Total damage was estimated around $165 million dollars. Before the tornado developed, the severe thunderstorm produced wind gusts in the 80-100 mph range. Oddly, no known photographs or videos of the actual tornado exist. The tornado was embedded in heavy rain and hail during most of its lifetime, thus preventing visual warning of the impending event.
Proper tornado warnings were not issued as coordination between local National Weather Service Offices and spotter networks was inadequate, prompting an official NOAA investigation.
1992 - The coolest August temperature ever recorded in Wichita Falls, TX when the temperature fell to a cool 53°.
Rapidly intensifying Typhoon Omar cut right across the U.S. territory of Guam in the western Pacific. At the time of landfall winds were sustained at 125 mph around the eye. Anderson Air Force Base had sustained winds of 104 mph with a peak gust to 150 mph, recorded a pressure reading of 945.8 millibars or 27.93 inHg, and was deluged with 16.41 inches of rain. Agana Naval Air Station reported wind gusts exceeding 170 mph and a low pressure reading of 932 millibars or 27.52 inHg. The storm surge reached 10 feet on the northeast side of the island. The Western Pacific Typhoon Warning Center was knocked out of commission, less than a week after Hurricane Andrew severely damaged the Atlantic region's National Hurricane Center in Coral Gables, FL. One person was killed, 132 people were injured, over 4,000 homes were damaged or destroyed, and total damage was $487 million dollars. This was the strongest typhoon to strike Guam since Typhoon Pamela in 1976.
1993 - A lightning strike killed a Houston man as he was entering his car at 13-mile Road near the west end of Galveston Island (Glaveston County). The man had stopped wade fishing due to the thunderstorms in the area.
2005 - Hurricane Katrina continues to rapidly strengthen reaching Category 5 status. It had the third lowest pressure for an American hurricane in recorded history, with only the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 having a lower measurement. Katrina dropped to 902 millibars. The Labor Day event of 1935 had a minimum pressure of 892 millibars.
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1816 - Widespread frosts continued throughout New England in the infamous “Year Without A Summer”.
1898 - Torrents of rain accompanied by a furious wind upset the rain gage at Fort Mohave AZ. However, water in a wash tub set out on the mesa, clear of everything, measured eight inches after the 45 minute storm. (The Weather Channel)
1911 - Saint George, GA, was deluged with 18.00 inches of rain in 24 hours to establish a state record. (The Weather Channel)
1951 - Needles, CA recorded 2.55 inches of rain which is the greatest one day calendar total.
1954 - Thunderstorm winds and hail struck Alachua and Orange Counties in Florida. A tornado touched down briefly in Orlando and ripped up three large oaks. Trees, wire lines, and TV antennas were downed in many areas. Considerable wind damage to roofs and several automobiles were hit by falling trees. A child was killed by lightning at Lake City, FL. Several others were injured.
1959 - Lieutenant Colonel William Rankin bailed out of his plane at a height of 46,000 feet into a violent thunderstorm, and lived to write about the 45 minute journey (which normally would have been a thirteen minute descent). He described it as one of the most bizarre and painful experiences imaginable. (The Weather Channel)
1961 - La Coruna on the tip of northwestern Spain recorded its hottest day on record as the temperature peak at 103.3°.
1964 - NASA launched the first NIMBUS weather satellite. More advanced than the pioneering TIROS satellites, the NIMBUS program featured new cameras and sensors that continued well into the 1970s.
1966 - 3.78 inches of rain fell in one hour at Porcupine Mountain, Manitoba Canada.
1968 - One man was seriously injured by lightning while riding on a roller coaster at a Denver, CO amusement park. An airline employee was injured when lightning struck a jetliner he was servicing at Stapleton International Airport. A lightning caused fire did extensive damage to a house and to several others.
Heavy rains of as much as 8 in. fell on Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River. Canyon in Randall County reported 7.87 in. All highways through Canyon were closed for a time during and immediately after the storm.
1971 - Heavy rains from Tropical Storm Doria caused devastating floods in central and northeast New Jersey resulting in 138 million dollars damage. In southeastern Pennsylvania, high winds downed trees and power lines, and in New York City, heavy rains flooded streets and subways. (David Ludlum)
1973 - An F4 tornado touched down in extreme eastern New York and moved into Massachusetts and leveled a truck stop at West Stockbridge. Four people were killed and 43 others were injured. The thunderstorm responsible for this tornado had tops to 62,000 feet which is rare for this part of the country.
1977 - Severe flooding hit parts of southwest Oklahoma after 8 to 10 inches of rain fell over the area. The hardest hit areas were between the West Cache and Blue Beaver Creeks, near the communities of Cache, Faxon, and Medicine Park, all in Comanche County. Six children had to be rescued by helicopter from a knoll between the two creeks, while several other families had to be evacuated. Damage was quite severe as many houses reportedly had two to four feet of water flowing through them. The floods also washed away several bridges.
1978 - Hail up to six inches deep was recorded during a severe thunderstorm at Colorado Springs, CO.
1979 - 2.73 inches of rain fell in 50 minutes at Rochester, MN; resulting in extensive flooding. The rainfall put the city over the top for the month as the wettest August on record.
A tornado struck a fully loaded semi-trailer truck on a highway in southwestern Iowa. The truck was carried through the air for 200 yards, fatally injuring the driver, who was found another 50 yards away. The twister was part of an outbreak of 20 tornadoes that occurred across a five state area.
1980 - Two inches of snow fell at Sherman Pass, WA.
1982 - A strong cold front pushed through bringing record low temperatures across parts of the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley. Record lows included: International Falls, MN: 30°, Duluth, MN: 34°, Marquette, MI: 36°, Lansing, MI: 36°, Ste. St. Marie, MI: 37°-Tied, Toledo, OH: 41°, Youngstown, OH: 41°, Rochester, NY: 41°, Grand Rapids, MI: 42°, Albany, NY: 42°, Binghamton, NY: 42°, Buffalo, NY: 43°, Syracuse, NY: 43° and New York (LaGuardia), NY: 57°-Tied.
1985 - In the early morning hours eight inches of rain pounded Le Mars, IA. Every home in town had some problems and houses that had never had water in their basements suddenly had 6 inches of water standing on their floors. Later that afternoon, more severe weather developed in northwest Iowa pounding several counties with golfball size hail and high winds in excess of 60 mph. Window and tree damage was extensive across Emmett, O'Brien, Cherokee, Clay, Buena Vista and Plymouth Counties.
1986 - There was an autumnal chill extending from the upper Midwest, Great Lakes to the Ohio& Tennessee Valley and the Mid-Atlantic. Locations recording their coldest August temperature ever included: Viroqua, WI: 32°, Richland Center, WI: 33°, Guttenberg, IA: 40° and Quincy, IL: 42°. Other daily records included: Grand Forks, ND: 31°, Lansing, MI: 36°-Tied, Sioux City, IA: 39°, Flint, MI: 39-Tied, Dubuque, IA: 40°, Moline, IL: 40°, Elkins, WV: 40°-Tied, Des Moines, IA: 41°, Peoria, IL: 41°, Grand Rapids, MI: 41°, Chicago, IL: 42°, Fort Wayne, IN: 42°, South Bend, IN: 42°, Columbia, MO: 42°-Tied, Kansas City, MO: 43°, Indianapolis, IN: 43°, Detroit, MI: 43°, Springfield, IL: 44°, Sterling (Dulles Airport), VA: 44°, Wilmington, DE: 46°, Allentown, PA: 46-Tied, Cincinnati, OH: 47°, St. Louis, MO: 48°, Baltimore, MD: 48°, Evansville, IN: 48°, Bristol, TN: 48-Tied, Philadelphia, PA: 49°, Islip, NY: 49°, Huntington, WV: 49°, Roanoke, VA: 49°-Tied, Jackson, KY: 50°, Richmond, VA: 50°, Wallops Island, VA: 50°, Lexington, KY: 50°-Tied, Louisville, KY: 51°, Lynchburg, VA: 51°-Tied, New York (Kennedy Airport), NY: 53°, New York (LaGuardia), NY: 54° and Oak Ridge, TN: 54°-Tied.
The temperature at Apalachicola, FL, dipped to 62 degrees to shatter their previous August record by four degrees, having tied their August record high of 99 degrees on the 2nd of the month. (The Weather Channel)
1987 - Severe thunderstorms broke the heat in the southeastern U.S. and the Gulf Coast Region, but not before seven cities reported record high temperatures for the date. The severe thunderstorms produced wind gusts to 80 mph downing large trees around Horse Shoe NC, and pelted southeastern Meridian MS with hail two inches in diameter. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
Golfball size hail fell at Rosharon (Brazoria County) but did little damage. High winds from a late afternoon thunderstorm rolled a mobile home in which eight persons were in. The people were treated at a local hospital for cuts and bruises and then released. The wind also damaged out buildings, trees and windows. Other mobile homes in the area suffered minor damage.
1988 - Tropical Storm Chris spawned a tornado near Manning, SC, which killed one person, and spawned three tornadoes in North Carolina. Chris produced one to two foot tides, and three to six inch rains, over coastal South Carolina. Severe thunderstorms in New York State and Vermont, developing ahead of a cold front, spawned a tornado which killed one person at Hector NY, produced tennis ball size hail at Brandon VT, and produced wind gusts to 80 mph at Lyndonville VT. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
Severe thunderstorms in New York State and Vermont, developing ahead of a cold front, spawned a tornado which killed one person at Hector, NY, produced tennis ball size hail at Brandon, VT, and produced wind gusts to 80 mph at Lyndonville, VT.
1989 - Early morning thunderstorms in Nebraska produced 4.50 inches of rain around McCook, and 4.65 inches near Auburn and Brownville. Showers in Montana pushed the rainfall total for the month at Havre past the previous August record of 3.90 inches. (The National Weather Summary)
1990 - A deadly tornado struck Kendall and Will Counties in northern Illinois. Known as “The Plainfield, IL Tornado”, the F5 twister was on the ground for over 16 miles, touching down first near Oswego and lifting 20 minutes later in Joliet. The worst damage occurred in the towns of Plainfield and Crest Hill. 29 people were killed, and another 350 were injured. Total damage was estimated around $165 million dollars. Before the tornado developed, the severe thunderstorm produced wind gusts in the 80-100 mph range. Oddly, no known photographs or videos of the actual tornado exist. The tornado was embedded in heavy rain and hail during most of its lifetime, thus preventing visual warning of the impending event.
Proper tornado warnings were not issued as coordination between local National Weather Service Offices and spotter networks was inadequate, prompting an official NOAA investigation.
1992 - The coolest August temperature ever recorded in Wichita Falls, TX when the temperature fell to a cool 53°.
Rapidly intensifying Typhoon Omar cut right across the U.S. territory of Guam in the western Pacific. At the time of landfall winds were sustained at 125 mph around the eye. Anderson Air Force Base had sustained winds of 104 mph with a peak gust to 150 mph, recorded a pressure reading of 945.8 millibars or 27.93 inHg, and was deluged with 16.41 inches of rain. Agana Naval Air Station reported wind gusts exceeding 170 mph and a low pressure reading of 932 millibars or 27.52 inHg. The storm surge reached 10 feet on the northeast side of the island. The Western Pacific Typhoon Warning Center was knocked out of commission, less than a week after Hurricane Andrew severely damaged the Atlantic region's National Hurricane Center in Coral Gables, FL. One person was killed, 132 people were injured, over 4,000 homes were damaged or destroyed, and total damage was $487 million dollars. This was the strongest typhoon to strike Guam since Typhoon Pamela in 1976.
1993 - A lightning strike killed a Houston man as he was entering his car at 13-mile Road near the west end of Galveston Island (Glaveston County). The man had stopped wade fishing due to the thunderstorms in the area.
2005 - Hurricane Katrina continues to rapidly strengthen reaching Category 5 status. It had the third lowest pressure for an American hurricane in recorded history, with only the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 having a lower measurement. Katrina dropped to 902 millibars. The Labor Day event of 1935 had a minimum pressure of 892 millibars.
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For August 29th
1583 - The ship “Delight” was wrecked on the Sable Island, Nova Scotia Canada during blinding rain and thick fog. This was Canada's first recorded marine disaster, which took 85 lives.
1816 - Any remaining hopes of harvesting a corn crop were dashed by heavy frosts in northern New England. This was the second time this summer with heavy frosts.
1876 - A torrential downpour inundated St John's, Newfoundland Canada with 6.8 inches of rain, the greatest single daily accumulation ever recorded in the province.
1893 - A very destructive hurricane devastated the Georgia/South Carolina coast on the 27th. A tremendous wave submerged the offshore islands near Charleston and Savannah, killing between 1,000 and 2,500 people. The storm recurved to the northeast, passing through eastern Pennsylvania, still maintaining hurricane strength. Norfolk, VA, and New York City both measured a gust to 60 mph. The storm decreased to tropical storm status in Maine.
To the west, Buffalo, NY received 4.22 inches of rain. A large number of cellars were flooded, sidewalks were raised and carried for blocks, the street cars were unable to run and in some instances the sewers were unable to carry off the water. Estimated damages were about $5,000 dollars.
1936 - In Rickmansworth England, the temperature rose within 9 hours from an overnight low of 34° to an afternoon high of 84.9°, a jump of 50.9°.
1960 - Hurricane Donna, the only storm on record to strike Florida, the Mid-Atlantic States and New England, was born in the far eastern Atlantic.
1962 - Hackberry, LA, was deluged with twenty-two inches of rain in 24 hours, establishing a state record. (The Weather Channel)
1965 - A national record for the month of August was established when 2.5 inches of snow fell atop Mount Washington NH. Temperatures in New England dipped to 39 degrees at Nantucket MA, and to 25 degrees in Vermont. For many location it was the earliest freeze of record. (David Ludlum)
Record August lows included: Necedah, WI: 28°, Fort Wayne, IN: 38°, South Bend, IN: 40°.
Other record lows included: Elkins, WV: 34°, Madison, WI: 35°, Beckley, WV: 36°, Duluth, MN: 37°, Toledo, OH: 37°, Green Bay, WI: 38°, Columbus, OH: 39°, Flint, MI: 40°, Mansfield, OH: 40°, Pittsburgh, PA: 40°, Albany, NY: 40°, Binghamton, NY: 40°, Rochester, NY: 40°, La Crosse, WI: 40°-Tied, Indianapolis, IN: 41°, Cleveland, OH: 41°, Youngstown, OH: 41°, Lexington, KY: 42°, Grand Rapids, MI: 42°, Akron, OH: 42°, Dayton, OH: 42°, Williamsport, PA: 42°, Cincinnati, OH: 43°, Huntington, WV: 43°, Syracuse, NY: 43°, Chicago, IL: 43°-Tied, Peoria, IL: 44°, Milwaukee, WI: 44°, Avoca, PA: 44°, Springfield, IL: 45°, Milton, MA: 45°-Tied, Wilmington, DE: 46°, Atlantic City, NJ: 46°, Allentown, PA: 46°, Philadelphia, PA: 46°, St. Louis, MO: 47°, Evansville, IN: 47°, Roanoke, VA: 47°, Bristol, TN: 49°, Louisville, KY: 49°, Paducah, KY: 49°, Lynchburg, VA: 49°, Raleigh-Durham, NC: 50°, Baltimore, MD: 50°, Newark, NJ: 50°, New York (Central Park), NY: 50°, New York (Kennedy Airport), NY: 51°, Bridgeport, CT: 51°, Richmond, VA: 52°, Greensboro, NC: 52°-Tied, Oak Ridge, TN: 53°, New York (LaGuardia), NY: 53°, Norfolk, VA: 54°, Cape Hatteras, NC: 62° and New Orleans, LA: 67°.
1974 - Hurricane Carmen was born east of the Lesser Antilles.
1978 - The remnants of Tropical Storm Debra spawned a tornado in southern Memphis, TN. The twister was two miles long and 75-100 yards wide, left 26 injured and did $4.6 million damage. No thunder or lightning was observed. The tornado came within one mile of Elvis Presley's Graceland.
1979 - The strong winds of powerful Hurricane David leveled the island of Dominica in the Lesser Antilles, resulting in 56 deaths and leaving 60,000 of the islands 80,000 inhabitants homeless.
Hurricane Frederic was born in the Atlantic.
1980 - 2.23 inches of rain fell in less than one hour at Houston, TX causing flooding in the downtown area.
1982 - Canadian high pressure settled across the Mid-Atlantic brought record lows from the Great Lakes to the East Coast. The morning low of 39° at Pittsburgh, PA was their coldest reading ever in August. Cool air from Canada continues pouring in, Houghton Lake, MI: 29°, Ste. St. Marie, MI: 29°, Alpena, MI: 30°, Youngstown, OH: 32°, Toledo, OH: 34°, Albany, NY: 34°, Marquette, MI: 36°, Caribou, ME: 36°, Flint, MI: 37°, Erie, PA: 37°, Muskegon, MI: 38°, Detroit, MI: 38°, Cleveland, OH: 38°, Sterling (Dulles Airport), VA: 38°, Avoca, PA: 38°, Binghamton, NY: 38°, Buffalo, NY: 38°, Rochester, NY: 38°, Pittsburgh, PA: 39°, Williamsport, PA: 39°, Hartford, CT: 39°, Grand Rapids, MI: 41°, Akron, OH: 41°, Atlantic City, NJ: 41°, Milton, MA: 41°, Wilmington, DE: 43°, Allentown, PA: 43°, Chicago, IL: 43°-Tied, Milwaukee, WI: 44°, Bridgeport, CT: 44°, Newark, NJ: 45°, Harrisburg, PA: 46°, Providence, RI: 46°, Philadelphia, PA: 46°-Tied, Baltimore, MD: 49°, Richmond, VA: 50°, New York (Central Park), NY: 50°-Tied, Norfolk, VA: 51°, Wallops Island, VA: 51°, New York (LaGuardia), NY: 51° and New York (Kennedy Airport), NY: 51°-Tied.
1983 - A devastating hail storm struck portions of central South Dakota. In a small portion of Faulk county hail pounded the area for two straight hours. At times, the hail was the size of baseballs. Of course, this amazing hail storm devastated crops in the area and took out windows in area buildings. In one home, the windows were shattered, the curtains shredded, and much of the upper floor was ruined by glass shards and water. On some houses paint was literally peeled off by the continual pounding of the hail.
Spencer in Clay County of northwest Iowa was the target of a severe thunderstorm. Winds of 70 mph whipped through town downing trees, power lines and breaking windows. One tree smashed a camping trailer when it fell due to strong winds.
1984 - The high temperature in Topeka, KS reached 110° for only the second time since the Dust Bowl days of the 1930's.
The highest temperature on record at Columbia, MO for the month of August: 110° was recorded.
1986 - Canadian high pressure across the Ohio Valley brought record chill from the Ohio Valley to the East Coast and Southeast.
Record lows included: Concord, NH: 32°, Caribou, ME: 35°, Beckley, WV: 36°-Tied, Goshen, IN: 37°, Dayton, OH: 41°, Atlantic City, NJ: 41°-Tied, Burlington, VT: 41°-Tied, Asheville, NC: 42°, Roanoke, VA: 42°, Syracuse, NY: 42°, Columbia, MO: 43°, Bristol, TN: 43°, Peoria, IL: 43°, Springfield, IL: 43°, Evansville, IN: 43°, Dubuque, IA: 43°-Tied, Cincinnati, OH: 43°-Tied, Huntington, WV: 43°-Tied, Paducah, KY: 44°, Philadelphia, PA: 44°, Providence, RI: 44°, Jackson, KY: 45°, Lexington, KY: 45°, Louisville, KY: 46°, Islip, NY: 46°, Springfield, MO: 47°, Greensboro, NC: 47°, Lynchburg, VA: 47°, Richmond, VA: 47°, Baltimore, MD: 47°, St. Louis, MO: 47°-Tied, Boston, MA: 47°-Tied, Wallops Island, VA: 48°, Nashville, TN: 49°, Washington, D.C.: 49°, Raleigh-Durham, NC: 49°, New York (Central Park), NY: 50°-Tied, Fort Smith, AR: 51°, Tupelo, MS: 52°, Little Rock, AR: 52°-Tied, Knoxville, TN: 53°, Memphis, TN: 53°, Charlotte, NC: 54°, Meridian, MS: 55°, Shreveport, LA: 56°, Savannah, GA: 57°, Charleston, SC: 57°, Lake Charles, LA: 61°, Tallahassee, FL: 61°-Tied and Mobile, AL: 64°.
1987 - Some of the most powerful thunderstorms in several years developed over the piedmont of North Carolina, and marched across central sections of the state during the late afternoon and evening hours. Baseball size hail was reported around Albemarle, while thunderstorm winds downed giant trees around High Falls. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1988 - Cool air invaded the north central U.S. Ten cities reported record low temperatures for the date, including Bismarck ND with a reading of 33 degrees. Deerfield, a small town in the Black Hills of South Dakota, reported a low of 23 degrees. The remnants of Tropical Storm Chris drenched eastern Pennsylvania with up to five and a half inches of rain, and produced high winds which gusted to 90 mph, severely damaging a hundred boats in Anne Arundel County MD. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1989 - Evening thunderstorms produced destructive lightning in West Virginia. The lightning caused widepsread damage, particularily in Doddridge County. Numerous trees were downed closing many roads. Fire companies had a difficult time tending to the many homes and trailers on fire.
Anchorage AK reported a record 9.60 inches of rain for the month of August. The average annual precipitation for Anchorage is just slighty more than fifteen inches.
Three day rainfall totals in northwest Missouri ranged up to 8.20 inches at Maryville. (The National Weather Summary)
1991 - Williamsport, PA established their record for most 90 degree plus days in one year as the event occurred for the 38th time.
Severe thunderstorms struck parts of southwest and central Oklahoma late in the evening. Most of the damage was from winds. Rush Springs experienced winds stronger than 80 mph, and a bus barn and several mobile homes were destroyed in the area. Just south of nearby Cement, the wind blew over an oil drilling rig. The storms also produced golf ball sized hail northeast of Durham.
In Kansas, thunderstorm wind gusts of 65 mph, combined with golf ball-size hail, blew out the windows of a few houses 3 miles west of Dodge City. The large hail also killed a bunch of sparrows nesting in surrounding trees. At Garden City, lightning struck service transformers, electric lines, and buildings causing power outages and several structural fires. Lightning also caused one house fire that resulted in $20,000 damage. Flooding occurred along Highway 281 near the Kansas/Oklahoma border due to heavy rainfall. Water was up to the tail lights of some cars and the highway patrol had to stop traffic.
1995 - The 1995 North Atlantic Hurricane Season was one of the busiest on record. The National Hurricane Center had their hands full on this date, as they tracked dissipating Tropical Storm Jerry, a strong tropical wave and four named storms: Hurricane Humberto, Hurricane Iris, Tropical Storm Karen and Tropical Storm Luis.
1996 - A severe thunderstorm produced 1.75 inch diameter hail and very heavy rain over parts of Cheyenne on this day in 1996, flooding some basements on the north side of town and causing about 2.4 million in damage. Further east, Sidney, NE was flooded with up to 5 inches of rain.
1998 - Strong thunderstorms developed each day starting on this day and ending on 8/31 in parts of southern California. 1.5 inches of rain fell at Apple Valley, 0.77 inched fell in only 45 minutes at Wrightwood, and 0.68 inches fell in only 30 minutes at Forest Falls. Homes and roads were flooded with four to six feet of water in Hesperia and Apple Valley. Rock slides occurred in Mill Creek. Roads were flooded in Sugarloaf and Forest Falls. Flash flooding was also recorded in Hemet. Severe thunderstorm wind gusts of 86 mph hit Sage, south of Hemet. Gusts of 50 mph were recorded at Rialto and gusts of
45 mph hit San Marcos. Trees and power lines were downed.
Record heat occurred near the coast as well on these same days. Temperatures hit 114° at Dulzura, 112° at Yorba Linda and the Wild Animal Park, 110° at El Cajon, Hemet and Riverside, 108° at Ramona, 106° at Vista and Escondido, and over 100° in most of Orange County.
1999 - Parts of the Outer Banks of North Carolina were being evacuated as large Category 2 Hurricane Dennis continued to move towards the coast with top winds of 105 mph. The National Hurricane Center cautiously waited for the hurricane to make a much-anticipated turn to the east that would carry it out to sea and away from land.
2000 - The mercury reached 105° at Mobile, AL, setting an all-time record high. The record high also established a new mark for most 100 degree days in a summer with 8.
Heavy rainfall totaling nearly 2.00 inches of rain soaked the northwest part of Las Vegas, NV. Several swift water rescues were preformed after people ignored warning signs. No injuries were reported, but at least 40 motorists became stranded.
2002 - Strong thunderstorms dropped 4.7 inches of rain on Kerkyra, Corfu Greece in six hours, nearly seven times the average August rainfall.
2005 - Hurricane Katrina, one of the strongest storms to impact the coast of the United States during the last 100 years, blasted coastal Louisiana with winds gusting over 100 mph. The hurricane caused major levee breaks that flood 80% of New Orleans up to 20 feet deep.
Coastal Mississippi bore the brunt of Hurricane Katrina's force. Powerful winds and a devastating storm surge of 20-30+ feet raked the coastline, spreading floodwaters several miles inland. Along the Mississippi and Alabama coastlines, thousands of homes and buildings were damaged or destroyed and more than 2.3 million people lost power. The accepted death toll has reached more than 1,300 based on bodies found, but the real death toll is clearly higher.
Hurricane Katrina's minimum central pressure was observed at 902 millibars, by reconnaissance aircraft, the 5th lowest pressure ever recorded in the Atlantic Basin. Katrina is also the third most-intense landfalling hurricane in U.S. history based on a minimum landfall pressure of 920 millibars.
2007 - With its high temperature pegged at 113° Phoenix, AZ sets a new record of 29 days with 110°+ temperatures.
2008 - On this date through the 30th, a freakish late-winter heat wave developed over Argentina. Buenos Aires recorded highs of 93.2° and 92.3°, respectively; normal would be around 60°. Cordoba had a high of 99.1° the next day. Santa Fe reached 101.5° two days later. These would be hot days in midsummer, let alone late August which is late winter.
Parts of central Japan receive torrential rain that causes flooding and landslides that force nearly half a million people to evacuate. The city of Okazaki measured 5.7 inches of rain.
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1583 - The ship “Delight” was wrecked on the Sable Island, Nova Scotia Canada during blinding rain and thick fog. This was Canada's first recorded marine disaster, which took 85 lives.
1816 - Any remaining hopes of harvesting a corn crop were dashed by heavy frosts in northern New England. This was the second time this summer with heavy frosts.
1876 - A torrential downpour inundated St John's, Newfoundland Canada with 6.8 inches of rain, the greatest single daily accumulation ever recorded in the province.
1893 - A very destructive hurricane devastated the Georgia/South Carolina coast on the 27th. A tremendous wave submerged the offshore islands near Charleston and Savannah, killing between 1,000 and 2,500 people. The storm recurved to the northeast, passing through eastern Pennsylvania, still maintaining hurricane strength. Norfolk, VA, and New York City both measured a gust to 60 mph. The storm decreased to tropical storm status in Maine.
To the west, Buffalo, NY received 4.22 inches of rain. A large number of cellars were flooded, sidewalks were raised and carried for blocks, the street cars were unable to run and in some instances the sewers were unable to carry off the water. Estimated damages were about $5,000 dollars.
1936 - In Rickmansworth England, the temperature rose within 9 hours from an overnight low of 34° to an afternoon high of 84.9°, a jump of 50.9°.
1960 - Hurricane Donna, the only storm on record to strike Florida, the Mid-Atlantic States and New England, was born in the far eastern Atlantic.
1962 - Hackberry, LA, was deluged with twenty-two inches of rain in 24 hours, establishing a state record. (The Weather Channel)
1965 - A national record for the month of August was established when 2.5 inches of snow fell atop Mount Washington NH. Temperatures in New England dipped to 39 degrees at Nantucket MA, and to 25 degrees in Vermont. For many location it was the earliest freeze of record. (David Ludlum)
Record August lows included: Necedah, WI: 28°, Fort Wayne, IN: 38°, South Bend, IN: 40°.
Other record lows included: Elkins, WV: 34°, Madison, WI: 35°, Beckley, WV: 36°, Duluth, MN: 37°, Toledo, OH: 37°, Green Bay, WI: 38°, Columbus, OH: 39°, Flint, MI: 40°, Mansfield, OH: 40°, Pittsburgh, PA: 40°, Albany, NY: 40°, Binghamton, NY: 40°, Rochester, NY: 40°, La Crosse, WI: 40°-Tied, Indianapolis, IN: 41°, Cleveland, OH: 41°, Youngstown, OH: 41°, Lexington, KY: 42°, Grand Rapids, MI: 42°, Akron, OH: 42°, Dayton, OH: 42°, Williamsport, PA: 42°, Cincinnati, OH: 43°, Huntington, WV: 43°, Syracuse, NY: 43°, Chicago, IL: 43°-Tied, Peoria, IL: 44°, Milwaukee, WI: 44°, Avoca, PA: 44°, Springfield, IL: 45°, Milton, MA: 45°-Tied, Wilmington, DE: 46°, Atlantic City, NJ: 46°, Allentown, PA: 46°, Philadelphia, PA: 46°, St. Louis, MO: 47°, Evansville, IN: 47°, Roanoke, VA: 47°, Bristol, TN: 49°, Louisville, KY: 49°, Paducah, KY: 49°, Lynchburg, VA: 49°, Raleigh-Durham, NC: 50°, Baltimore, MD: 50°, Newark, NJ: 50°, New York (Central Park), NY: 50°, New York (Kennedy Airport), NY: 51°, Bridgeport, CT: 51°, Richmond, VA: 52°, Greensboro, NC: 52°-Tied, Oak Ridge, TN: 53°, New York (LaGuardia), NY: 53°, Norfolk, VA: 54°, Cape Hatteras, NC: 62° and New Orleans, LA: 67°.
1974 - Hurricane Carmen was born east of the Lesser Antilles.
1978 - The remnants of Tropical Storm Debra spawned a tornado in southern Memphis, TN. The twister was two miles long and 75-100 yards wide, left 26 injured and did $4.6 million damage. No thunder or lightning was observed. The tornado came within one mile of Elvis Presley's Graceland.
1979 - The strong winds of powerful Hurricane David leveled the island of Dominica in the Lesser Antilles, resulting in 56 deaths and leaving 60,000 of the islands 80,000 inhabitants homeless.
Hurricane Frederic was born in the Atlantic.
1980 - 2.23 inches of rain fell in less than one hour at Houston, TX causing flooding in the downtown area.
1982 - Canadian high pressure settled across the Mid-Atlantic brought record lows from the Great Lakes to the East Coast. The morning low of 39° at Pittsburgh, PA was their coldest reading ever in August. Cool air from Canada continues pouring in, Houghton Lake, MI: 29°, Ste. St. Marie, MI: 29°, Alpena, MI: 30°, Youngstown, OH: 32°, Toledo, OH: 34°, Albany, NY: 34°, Marquette, MI: 36°, Caribou, ME: 36°, Flint, MI: 37°, Erie, PA: 37°, Muskegon, MI: 38°, Detroit, MI: 38°, Cleveland, OH: 38°, Sterling (Dulles Airport), VA: 38°, Avoca, PA: 38°, Binghamton, NY: 38°, Buffalo, NY: 38°, Rochester, NY: 38°, Pittsburgh, PA: 39°, Williamsport, PA: 39°, Hartford, CT: 39°, Grand Rapids, MI: 41°, Akron, OH: 41°, Atlantic City, NJ: 41°, Milton, MA: 41°, Wilmington, DE: 43°, Allentown, PA: 43°, Chicago, IL: 43°-Tied, Milwaukee, WI: 44°, Bridgeport, CT: 44°, Newark, NJ: 45°, Harrisburg, PA: 46°, Providence, RI: 46°, Philadelphia, PA: 46°-Tied, Baltimore, MD: 49°, Richmond, VA: 50°, New York (Central Park), NY: 50°-Tied, Norfolk, VA: 51°, Wallops Island, VA: 51°, New York (LaGuardia), NY: 51° and New York (Kennedy Airport), NY: 51°-Tied.
1983 - A devastating hail storm struck portions of central South Dakota. In a small portion of Faulk county hail pounded the area for two straight hours. At times, the hail was the size of baseballs. Of course, this amazing hail storm devastated crops in the area and took out windows in area buildings. In one home, the windows were shattered, the curtains shredded, and much of the upper floor was ruined by glass shards and water. On some houses paint was literally peeled off by the continual pounding of the hail.
Spencer in Clay County of northwest Iowa was the target of a severe thunderstorm. Winds of 70 mph whipped through town downing trees, power lines and breaking windows. One tree smashed a camping trailer when it fell due to strong winds.
1984 - The high temperature in Topeka, KS reached 110° for only the second time since the Dust Bowl days of the 1930's.
The highest temperature on record at Columbia, MO for the month of August: 110° was recorded.
1986 - Canadian high pressure across the Ohio Valley brought record chill from the Ohio Valley to the East Coast and Southeast.
Record lows included: Concord, NH: 32°, Caribou, ME: 35°, Beckley, WV: 36°-Tied, Goshen, IN: 37°, Dayton, OH: 41°, Atlantic City, NJ: 41°-Tied, Burlington, VT: 41°-Tied, Asheville, NC: 42°, Roanoke, VA: 42°, Syracuse, NY: 42°, Columbia, MO: 43°, Bristol, TN: 43°, Peoria, IL: 43°, Springfield, IL: 43°, Evansville, IN: 43°, Dubuque, IA: 43°-Tied, Cincinnati, OH: 43°-Tied, Huntington, WV: 43°-Tied, Paducah, KY: 44°, Philadelphia, PA: 44°, Providence, RI: 44°, Jackson, KY: 45°, Lexington, KY: 45°, Louisville, KY: 46°, Islip, NY: 46°, Springfield, MO: 47°, Greensboro, NC: 47°, Lynchburg, VA: 47°, Richmond, VA: 47°, Baltimore, MD: 47°, St. Louis, MO: 47°-Tied, Boston, MA: 47°-Tied, Wallops Island, VA: 48°, Nashville, TN: 49°, Washington, D.C.: 49°, Raleigh-Durham, NC: 49°, New York (Central Park), NY: 50°-Tied, Fort Smith, AR: 51°, Tupelo, MS: 52°, Little Rock, AR: 52°-Tied, Knoxville, TN: 53°, Memphis, TN: 53°, Charlotte, NC: 54°, Meridian, MS: 55°, Shreveport, LA: 56°, Savannah, GA: 57°, Charleston, SC: 57°, Lake Charles, LA: 61°, Tallahassee, FL: 61°-Tied and Mobile, AL: 64°.
1987 - Some of the most powerful thunderstorms in several years developed over the piedmont of North Carolina, and marched across central sections of the state during the late afternoon and evening hours. Baseball size hail was reported around Albemarle, while thunderstorm winds downed giant trees around High Falls. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1988 - Cool air invaded the north central U.S. Ten cities reported record low temperatures for the date, including Bismarck ND with a reading of 33 degrees. Deerfield, a small town in the Black Hills of South Dakota, reported a low of 23 degrees. The remnants of Tropical Storm Chris drenched eastern Pennsylvania with up to five and a half inches of rain, and produced high winds which gusted to 90 mph, severely damaging a hundred boats in Anne Arundel County MD. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1989 - Evening thunderstorms produced destructive lightning in West Virginia. The lightning caused widepsread damage, particularily in Doddridge County. Numerous trees were downed closing many roads. Fire companies had a difficult time tending to the many homes and trailers on fire.
Anchorage AK reported a record 9.60 inches of rain for the month of August. The average annual precipitation for Anchorage is just slighty more than fifteen inches.
Three day rainfall totals in northwest Missouri ranged up to 8.20 inches at Maryville. (The National Weather Summary)
1991 - Williamsport, PA established their record for most 90 degree plus days in one year as the event occurred for the 38th time.
Severe thunderstorms struck parts of southwest and central Oklahoma late in the evening. Most of the damage was from winds. Rush Springs experienced winds stronger than 80 mph, and a bus barn and several mobile homes were destroyed in the area. Just south of nearby Cement, the wind blew over an oil drilling rig. The storms also produced golf ball sized hail northeast of Durham.
In Kansas, thunderstorm wind gusts of 65 mph, combined with golf ball-size hail, blew out the windows of a few houses 3 miles west of Dodge City. The large hail also killed a bunch of sparrows nesting in surrounding trees. At Garden City, lightning struck service transformers, electric lines, and buildings causing power outages and several structural fires. Lightning also caused one house fire that resulted in $20,000 damage. Flooding occurred along Highway 281 near the Kansas/Oklahoma border due to heavy rainfall. Water was up to the tail lights of some cars and the highway patrol had to stop traffic.
1995 - The 1995 North Atlantic Hurricane Season was one of the busiest on record. The National Hurricane Center had their hands full on this date, as they tracked dissipating Tropical Storm Jerry, a strong tropical wave and four named storms: Hurricane Humberto, Hurricane Iris, Tropical Storm Karen and Tropical Storm Luis.
1996 - A severe thunderstorm produced 1.75 inch diameter hail and very heavy rain over parts of Cheyenne on this day in 1996, flooding some basements on the north side of town and causing about 2.4 million in damage. Further east, Sidney, NE was flooded with up to 5 inches of rain.
1998 - Strong thunderstorms developed each day starting on this day and ending on 8/31 in parts of southern California. 1.5 inches of rain fell at Apple Valley, 0.77 inched fell in only 45 minutes at Wrightwood, and 0.68 inches fell in only 30 minutes at Forest Falls. Homes and roads were flooded with four to six feet of water in Hesperia and Apple Valley. Rock slides occurred in Mill Creek. Roads were flooded in Sugarloaf and Forest Falls. Flash flooding was also recorded in Hemet. Severe thunderstorm wind gusts of 86 mph hit Sage, south of Hemet. Gusts of 50 mph were recorded at Rialto and gusts of
45 mph hit San Marcos. Trees and power lines were downed.
Record heat occurred near the coast as well on these same days. Temperatures hit 114° at Dulzura, 112° at Yorba Linda and the Wild Animal Park, 110° at El Cajon, Hemet and Riverside, 108° at Ramona, 106° at Vista and Escondido, and over 100° in most of Orange County.
1999 - Parts of the Outer Banks of North Carolina were being evacuated as large Category 2 Hurricane Dennis continued to move towards the coast with top winds of 105 mph. The National Hurricane Center cautiously waited for the hurricane to make a much-anticipated turn to the east that would carry it out to sea and away from land.
2000 - The mercury reached 105° at Mobile, AL, setting an all-time record high. The record high also established a new mark for most 100 degree days in a summer with 8.
Heavy rainfall totaling nearly 2.00 inches of rain soaked the northwest part of Las Vegas, NV. Several swift water rescues were preformed after people ignored warning signs. No injuries were reported, but at least 40 motorists became stranded.
2002 - Strong thunderstorms dropped 4.7 inches of rain on Kerkyra, Corfu Greece in six hours, nearly seven times the average August rainfall.
2005 - Hurricane Katrina, one of the strongest storms to impact the coast of the United States during the last 100 years, blasted coastal Louisiana with winds gusting over 100 mph. The hurricane caused major levee breaks that flood 80% of New Orleans up to 20 feet deep.
Coastal Mississippi bore the brunt of Hurricane Katrina's force. Powerful winds and a devastating storm surge of 20-30+ feet raked the coastline, spreading floodwaters several miles inland. Along the Mississippi and Alabama coastlines, thousands of homes and buildings were damaged or destroyed and more than 2.3 million people lost power. The accepted death toll has reached more than 1,300 based on bodies found, but the real death toll is clearly higher.
Hurricane Katrina's minimum central pressure was observed at 902 millibars, by reconnaissance aircraft, the 5th lowest pressure ever recorded in the Atlantic Basin. Katrina is also the third most-intense landfalling hurricane in U.S. history based on a minimum landfall pressure of 920 millibars.
2007 - With its high temperature pegged at 113° Phoenix, AZ sets a new record of 29 days with 110°+ temperatures.
2008 - On this date through the 30th, a freakish late-winter heat wave developed over Argentina. Buenos Aires recorded highs of 93.2° and 92.3°, respectively; normal would be around 60°. Cordoba had a high of 99.1° the next day. Santa Fe reached 101.5° two days later. These would be hot days in midsummer, let alone late August which is late winter.
Parts of central Japan receive torrential rain that causes flooding and landslides that force nearly half a million people to evacuate. The city of Okazaki measured 5.7 inches of rain.
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For September 7th
1881 - The temperature soared to 101 degrees at New York City, 102 degrees at Boston MA, and 104 degrees at Washington D.C. (David Ludlum)
1888 - Much of the Middle and Northern Atlantic Coast Region experienced freezing temperatures. Killer frosts resulted in a million dollars damage to crops in Maine. (David Ludlum)
1909 - Topeka, KS, was drenched with 8.08 inches of rain in 24 hours to establish a record for that location. (6th- 7th) (The Weather Channel)
1930 - A hailstorm produced stones as large as baseballs along a 60 mile path from Beresford, SD, to near Oto, IA. The swath of hail damage was five miles wide. Some hail would be evident four days later.
1939 - Record heat prevailed across the Midwest. Locations recording their hottest September temperatures included Rockford, IL: 103°, New Hampton, IA: 101° and Lancaster, WI: 100°. Prairie du Chien, WI tied for Wisconsin’s highest September temperature with 104°. Other record highs included: Waterloo, IA: 102°, Columbia, MO: 102°, Kansas City, MO: 102°, Des Moines, IA: 101°, St. Louis, MO: 101°, Peoria, IL: 101°-Tied, Chicago, IL: 100°, Springfield, IL: 100°, Dubuque, IA: 99°, Cincinnati, OH: 99°, Toledo, OH: 99°, Springfield, MO: 99°, Tupelo, MS: 99°, Moline, IL: 99°-Tied, Columbus, OH: 98°, Indianapolis, IN: 98°-Tied, Madison, WI: 97°, Milwaukee, WI: 97°, Akron, OH: 97°, Detroit, MI: 97°, Lexington, KY: 97°-Tied, Mansfield, OH: 95°, Cleveland, OH: 94°, Flint, MI: 92° and Grand Rapids, MI: 92°-Tied.
1943 - Deadliest fire and disaster in Houston history occurred at Gulf Hotel in Downtown Houston. The fire spreads rapidly in the second and third floor. A total of 55 people lost their life in the fire.
1949 - Santa Ana, CA began with a record low of 51° then quickly warmed to a record high temperature of 105°. Other record highs for the date across the Southland included: Escondido, CA: 106°, Downtown Los Angeles, CA: 103°, Long Beach, CA: 101° and San Diego, CA: 92°.
1955 - The heat wave in the southwest continued. Record highs included: Yuma, AZ: 113°, Riverside, CA: 109°, Las Vegas, NV: 108°, Victorville, CA: 106°, Bishop, CA: 100°, Boise, ID: 97°, Salt Lake City, UT: 96°, Idyllwild, CA: 95°, Pocatello, ID: 94°, Los Angeles (LAX), CA: 92° and Ely, NV: 90°.
1962 - Billings, MT recorded their earliest measurable snowfall with two inches, followed by 4.3 more inches the next day. Red Lodge, MT received 15 inches from this day through the 8th. Columbus, MT received four inches and Livingston, MT received one inch.
1970 - A lightning bolt struck a group of football players at Gibbs High School in Saint Petersburg FL, killing two persons and injuring 22 others. All the thirty-eight players and four coaches were knocked off their feet. (The Weather Channel)
1971 - Around the evening rush hour Sioux Falls, SD was hit by a severe thunderstorm packing high winds. Winds estimated between 70 and 90 mph caused extensive damage on the southwest side of town. The Park Ridge shopping mall was hit hard by the storm and considerable damage was also done at Western Mall. Damage was mostly to roofs, windows, as well as trees and utility lines. Four people were injured by broken glass at the Western Mall when a skylight was broke by the storm. Total damage was estimated at $60,000 dollars.
1987 - Showers and thunderstorms produced 4 to 8 inch rains in three to six hours in Virginia, with totals across the state for the Labor Day weekend ranging up to fourteen inches. The Staunton River crested at 34.44 feet at Altavista on the 8th, its highest level since 1940. Damage due to flooding was estimated at seven million dollars around Bedford, Henry, and Franklin. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
1988 - Fifty cities across the eastern U.S. reported record low temperatures for the date. The low of 56 degrees at Mobile AL was their coolest reading of record for so early in the season. The mercury dipped to 31 degrees at Athens OH, and to 30 degrees at Thomas WV. (The National Weather Summary)
1989 - Thunderstorms in the central U.S. produced four inches of rain at Texamah overnight, and up to six inches of rain in southwestern Iowa. Evening thunderstorms in eastern Colorado produced golf ball size hail at Clear Creek and at Nederland. Late evening thunderstorms in Iowa drenched Harlan with more than four inches of rain. (The National Weather Summary)
1991 - A 30 minute hailstorm dropped softball size hail on Calgary, Alberta Canada’s subdivisions, breaking windows and siding, splitting trees, and crushing birds. Homeowners filed a record, 116,000 insurance claims for losses exceeding $450 million dollars; making it the most destructive hailstorm ever in Canada.
1995 - Severe thunderstorms in Kingman, AZ initially produced high winds and hail and then heavy rain with high winds in a second wave. The winds of the latter event overturned cars and blew a mobile home completely off of its foundation. The heavy rain flooded washes and city streets prompting search and rescue missions to save some trapped motorists.
1998 - A fast-moving cluster of thunderstorms known as a derecho swept through upstate New York during the pre-dawn hours, producing winds of 80 to 90 mph. Significant thunderstorm wind damage was reported from Rochester and Syracuse eastward. Later in the day, a squall line moved through New York City producing wind gusts up to 100 mph. Three people were killed, mainly from falling trees. Many people went without power on Labor Day, and some were without power as long as a week later.
2003 - A string of 61 consecutive days with temperature 70° or above ended at Seattle-Tacoma, WA. The previous run had been 49 days in 1958.
2008 - The temperature soared to a record high of 100° at Szeged, Hungary.
2009 - Barrow, AK ended their streak of 68 consecutive days above freezing, which began on July 1, when the low dropped to 31°. This shattered their old record of 51 consecutive days from 7/24-9/11/1979.
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1881 - The temperature soared to 101 degrees at New York City, 102 degrees at Boston MA, and 104 degrees at Washington D.C. (David Ludlum)
1888 - Much of the Middle and Northern Atlantic Coast Region experienced freezing temperatures. Killer frosts resulted in a million dollars damage to crops in Maine. (David Ludlum)
1909 - Topeka, KS, was drenched with 8.08 inches of rain in 24 hours to establish a record for that location. (6th- 7th) (The Weather Channel)
1930 - A hailstorm produced stones as large as baseballs along a 60 mile path from Beresford, SD, to near Oto, IA. The swath of hail damage was five miles wide. Some hail would be evident four days later.
1939 - Record heat prevailed across the Midwest. Locations recording their hottest September temperatures included Rockford, IL: 103°, New Hampton, IA: 101° and Lancaster, WI: 100°. Prairie du Chien, WI tied for Wisconsin’s highest September temperature with 104°. Other record highs included: Waterloo, IA: 102°, Columbia, MO: 102°, Kansas City, MO: 102°, Des Moines, IA: 101°, St. Louis, MO: 101°, Peoria, IL: 101°-Tied, Chicago, IL: 100°, Springfield, IL: 100°, Dubuque, IA: 99°, Cincinnati, OH: 99°, Toledo, OH: 99°, Springfield, MO: 99°, Tupelo, MS: 99°, Moline, IL: 99°-Tied, Columbus, OH: 98°, Indianapolis, IN: 98°-Tied, Madison, WI: 97°, Milwaukee, WI: 97°, Akron, OH: 97°, Detroit, MI: 97°, Lexington, KY: 97°-Tied, Mansfield, OH: 95°, Cleveland, OH: 94°, Flint, MI: 92° and Grand Rapids, MI: 92°-Tied.
1943 - Deadliest fire and disaster in Houston history occurred at Gulf Hotel in Downtown Houston. The fire spreads rapidly in the second and third floor. A total of 55 people lost their life in the fire.
1949 - Santa Ana, CA began with a record low of 51° then quickly warmed to a record high temperature of 105°. Other record highs for the date across the Southland included: Escondido, CA: 106°, Downtown Los Angeles, CA: 103°, Long Beach, CA: 101° and San Diego, CA: 92°.
1955 - The heat wave in the southwest continued. Record highs included: Yuma, AZ: 113°, Riverside, CA: 109°, Las Vegas, NV: 108°, Victorville, CA: 106°, Bishop, CA: 100°, Boise, ID: 97°, Salt Lake City, UT: 96°, Idyllwild, CA: 95°, Pocatello, ID: 94°, Los Angeles (LAX), CA: 92° and Ely, NV: 90°.
1962 - Billings, MT recorded their earliest measurable snowfall with two inches, followed by 4.3 more inches the next day. Red Lodge, MT received 15 inches from this day through the 8th. Columbus, MT received four inches and Livingston, MT received one inch.
1970 - A lightning bolt struck a group of football players at Gibbs High School in Saint Petersburg FL, killing two persons and injuring 22 others. All the thirty-eight players and four coaches were knocked off their feet. (The Weather Channel)
1971 - Around the evening rush hour Sioux Falls, SD was hit by a severe thunderstorm packing high winds. Winds estimated between 70 and 90 mph caused extensive damage on the southwest side of town. The Park Ridge shopping mall was hit hard by the storm and considerable damage was also done at Western Mall. Damage was mostly to roofs, windows, as well as trees and utility lines. Four people were injured by broken glass at the Western Mall when a skylight was broke by the storm. Total damage was estimated at $60,000 dollars.
1987 - Showers and thunderstorms produced 4 to 8 inch rains in three to six hours in Virginia, with totals across the state for the Labor Day weekend ranging up to fourteen inches. The Staunton River crested at 34.44 feet at Altavista on the 8th, its highest level since 1940. Damage due to flooding was estimated at seven million dollars around Bedford, Henry, and Franklin. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
1988 - Fifty cities across the eastern U.S. reported record low temperatures for the date. The low of 56 degrees at Mobile AL was their coolest reading of record for so early in the season. The mercury dipped to 31 degrees at Athens OH, and to 30 degrees at Thomas WV. (The National Weather Summary)
1989 - Thunderstorms in the central U.S. produced four inches of rain at Texamah overnight, and up to six inches of rain in southwestern Iowa. Evening thunderstorms in eastern Colorado produced golf ball size hail at Clear Creek and at Nederland. Late evening thunderstorms in Iowa drenched Harlan with more than four inches of rain. (The National Weather Summary)
1991 - A 30 minute hailstorm dropped softball size hail on Calgary, Alberta Canada’s subdivisions, breaking windows and siding, splitting trees, and crushing birds. Homeowners filed a record, 116,000 insurance claims for losses exceeding $450 million dollars; making it the most destructive hailstorm ever in Canada.
1995 - Severe thunderstorms in Kingman, AZ initially produced high winds and hail and then heavy rain with high winds in a second wave. The winds of the latter event overturned cars and blew a mobile home completely off of its foundation. The heavy rain flooded washes and city streets prompting search and rescue missions to save some trapped motorists.
1998 - A fast-moving cluster of thunderstorms known as a derecho swept through upstate New York during the pre-dawn hours, producing winds of 80 to 90 mph. Significant thunderstorm wind damage was reported from Rochester and Syracuse eastward. Later in the day, a squall line moved through New York City producing wind gusts up to 100 mph. Three people were killed, mainly from falling trees. Many people went without power on Labor Day, and some were without power as long as a week later.
2003 - A string of 61 consecutive days with temperature 70° or above ended at Seattle-Tacoma, WA. The previous run had been 49 days in 1958.
2008 - The temperature soared to a record high of 100° at Szeged, Hungary.
2009 - Barrow, AK ended their streak of 68 consecutive days above freezing, which began on July 1, when the low dropped to 31°. This shattered their old record of 51 consecutive days from 7/24-9/11/1979.
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For September 8th
1588 - The Spanish Armada was hit hard by a strong storm system while off the coast of Scotland. Two ships were sunk. The storm inflicted heavier losses on the Spanish than any other battle with the English during the war.
1900 - The greatest weather disaster in U.S. records occurred when a hurricane struck Galveston TX. A tide fifteen feet high washed over the island demolishing or carrying away buildings, and drowning more than 6000 persons. The hurricane destroyed more than 3600 houses, and total damage was more than thirty million dollars. Winds to 120 mph, and a twenty foot storm surge accompanied the hurricane. Following the storm, the surf was three hundred feet inland from the former water line. The hurricane claimed another 1200 lives outside of the Galveston area. (8th-9th) (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel)
1909 - Topeka, KS picked up 8.08 inches of rain in 24 hours to establish the record.
1951 - A cool Canadian air mass settled across the Great Lakes southward to the Tennessee Valley. Record lows included: Houghton Lake, MI: 29°, Muskegon, MI: 31°, Grand Rapids, MI: 36°, Beckley, WV: 36°-Tied, Akron, OH: 38°, Youngstown, OH: 38°, Columbus, OH: 39°, Green Bay, WI: 39°, South Bend, IN: 40°-Tied, Cleveland, OH: 41°, Buffalo, NY: 42°, Charleston, WV: 45°-Tied, Indianapolis, IN: 46°-Tied, Bristol, TN: 51°, Oak Ridge, TN: 51° and Greensboro, NC: 51°-Tied.
1952 - The first official nationally televised broadcast featured Meteorologist Percy Saltzman in Cross, Canada.
1962 - Canadian high pressure brought record chill from parts of the Rockies to the east coast. Denver, CO: dipped to 31°, their earliest freeze on record.
Other daily record lows included: Kalispell, MT: 25°, Cheyenne, WY: 25°, Casper, WY: 29°, Lander, WY: 29°, Sheridan, WY: 29°, Billings, MT: 32°, Great Falls, MT: 32°, Scottsbluff, NE: 33°, Rapid City, SD: 36°, Lewiston, ID: 37°, Salt Lake City, UT: 38°, Goodland, KS: 38°, Williamsport, PA: 41°, Hartford, CT: 41°, Allentown, PA: 42°, Philadelphia, PA: 45°, Baltimore, MD: 46°, Harrisburg, PA: 47°, Richmond, VA: 48°, Wilmington, DE: 48°-Tied, Lynchburg, VA: 49° and Bridgeport, CT: 49°.
1965 - Hurricane Betsy passed extreme south Florida early on this date with maximum sustained winds of 125 mph and a minimum central pressure of 948 millibars or 27.99 inHg. Betsy moved across the upper Keys, through Florida Bay and into the Gulf of Mexico north of Key West, and across the Gulf of Mexico to New Orleans, LA. The strongest winds were gusts from the northwest estimated at 140 mph in the Keys. The passage of the storm center across the upper Keys produced strong onshore winds and high tides along the southeast coast with gusts to 60 mph reported as far north as Melbourne. Flooding on the upper Keys was extensive and water reached depths of several feet in many areas, covering highways and first floors of buildings. Storm tides reached 6.l feet along the Miami Beach oceanfront and rising waters flooded extensive sections of Key Biscayne. Most of the total damage occurred in the east coastal areas south of Palm Beach County and on the Keys. There were five known fatalities. Three additional people were missing in the Gulf and presumed lost, making the death toll total eight in Florida. A tornado spawned by Betsy destroyed a dozen trailers near Marathon, FL.
1974 - A weakening Hurricane Carmen made landfall on the Louisiana coast with sustained winds of 80 mph causing $152 million dollars in damage, mainly from sugarcane losses. 75,000 people fled low lying areas as the storm approached and only one storm related fatality was reported.
1977 - A strong cold front raced across South Dakota and into Iowa and Minnesota. The front brought tremendous winds across the state and into western sections of Iowa and Minnesota. At Rapid City, SD winds gusted to 75 mph at the airport. The strong winds leveled many trees and damaged buildings, roofs, and broke windows. Portions of western South Dakota reported blowing dust which greatly reduced visibilities and led to many traffic accidents.
However, the high winds were even more widespread in the east. About 12 miles south of Ft. Pierre, SD 68 mph winds ripped a camper off of a truck and demolished it. 70 mph winds destroyed a two and one-half million gallon oil tank near Watertown, SD.
Across northeast Nebraska, 60 to 70 mph winds were common damaging trees, power lines, buildings and windows. Norfolk had an official wind gust of 66 mph which damaged a boat in nearby Battle Creek.
1984 - Severe thunderstorms affected central and southern Oklahoma. They brought hail as large as baseballs and winds up to 80 mph to the Paoli area, in Garvin County. Six barns were destroyed around Paoli, and damage was estimated at $200,000 dollars. Rosedale, in McClain County, also had 80 mph winds, combined with hail up to softball size. North and east side windows were broken out of most homes in the area and damage was estimated at $100,000 dollars.
1986 - Cool Canadian high pressure settles in across the Missouri Valley bringing record cold from the Midwest to the east coast. Record lows included: Waterloo, IA: 35°, Dubuque, IA: 37°, Toledo, OH: 37°, Youngstown, OH: 37°, Rockford, IL: 37°, Madison, WI: 37°, Flint, MI: 37°, Pittsburgh, PA: 37°, Rochester, PA: 37°, Moline, IL: 38°, Indianapolis, IN: 38°, Peoria, IL: 39°, Springfield, IL: 39°, Fort Wayne, IN: 39°, Detroit, MI: 39°, Buffalo, NY: 39°, Norfolk, NE: 39°-Tied, Sioux City, IA: 40°, South Bend, IN: 40°-Tied, Topeka, KS: 41°, St. Louis, MO: 42°, Columbia, MO: 43°, Kansas City, MO: 43°, Chicago, IL: 43°, Evansville, IN: 43°, Jackson, KY: 51°, New York (Central Park), NY: 54°-Tied and Norfolk, VA: 56°-Tied.
1987 - A tropical depression off the coast of South Carolina brought another round of heavy rain to the Middle Atlantic Coast Region and the Upper Ohio Valley. Showers and thunderstorms produced extremely heavy rain in eastern Pennsylvania, where flooding caused more than 55 million dollars across a seven county area.
The afternoon high of 97 degrees at Miami FL was a record for the month of September. (The National Weather Summary)
1988 - Eighteen cities in the south central and eastern U.S. reported record low temperatures for the date, including Roanoke VA with a reading of 42 degrees. (The National Weather Summary)
1989 - Thunderstorms developing along a stationary front produced very heavy rain in the central U.S. Thunderstorms during the late morning and afternoon produced five to nine inches of rain around Lincoln NE, with an unofficial total of eleven inches near Holmes Park. Up to six and a half inches of rain soaked northern and western Iowa. Eighty to ninety percent of the homes in Shenandoah IA, where 5.89 inches of rain was received, reported basement flooding. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1991 - Philadelphia, PA broke its record for most days over 90° when the temperature reached the 90 degree mark for the 50th time. The previous record was 48 days set in 1988.
1997 - Fresno, CA received a trace of rain. This is the only day during the month of September that Fresno has recorded any measurable rain.
1998 - A severe thunderstorm rapidly developed over the south end of the Las Vegas Valley in Nevada and moved north focusing damaging winds and heavy rain mainly across the eastern half of the metro area. High winds toppled trees in Henderson and downed power lines. Rainfall amounts of 0.75 to 1.20 inches fell in less than 30 minutes in many locations producing widespread street flooding. Henderson Executive Airport recorded wind gusts of 80 mph. Air traffic control personnel temporarily evacuated the airport tower, but no damage was reported.
Approximately 15 homes and trailers in Moapa were severely damaged by thunderstorm winds estimated at 80 to 90 mph. Flash flooding also occurred and caused some roadway erosion.
2003 - Flagstaff, AZ recorded its 18th day in a row with measurable precipitation, a record for that location. 3.72 inches of rain fell during the period.
Exceptionally heavy rains over the Sahel region in Africa during late August and early September caused flooding that affected regions of Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania and Niger. The flooding was responsible for at least 15 deaths and destroyed thousands of homes.
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1588 - The Spanish Armada was hit hard by a strong storm system while off the coast of Scotland. Two ships were sunk. The storm inflicted heavier losses on the Spanish than any other battle with the English during the war.
1900 - The greatest weather disaster in U.S. records occurred when a hurricane struck Galveston TX. A tide fifteen feet high washed over the island demolishing or carrying away buildings, and drowning more than 6000 persons. The hurricane destroyed more than 3600 houses, and total damage was more than thirty million dollars. Winds to 120 mph, and a twenty foot storm surge accompanied the hurricane. Following the storm, the surf was three hundred feet inland from the former water line. The hurricane claimed another 1200 lives outside of the Galveston area. (8th-9th) (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel)
1909 - Topeka, KS picked up 8.08 inches of rain in 24 hours to establish the record.
1951 - A cool Canadian air mass settled across the Great Lakes southward to the Tennessee Valley. Record lows included: Houghton Lake, MI: 29°, Muskegon, MI: 31°, Grand Rapids, MI: 36°, Beckley, WV: 36°-Tied, Akron, OH: 38°, Youngstown, OH: 38°, Columbus, OH: 39°, Green Bay, WI: 39°, South Bend, IN: 40°-Tied, Cleveland, OH: 41°, Buffalo, NY: 42°, Charleston, WV: 45°-Tied, Indianapolis, IN: 46°-Tied, Bristol, TN: 51°, Oak Ridge, TN: 51° and Greensboro, NC: 51°-Tied.
1952 - The first official nationally televised broadcast featured Meteorologist Percy Saltzman in Cross, Canada.
1962 - Canadian high pressure brought record chill from parts of the Rockies to the east coast. Denver, CO: dipped to 31°, their earliest freeze on record.
Other daily record lows included: Kalispell, MT: 25°, Cheyenne, WY: 25°, Casper, WY: 29°, Lander, WY: 29°, Sheridan, WY: 29°, Billings, MT: 32°, Great Falls, MT: 32°, Scottsbluff, NE: 33°, Rapid City, SD: 36°, Lewiston, ID: 37°, Salt Lake City, UT: 38°, Goodland, KS: 38°, Williamsport, PA: 41°, Hartford, CT: 41°, Allentown, PA: 42°, Philadelphia, PA: 45°, Baltimore, MD: 46°, Harrisburg, PA: 47°, Richmond, VA: 48°, Wilmington, DE: 48°-Tied, Lynchburg, VA: 49° and Bridgeport, CT: 49°.
1965 - Hurricane Betsy passed extreme south Florida early on this date with maximum sustained winds of 125 mph and a minimum central pressure of 948 millibars or 27.99 inHg. Betsy moved across the upper Keys, through Florida Bay and into the Gulf of Mexico north of Key West, and across the Gulf of Mexico to New Orleans, LA. The strongest winds were gusts from the northwest estimated at 140 mph in the Keys. The passage of the storm center across the upper Keys produced strong onshore winds and high tides along the southeast coast with gusts to 60 mph reported as far north as Melbourne. Flooding on the upper Keys was extensive and water reached depths of several feet in many areas, covering highways and first floors of buildings. Storm tides reached 6.l feet along the Miami Beach oceanfront and rising waters flooded extensive sections of Key Biscayne. Most of the total damage occurred in the east coastal areas south of Palm Beach County and on the Keys. There were five known fatalities. Three additional people were missing in the Gulf and presumed lost, making the death toll total eight in Florida. A tornado spawned by Betsy destroyed a dozen trailers near Marathon, FL.
1974 - A weakening Hurricane Carmen made landfall on the Louisiana coast with sustained winds of 80 mph causing $152 million dollars in damage, mainly from sugarcane losses. 75,000 people fled low lying areas as the storm approached and only one storm related fatality was reported.
1977 - A strong cold front raced across South Dakota and into Iowa and Minnesota. The front brought tremendous winds across the state and into western sections of Iowa and Minnesota. At Rapid City, SD winds gusted to 75 mph at the airport. The strong winds leveled many trees and damaged buildings, roofs, and broke windows. Portions of western South Dakota reported blowing dust which greatly reduced visibilities and led to many traffic accidents.
However, the high winds were even more widespread in the east. About 12 miles south of Ft. Pierre, SD 68 mph winds ripped a camper off of a truck and demolished it. 70 mph winds destroyed a two and one-half million gallon oil tank near Watertown, SD.
Across northeast Nebraska, 60 to 70 mph winds were common damaging trees, power lines, buildings and windows. Norfolk had an official wind gust of 66 mph which damaged a boat in nearby Battle Creek.
1984 - Severe thunderstorms affected central and southern Oklahoma. They brought hail as large as baseballs and winds up to 80 mph to the Paoli area, in Garvin County. Six barns were destroyed around Paoli, and damage was estimated at $200,000 dollars. Rosedale, in McClain County, also had 80 mph winds, combined with hail up to softball size. North and east side windows were broken out of most homes in the area and damage was estimated at $100,000 dollars.
1986 - Cool Canadian high pressure settles in across the Missouri Valley bringing record cold from the Midwest to the east coast. Record lows included: Waterloo, IA: 35°, Dubuque, IA: 37°, Toledo, OH: 37°, Youngstown, OH: 37°, Rockford, IL: 37°, Madison, WI: 37°, Flint, MI: 37°, Pittsburgh, PA: 37°, Rochester, PA: 37°, Moline, IL: 38°, Indianapolis, IN: 38°, Peoria, IL: 39°, Springfield, IL: 39°, Fort Wayne, IN: 39°, Detroit, MI: 39°, Buffalo, NY: 39°, Norfolk, NE: 39°-Tied, Sioux City, IA: 40°, South Bend, IN: 40°-Tied, Topeka, KS: 41°, St. Louis, MO: 42°, Columbia, MO: 43°, Kansas City, MO: 43°, Chicago, IL: 43°, Evansville, IN: 43°, Jackson, KY: 51°, New York (Central Park), NY: 54°-Tied and Norfolk, VA: 56°-Tied.
1987 - A tropical depression off the coast of South Carolina brought another round of heavy rain to the Middle Atlantic Coast Region and the Upper Ohio Valley. Showers and thunderstorms produced extremely heavy rain in eastern Pennsylvania, where flooding caused more than 55 million dollars across a seven county area.
The afternoon high of 97 degrees at Miami FL was a record for the month of September. (The National Weather Summary)
1988 - Eighteen cities in the south central and eastern U.S. reported record low temperatures for the date, including Roanoke VA with a reading of 42 degrees. (The National Weather Summary)
1989 - Thunderstorms developing along a stationary front produced very heavy rain in the central U.S. Thunderstorms during the late morning and afternoon produced five to nine inches of rain around Lincoln NE, with an unofficial total of eleven inches near Holmes Park. Up to six and a half inches of rain soaked northern and western Iowa. Eighty to ninety percent of the homes in Shenandoah IA, where 5.89 inches of rain was received, reported basement flooding. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1991 - Philadelphia, PA broke its record for most days over 90° when the temperature reached the 90 degree mark for the 50th time. The previous record was 48 days set in 1988.
1997 - Fresno, CA received a trace of rain. This is the only day during the month of September that Fresno has recorded any measurable rain.
1998 - A severe thunderstorm rapidly developed over the south end of the Las Vegas Valley in Nevada and moved north focusing damaging winds and heavy rain mainly across the eastern half of the metro area. High winds toppled trees in Henderson and downed power lines. Rainfall amounts of 0.75 to 1.20 inches fell in less than 30 minutes in many locations producing widespread street flooding. Henderson Executive Airport recorded wind gusts of 80 mph. Air traffic control personnel temporarily evacuated the airport tower, but no damage was reported.
Approximately 15 homes and trailers in Moapa were severely damaged by thunderstorm winds estimated at 80 to 90 mph. Flash flooding also occurred and caused some roadway erosion.
2003 - Flagstaff, AZ recorded its 18th day in a row with measurable precipitation, a record for that location. 3.72 inches of rain fell during the period.
Exceptionally heavy rains over the Sahel region in Africa during late August and early September caused flooding that affected regions of Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania and Niger. The flooding was responsible for at least 15 deaths and destroyed thousands of homes.
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For September 9th
1775 - The Independence Hurricane slammed into Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada. Many ships were sunk and buildings demolished. 4,000 people died in what is considered to be Canada's deadliest hurricane disaster.
1821 - New England experienced its most significant tornado outbreak in history in terms of widespread destruction. Warm & muggy conditions were in place to setup a major severe weather event, similar the conditions that produced the deadly Worcester, MA tornado in June 1953. The Great New Hampshire Tornado produced a 23 mile path across Sullivan and Merrimack Counties, killing six people, easily making this the most deadly tornado in the history of New Hampshire.
1889 - A hurricane that formed east of the Antilles moved north and then northward toward New Jersey. The storm came within 150 miles of Atlantic City, NJ before becoming nearly stationary for 4 days. The storm, one of the greatest storms to affect the shore and ocean, then turned to the southwest toward Norfolk, VA, and dissipated. Atlantic City measured a gust to 100 mph on the 10th. At Philadelphia, PA, rain began on the 10th. This began a period of 12 consecutive days of measurable rain, with a final total of 3.70 inches. Another sudden and damaging storm surge hit Long Island, NY and the Jersey shore during the evening on the 10th, following the 1st surge that hit on the 8th. The storm was located south of Cape Cod and east of Norfolk, VA, when the surge moved in. Considerable hurricane damage occurred along the Atlantic coast, as well as shipwrecks with loss of life. 29 ships were sunk in the Delaware Bay, killing at least 31 sailors. Officially, 40 lives were lost attributed to this hurricane.
1919 - 300 lives were lost mostly in ships near Key West, where winds were reported at 110 mph as a violent hurricane caused considerable damage. Brick structures had walls blown out and large vessels were torn from their moorings and blown on banks. A tornado destroyed six buildings and damaged 19, injuring six people at Goulds in Dade County. This hurricane killed hundreds more on its track to south Texas. The final death toll of over 600 was mostly in ships at seas.
1921 - Thrall Flood - A tropical storm formed in the Bay of Campeche the morning of Sept 6, 1921 - made hurricane intensity that afternoon - made landfall near Vera Cruz the early morning of Sept 7 - veered right and fell below depression intensity just as it crossed the Rio Grande at Rio Grande City the night of the 7th - Light rain began falling in San Antonio the 8th, which became a deluge the evening of the 9th, with totals to 18 in. in the northern part of San Antonio.
The 18 in. in northern Bexar County the evening of Sept 9, 1921, created a flood wave through downtown San Antonio 12 ft deep - The flow passed down Olmos and Apache Creeks into the San Antonio River - People caught downtown tried to evacuate vertically to upper floors - 51 didn't make it and drowned as the flood wave peaked near 1:30 AM -
Water was 4 to 5 ft deep in the current St. Marys Church and the Gunter Hotel. Olmos Dam was completed in 1928 as a flood-retention dam to protect downtown San Antonio as a direct result.
Thrall rainfall - 23.4 in. during 6 hrs/31.8 in. during 12 hrs/36.4 in. during 18 hrs/38.2 in. during 24 hrs at a U.S. Weather Bureau station at Thrall is still the national official 24-hr rainfall record ending at 7 AM Sept 10, 1921 - The storm total was 39.7 in. during 36 hrs - With 215 drownings statewide, this was the deadliest flood in Texas history.
Eighty-seven people drowned in and near Taylor and 93 in Williamson County. The confluence of the San Gabriel River and Brushy Creek was 10 mi wide. Not an El Nino or a La Nina year.
1944 - The ""Great Atlantic Hurricane"" ravaged the east coast. The storm killed 22 persons and caused 63 million dollars damage in the Chesapeake Bay area, then besieged New England killing 390 persons and causing another 100 million dollars damage. (The Weather Channel)
1960 - Extremely dangerous Category 4 Hurricane Donna was taking aim on the Florida Keys for the first of her four U.S. landfalls. On this date, Donnas’ winds peaked at 150 mph with a minimum central pressure of 934 millibars or 27.58 inHg.
1964 - Hurricane Dora, the first storm of hurricane intensity to cross into northeast Florida from the Atlantic in 80 years of recordkeeping, moved inland over St. Augustine early on the 10th. St. Augustine was in the eye of the storm and recorded a sea level pressure of 966 millibars or 28.52 inHg. Dora produced sustained winds of around 100 mph, and abnormally high tides to almost all coastal points north of Daytona Beach. Highest sustained winds, from the southwest, and estimated at 125 mph were reported at St. Augustine. Sustained winds of 82 mph were recorded in Jacksonville, and this was the first time in Weather Bureau history that winds of full hurricane force have been observed in Jacksonville. Storm tides reached 12 feet at St. Augustine and ranged between 5 and l0 feet above normal north of Daytona Beach. Wind and tide damage was extensive along the Atlantic coast north of St. Augustine. High winds in the Jacksonville area caused a massive utilities failure. Agriculture sustained considerable damage because of the flooding throughout north Florida. One death and 8 injuries were reported from Dora.
1965 - One day after striking extreme southern Florida, Hurricane Betsy struck southeastern Louisiana, with the eye crossing Grand Isle. Tremendous damage was reported along the coast from the point of landfall east to Mobile, AL. New Orleans, LA was flooded when power to its elaborate pumping stations was knocked out. 58 people died in Louisiana. Betsy became the first billion dollar hurricane with losses totaling $1.4 billion dollars.
1971 - Hurricane Ginger formed, and remained a hurricane until the 5th of October. The 27 day life span was the longest of record for any hurricane in the North Atlantic Ocean. (The Weather Channel)
1976 - Record rains that started on this day and ended on the 12th came from Tropical Storm Kathleen (called a 160+ year event by Meteorologists). 14.76 inches fell on south slopes of Mt. San Gorgonio, 10.13 inches at Mt. Laguna, 8 inches at Mt. San Jacinto, Over 4 inches in the Little San Bernardino Mountains, and 1.8 to 2.8 inches in the Coachella Valley. Deep Canyon (above La Quinta) recorded 2.96 inches in three hours on the 10th. Rainfall in the Santa Rosa Mountains above the Coachella Valley was called the “heaviest in recorded history.” Six were buried and killed in sand in Ocotillo. Floods of record were attained at numerous streams around the Coachella Valley. This occurred during the El Niño of 1976-77. Hurricane Kathleen also brought the southwest the highest sustained winds ever associated with an eastern Pacific tropical cyclone with sustained winds of 57 mph at Yuma the next day.
1978 - The U.S. Coast Guard began the first of 122 search and rescue efforts as a sudden, early season gale swept through the albacore tuna fleet, which was 80 miles offshore Washington and Oregon. Six boats sank and two people perished. One fisherman floated for 22 hours in a survival suit before rescued.
1983 - On this date through the 10th, strong winds blasted through east central South Dakota, leaving in its wake damaged crops, hundreds of downed trees, broken windows, damaged roofs and buildings, downed power poles, and damaged vehicles. Gusts of up to 75 mph in Huron moved a semi trailer one-half block into a truck. Standing crops of corn, beans, and sunflowers suffered extensive damage in many areas with losses up to 50% reported.
1985 - Late evening thunderstorm winds rolled over a camper trailer which was parked on the beach side of Galveston State Park (Galveston County). 4 occupants of the trailer were injured. The high winds also turned over two other camper trailers in the area.
1987 - Thunderstorms produced severe weather in the central U.S. Thunderstorms in West Texas spawned four tornadoes in the vicinity of Lubbock, and produced baseball size hail and wind gusts to 81 mph at Ropesville. Thunderstorms produced hail two inches in diameter at Downs KS and Harvard NE, breaking car windows at Harvard. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1988 - Florence became a hurricane and headed for the Central Gulf Coast Region. Florence made landfall early the next morning, passing over New Orleans LA. Winds gusts to 80 mph were recorded at an oil rig south of the Chandeleur Islands. Wind gusts around New Orleans reached 61 mph. Total property damage from Florence was estimated at 2.5 million dollars. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
1989 - The first snow of the season began to whiten the mountains of Wyoming early in the morning, as for two days a moist and unusually cold storm system affected the state. By the morning of the 11th, a foot of snow covered the ground at Burgess Junction. Thunderstorms developing along a cold front crossing the Ohio Valley produced severe weather in Indiana during the late afternoon and early evening hours. Strong thunderstorm winds blew down a tent at Palestine injuring seven persons, and frequent lightning interrupted the Purdue and Miami of Ohio football game, clearing the stands. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1990 - Birmingham, AL recorded an afternoon high of 99°. This was their 32nd consecutive day with readings of 90° or higher, which broke the previous record of 31 days set in 1954.
1994 - The temperature rose from 67° at 5:02am to 97° by 5:17am at Glasgow, MT. The heat burst was short-lived as the temperature dropped back to 68 degrees 23 minutes later.
Hurricane John became extratropical in the north central Pacific Ocean, ending its 31-day life span as a tropical cyclone, the longest lived storm on record.
2002 - 6.62 inches of rain fell at Nimes, France in six hours. Their average September rainfall is 2.56 inches. In the town of Orange 2.68 inches fell in six hours, with 1.81 inches falling in just one hour. Their average September rainfall is 3.47 inches. The storms responsible for the wet weather killed 20 people in southeastern France where some mountain regions reported close to two feet of rain.
2004 - The dew point temperature at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, NV hit 75°. This tied their all-time record also set on 8/14/1984 and on 8/30/2013.
Western and central New York was inundated by drenching rains as the remnants of hurricane Frances drifted north. Area-wide rainfall totaled 3 to 5 inches with the bulk of it falling in a 6 to 9 hour period from very late on this date into the next day. At least one person was killed.
Across the border, heavy rains of close to 4 inches over southern Quebec Canada. Local rainfall amounts included: 3.78 inches fell at L'Assomption, 3.90 inches in St-Jovite and 3.94 inches at High Falls.
2008 - Nome, AK reached a high temperature of 62°, which tied the high temperature record for the date and represented the third day during the month that a high temperature record was either tied or broken.
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1775 - The Independence Hurricane slammed into Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada. Many ships were sunk and buildings demolished. 4,000 people died in what is considered to be Canada's deadliest hurricane disaster.
1821 - New England experienced its most significant tornado outbreak in history in terms of widespread destruction. Warm & muggy conditions were in place to setup a major severe weather event, similar the conditions that produced the deadly Worcester, MA tornado in June 1953. The Great New Hampshire Tornado produced a 23 mile path across Sullivan and Merrimack Counties, killing six people, easily making this the most deadly tornado in the history of New Hampshire.
1889 - A hurricane that formed east of the Antilles moved north and then northward toward New Jersey. The storm came within 150 miles of Atlantic City, NJ before becoming nearly stationary for 4 days. The storm, one of the greatest storms to affect the shore and ocean, then turned to the southwest toward Norfolk, VA, and dissipated. Atlantic City measured a gust to 100 mph on the 10th. At Philadelphia, PA, rain began on the 10th. This began a period of 12 consecutive days of measurable rain, with a final total of 3.70 inches. Another sudden and damaging storm surge hit Long Island, NY and the Jersey shore during the evening on the 10th, following the 1st surge that hit on the 8th. The storm was located south of Cape Cod and east of Norfolk, VA, when the surge moved in. Considerable hurricane damage occurred along the Atlantic coast, as well as shipwrecks with loss of life. 29 ships were sunk in the Delaware Bay, killing at least 31 sailors. Officially, 40 lives were lost attributed to this hurricane.
1919 - 300 lives were lost mostly in ships near Key West, where winds were reported at 110 mph as a violent hurricane caused considerable damage. Brick structures had walls blown out and large vessels were torn from their moorings and blown on banks. A tornado destroyed six buildings and damaged 19, injuring six people at Goulds in Dade County. This hurricane killed hundreds more on its track to south Texas. The final death toll of over 600 was mostly in ships at seas.
1921 - Thrall Flood - A tropical storm formed in the Bay of Campeche the morning of Sept 6, 1921 - made hurricane intensity that afternoon - made landfall near Vera Cruz the early morning of Sept 7 - veered right and fell below depression intensity just as it crossed the Rio Grande at Rio Grande City the night of the 7th - Light rain began falling in San Antonio the 8th, which became a deluge the evening of the 9th, with totals to 18 in. in the northern part of San Antonio.
The 18 in. in northern Bexar County the evening of Sept 9, 1921, created a flood wave through downtown San Antonio 12 ft deep - The flow passed down Olmos and Apache Creeks into the San Antonio River - People caught downtown tried to evacuate vertically to upper floors - 51 didn't make it and drowned as the flood wave peaked near 1:30 AM -
Water was 4 to 5 ft deep in the current St. Marys Church and the Gunter Hotel. Olmos Dam was completed in 1928 as a flood-retention dam to protect downtown San Antonio as a direct result.
Thrall rainfall - 23.4 in. during 6 hrs/31.8 in. during 12 hrs/36.4 in. during 18 hrs/38.2 in. during 24 hrs at a U.S. Weather Bureau station at Thrall is still the national official 24-hr rainfall record ending at 7 AM Sept 10, 1921 - The storm total was 39.7 in. during 36 hrs - With 215 drownings statewide, this was the deadliest flood in Texas history.
Eighty-seven people drowned in and near Taylor and 93 in Williamson County. The confluence of the San Gabriel River and Brushy Creek was 10 mi wide. Not an El Nino or a La Nina year.
1944 - The ""Great Atlantic Hurricane"" ravaged the east coast. The storm killed 22 persons and caused 63 million dollars damage in the Chesapeake Bay area, then besieged New England killing 390 persons and causing another 100 million dollars damage. (The Weather Channel)
1960 - Extremely dangerous Category 4 Hurricane Donna was taking aim on the Florida Keys for the first of her four U.S. landfalls. On this date, Donnas’ winds peaked at 150 mph with a minimum central pressure of 934 millibars or 27.58 inHg.
1964 - Hurricane Dora, the first storm of hurricane intensity to cross into northeast Florida from the Atlantic in 80 years of recordkeeping, moved inland over St. Augustine early on the 10th. St. Augustine was in the eye of the storm and recorded a sea level pressure of 966 millibars or 28.52 inHg. Dora produced sustained winds of around 100 mph, and abnormally high tides to almost all coastal points north of Daytona Beach. Highest sustained winds, from the southwest, and estimated at 125 mph were reported at St. Augustine. Sustained winds of 82 mph were recorded in Jacksonville, and this was the first time in Weather Bureau history that winds of full hurricane force have been observed in Jacksonville. Storm tides reached 12 feet at St. Augustine and ranged between 5 and l0 feet above normal north of Daytona Beach. Wind and tide damage was extensive along the Atlantic coast north of St. Augustine. High winds in the Jacksonville area caused a massive utilities failure. Agriculture sustained considerable damage because of the flooding throughout north Florida. One death and 8 injuries were reported from Dora.
1965 - One day after striking extreme southern Florida, Hurricane Betsy struck southeastern Louisiana, with the eye crossing Grand Isle. Tremendous damage was reported along the coast from the point of landfall east to Mobile, AL. New Orleans, LA was flooded when power to its elaborate pumping stations was knocked out. 58 people died in Louisiana. Betsy became the first billion dollar hurricane with losses totaling $1.4 billion dollars.
1971 - Hurricane Ginger formed, and remained a hurricane until the 5th of October. The 27 day life span was the longest of record for any hurricane in the North Atlantic Ocean. (The Weather Channel)
1976 - Record rains that started on this day and ended on the 12th came from Tropical Storm Kathleen (called a 160+ year event by Meteorologists). 14.76 inches fell on south slopes of Mt. San Gorgonio, 10.13 inches at Mt. Laguna, 8 inches at Mt. San Jacinto, Over 4 inches in the Little San Bernardino Mountains, and 1.8 to 2.8 inches in the Coachella Valley. Deep Canyon (above La Quinta) recorded 2.96 inches in three hours on the 10th. Rainfall in the Santa Rosa Mountains above the Coachella Valley was called the “heaviest in recorded history.” Six were buried and killed in sand in Ocotillo. Floods of record were attained at numerous streams around the Coachella Valley. This occurred during the El Niño of 1976-77. Hurricane Kathleen also brought the southwest the highest sustained winds ever associated with an eastern Pacific tropical cyclone with sustained winds of 57 mph at Yuma the next day.
1978 - The U.S. Coast Guard began the first of 122 search and rescue efforts as a sudden, early season gale swept through the albacore tuna fleet, which was 80 miles offshore Washington and Oregon. Six boats sank and two people perished. One fisherman floated for 22 hours in a survival suit before rescued.
1983 - On this date through the 10th, strong winds blasted through east central South Dakota, leaving in its wake damaged crops, hundreds of downed trees, broken windows, damaged roofs and buildings, downed power poles, and damaged vehicles. Gusts of up to 75 mph in Huron moved a semi trailer one-half block into a truck. Standing crops of corn, beans, and sunflowers suffered extensive damage in many areas with losses up to 50% reported.
1985 - Late evening thunderstorm winds rolled over a camper trailer which was parked on the beach side of Galveston State Park (Galveston County). 4 occupants of the trailer were injured. The high winds also turned over two other camper trailers in the area.
1987 - Thunderstorms produced severe weather in the central U.S. Thunderstorms in West Texas spawned four tornadoes in the vicinity of Lubbock, and produced baseball size hail and wind gusts to 81 mph at Ropesville. Thunderstorms produced hail two inches in diameter at Downs KS and Harvard NE, breaking car windows at Harvard. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1988 - Florence became a hurricane and headed for the Central Gulf Coast Region. Florence made landfall early the next morning, passing over New Orleans LA. Winds gusts to 80 mph were recorded at an oil rig south of the Chandeleur Islands. Wind gusts around New Orleans reached 61 mph. Total property damage from Florence was estimated at 2.5 million dollars. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
1989 - The first snow of the season began to whiten the mountains of Wyoming early in the morning, as for two days a moist and unusually cold storm system affected the state. By the morning of the 11th, a foot of snow covered the ground at Burgess Junction. Thunderstorms developing along a cold front crossing the Ohio Valley produced severe weather in Indiana during the late afternoon and early evening hours. Strong thunderstorm winds blew down a tent at Palestine injuring seven persons, and frequent lightning interrupted the Purdue and Miami of Ohio football game, clearing the stands. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1990 - Birmingham, AL recorded an afternoon high of 99°. This was their 32nd consecutive day with readings of 90° or higher, which broke the previous record of 31 days set in 1954.
1994 - The temperature rose from 67° at 5:02am to 97° by 5:17am at Glasgow, MT. The heat burst was short-lived as the temperature dropped back to 68 degrees 23 minutes later.
Hurricane John became extratropical in the north central Pacific Ocean, ending its 31-day life span as a tropical cyclone, the longest lived storm on record.
2002 - 6.62 inches of rain fell at Nimes, France in six hours. Their average September rainfall is 2.56 inches. In the town of Orange 2.68 inches fell in six hours, with 1.81 inches falling in just one hour. Their average September rainfall is 3.47 inches. The storms responsible for the wet weather killed 20 people in southeastern France where some mountain regions reported close to two feet of rain.
2004 - The dew point temperature at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, NV hit 75°. This tied their all-time record also set on 8/14/1984 and on 8/30/2013.
Western and central New York was inundated by drenching rains as the remnants of hurricane Frances drifted north. Area-wide rainfall totaled 3 to 5 inches with the bulk of it falling in a 6 to 9 hour period from very late on this date into the next day. At least one person was killed.
Across the border, heavy rains of close to 4 inches over southern Quebec Canada. Local rainfall amounts included: 3.78 inches fell at L'Assomption, 3.90 inches in St-Jovite and 3.94 inches at High Falls.
2008 - Nome, AK reached a high temperature of 62°, which tied the high temperature record for the date and represented the third day during the month that a high temperature record was either tied or broken.
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For September 10th
1811 - As a tropical storm passed near Charleston, SC, it produced a significant tornado that moved northwest across the center of the city. 60 homes, many of them mansions, were destroyed. 11 people were killed.
1900 - South Dakota registered its maximum 24 hour precipitation record as 8.01 inches of rain fell at Elk Point.
1917 - Duluth, MN saw its earliest freezing temperature reading with a record low of 31°.
1919 - A hurricane struck the Florida Keys drowning more than 500 persons. (David Ludlum)
1921 - Thrall Flood - A tropical storm formed in the Bay of Campeche the morning of Sept 6, 1921 - made hurricane intensity that afternoon - made landfall near Vera Cruz the early morning of Sept 7 - veered right and fell below depression intensity just as it crossed the Rio Grande at Rio Grande City the night of the 7th - Light rain began falling in San Antonio the 8th, which became a deluge the evening of the 9th, with totals to 18 in. in the northern part of San Antonio.
The 18 in. in northern Bexar County the evening of Sept 9, 1921, created a flood wave through downtown San Antonio 12 ft deep - The flow passed down Olmos and Apache Creeks into the San Antonio River - People caught downtown tried to evacuate vertically to upper floors - 51 didn't make it and drowned as the flood wave peaked near 1:30 AM -
Water was 4 to 5 ft deep in the current St. Marys Church and the Gunter Hotel. Olmos Dam was completed in 1928 as a flood-retention dam to protect downtown San Antonio as a direct result.
Thrall rainfall - 23.4 in. during 6 hrs/31.8 in. during 12 hrs/36.4 in. during 18 hrs/38.2 in. during 24 hrs at a U.S. Weather Bureau station at Thrall is still the national official 24-hr rainfall record ending at 7 AM Sept 10, 1921 - The storm total was 39.7 in. during 36 hrs - With 215 drownings statewide, this was the deadliest flood in Texas history.
Eighty-seven people drowned in and near Taylor and 93 in Williamson County. The confluence of the San Gabriel River and Brushy Creek was 10 mi wide. Not an El Nino or a La Nina year.
1944 - Navy and Army Air Force B-24 Liberator planes flew into the "Great Atlantic Hurricane" from September 10th through the 15th. These were the first sanctioned military flights to obtain data on a hurricane. The data sent back was instrumental in helping hold the death toll from the destructive hurricane to 27 people.
1960 - Hurricane Donna struck the Florida Keys, with winds gusting to 180 mph and a thirteen foot storm surge. The hurricane then moved north along the eastern coast of Florida and inundated Naples before moving out to sea. Hurricane Donna claimed fifty lives, injured 1800 others, and caused more than 300 million dollars damage. The Marathon/Tavernier area was almost completely destroyed, and in the Citrus Belt, most of the avacado crop was blown from the trees. Hurricane Donna wreaked havoc from Florida to Maine, with wind gusts to 100 mph along much of the coast. Hurricane Donna produced wind gusts to 121 mph at Charleston SC on the 11th, and wind gusts to 138 mph at Blue Hill Observatory MA on the 12th. The hurricane finally died over Maine two days later, producing more than five inches of rain over the state. (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel)
1961 - As the center of Hurricane Carla approached the Texas coast, reconnaissance aircraft indicated a central pressure of 931 millibars or 27.49 inHg just prior to landfall with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph. When the center of Hurricane Carla made landfall early in the morning of the 11th, the intensity had weakened slightly but the storm was still packing winds of 120 mph in areas from Port O’Connor up the coast to Galveston. Port Lavaca, recorded the lowest pressure anywhere on land at 935 millibars or 27.61 inHg before the needle dipped below the reported scale. Storm tides reached 10 to 15 feet all along the beaches east of the storm's landfall to Galveston, 120 miles away. The maximum storm surge height recorded was 18.5 feet. Bay City, TX received 17.48 inches of rain. The highest reported sustained wind speeds were 115 mph in Matagorda, 110 mph in Victoria and 88 mph in Galveston. Peak wind gusts were estimated at 150 mph in Victoria and 175 mph at Port Lavaca. Corpus Christi, TX reported a peak wind gust of 81 mph at the tower of the Weather Bureau Office, before the instrument failed. Carla was a huge storm, with her circulation affecting the entire Gulf of Mexico. Carla also spawned a tornado which swept across Galveston Island killing 8 people. Overall, 45 people died and damage was estimated at $408 million dollars. The remnants of Carla produced heavy rain in the Lower Missouri Valley and southern sections of the Upper Great Lakes Region.
1963 - Paishih, Taiwan received 49.13 inches of rain in association with a Super-Typhoon.
1964 - Dora was the first hurricane to cross the coast of northeast Florida from the Atlantic. The storm made landfall near St. Augustine with sustained winds of 100 to 110 mph, gusts to 125 mph and a minimum central pressure of 966 millibars or 28.53 inHg. Tides reached 12 feet above normal, four feet higher than ever recorded previously. Jacksonville, FL recorded their first ever hurricane force winds of 82 mph. 23.73 inches of rain was recorded at Mayo, FL. Damage totaled $280 million dollars.
1965 - After ravaging the Florida Keys on the 8th, Hurricane Betsy slammed in Louisiana with sustained winds of 125 to 130 mph and a minimum central pressure near 948 millibars or 28.00 inHg. Houma, LA reported a wind gust of 130 mph. There were as many as 76 deaths and thousands injured. The storm surge and flooding from torrential rains caused an enormous amount of damage making this the greatest insured property loss in the U.S. up to the time. Betsy is known as first billion dollar hurricane with damage exceeding $1.4 billion dollars.
1969 - Birmingham AL dipped to 49°; their earliest recorded temperature under 50°. Other record low temperatures included: Atlanta, GA: 49°, Tupelo, MS: 50°, Chattanooga, TN: 50°-Tied, Montgomery, AL: 52°, Meridian, MS: 52°-Tied, Macon, GA: 52°-Tied and Tallahassee, FL: 54°.
1972 - Violent thunderstorms produced high winds, tornadoes and very heavy rains over portions of west central and southwest Iowa. The Council Bluffs area received wind damage and Shelby and Audobon Counties experienced a tornado which severely damaged one farm. Rainfall totals in the three days from this date through the 12th were very impressive. Harlon, Iowa received 21 inches with 12.49 inches occurring on one day. Hundreds of families were left homeless from the flooding and losses of crops and buildings totaled nearly $20 million dollars.
1976 - Tropical Storm Kathleen moved northward from the Baja into the desert region of southern California; officially weakening to a depression just before crossing into the U.S. Yuma, AZ reported sustained winds of 57 mph, the highest on record associated with an eastern Pacific tropical cyclone in the southwestern U.S. San Diego, CA reported 50 mph wind gusts. A wall of water left a 700 foot wide, 40 feet deep gap at the Myer Creek Bridge on I-8 in Ocotillo, CA. The 4 to 6 foot high wall of water destroyed 70% of the homes. Daggett, CA received 2.28 inches of rain which was the greatest one day amount in recorded history. Overall, five people died and damage was estimated at $333 million dollars.
1982 - A small tornado damaged a farm house at Wilmot on Prince Edward Island, Canada.
1987 - A late afternoon thunderstorm roared through Austin TX producing wind gusts to 81 mph, and 2.17 inches of rain in just sixty minutes. The high winds toppled six National Guard helicopters at the Robert Mueller Municipal Airport, and damaged or destroyed numerous other aircraft. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
1988 - Cool air sweeping into the north central U.S. brought snow to some of the higher elevations of Montana. The town of Kings Hill, southeast of Great Falls, was blanketed with six inches of snow. Tropical Storm Gilbert strenghtened to a hurricane over the eastern Carribean. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1989 - Light snow fell in Montana overnight, with three inches reported at Fairfield. Billings MT reported a record low of 33 degrees. Unseasonably warm weather prevailed in the northeastern U.S., with record highs of 86 degrees at Caribou ME and 90 degrees at Burlington VT. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1990 - Borrego Springs, CA hit 117°, their hottest September temperature. This record was tied the next day.
1998 - Tropical Storm Frances made landfall near Matagorda Bay, TX, causing the worst coastal flooding and beach erosion since Hurricane Carla in 1961. The storm's heavy rains ended a drought in East Texas, but caused serious river flooding in parts of Texas and Louisiana. The highest rain total noted was 21.10 inches at Terrytown in southeast Louisiana. A major disaster declaration was issued for Cameron, Jefferson, Lafourche, and Terrebonne parishes in Louisiana.
1999 - Straight line winds caused extensive damage at the Ardmore Industrial Park in Carter County, two miles northeast of Gene Autry, where a gust of 102 mph was measured. One aircraft hangar was completely destroyed and several were damaged. Several aircraft were overturned and three were destroyed. Damage was estimated at $2 million dollars.
2001 - The last full day of the World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan in New York City. It can be said that it was the last day of innocence. September 10, 2001 was a cloudy and rainy day with thunder ahead of a cold front.
2008 - Hurricane Ike emerged in the south-central Gulf of Mexico heading for the Texas coast with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph and a minimum central pressure of 945 millibars or 27.91 inHg.
2009 - Honolulu, HI tied a record high of 92° while Molokai, HI set a record high of 91°.
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1811 - As a tropical storm passed near Charleston, SC, it produced a significant tornado that moved northwest across the center of the city. 60 homes, many of them mansions, were destroyed. 11 people were killed.
1900 - South Dakota registered its maximum 24 hour precipitation record as 8.01 inches of rain fell at Elk Point.
1917 - Duluth, MN saw its earliest freezing temperature reading with a record low of 31°.
1919 - A hurricane struck the Florida Keys drowning more than 500 persons. (David Ludlum)
1921 - Thrall Flood - A tropical storm formed in the Bay of Campeche the morning of Sept 6, 1921 - made hurricane intensity that afternoon - made landfall near Vera Cruz the early morning of Sept 7 - veered right and fell below depression intensity just as it crossed the Rio Grande at Rio Grande City the night of the 7th - Light rain began falling in San Antonio the 8th, which became a deluge the evening of the 9th, with totals to 18 in. in the northern part of San Antonio.
The 18 in. in northern Bexar County the evening of Sept 9, 1921, created a flood wave through downtown San Antonio 12 ft deep - The flow passed down Olmos and Apache Creeks into the San Antonio River - People caught downtown tried to evacuate vertically to upper floors - 51 didn't make it and drowned as the flood wave peaked near 1:30 AM -
Water was 4 to 5 ft deep in the current St. Marys Church and the Gunter Hotel. Olmos Dam was completed in 1928 as a flood-retention dam to protect downtown San Antonio as a direct result.
Thrall rainfall - 23.4 in. during 6 hrs/31.8 in. during 12 hrs/36.4 in. during 18 hrs/38.2 in. during 24 hrs at a U.S. Weather Bureau station at Thrall is still the national official 24-hr rainfall record ending at 7 AM Sept 10, 1921 - The storm total was 39.7 in. during 36 hrs - With 215 drownings statewide, this was the deadliest flood in Texas history.
Eighty-seven people drowned in and near Taylor and 93 in Williamson County. The confluence of the San Gabriel River and Brushy Creek was 10 mi wide. Not an El Nino or a La Nina year.
1944 - Navy and Army Air Force B-24 Liberator planes flew into the "Great Atlantic Hurricane" from September 10th through the 15th. These were the first sanctioned military flights to obtain data on a hurricane. The data sent back was instrumental in helping hold the death toll from the destructive hurricane to 27 people.
1960 - Hurricane Donna struck the Florida Keys, with winds gusting to 180 mph and a thirteen foot storm surge. The hurricane then moved north along the eastern coast of Florida and inundated Naples before moving out to sea. Hurricane Donna claimed fifty lives, injured 1800 others, and caused more than 300 million dollars damage. The Marathon/Tavernier area was almost completely destroyed, and in the Citrus Belt, most of the avacado crop was blown from the trees. Hurricane Donna wreaked havoc from Florida to Maine, with wind gusts to 100 mph along much of the coast. Hurricane Donna produced wind gusts to 121 mph at Charleston SC on the 11th, and wind gusts to 138 mph at Blue Hill Observatory MA on the 12th. The hurricane finally died over Maine two days later, producing more than five inches of rain over the state. (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel)
1961 - As the center of Hurricane Carla approached the Texas coast, reconnaissance aircraft indicated a central pressure of 931 millibars or 27.49 inHg just prior to landfall with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph. When the center of Hurricane Carla made landfall early in the morning of the 11th, the intensity had weakened slightly but the storm was still packing winds of 120 mph in areas from Port O’Connor up the coast to Galveston. Port Lavaca, recorded the lowest pressure anywhere on land at 935 millibars or 27.61 inHg before the needle dipped below the reported scale. Storm tides reached 10 to 15 feet all along the beaches east of the storm's landfall to Galveston, 120 miles away. The maximum storm surge height recorded was 18.5 feet. Bay City, TX received 17.48 inches of rain. The highest reported sustained wind speeds were 115 mph in Matagorda, 110 mph in Victoria and 88 mph in Galveston. Peak wind gusts were estimated at 150 mph in Victoria and 175 mph at Port Lavaca. Corpus Christi, TX reported a peak wind gust of 81 mph at the tower of the Weather Bureau Office, before the instrument failed. Carla was a huge storm, with her circulation affecting the entire Gulf of Mexico. Carla also spawned a tornado which swept across Galveston Island killing 8 people. Overall, 45 people died and damage was estimated at $408 million dollars. The remnants of Carla produced heavy rain in the Lower Missouri Valley and southern sections of the Upper Great Lakes Region.
1963 - Paishih, Taiwan received 49.13 inches of rain in association with a Super-Typhoon.
1964 - Dora was the first hurricane to cross the coast of northeast Florida from the Atlantic. The storm made landfall near St. Augustine with sustained winds of 100 to 110 mph, gusts to 125 mph and a minimum central pressure of 966 millibars or 28.53 inHg. Tides reached 12 feet above normal, four feet higher than ever recorded previously. Jacksonville, FL recorded their first ever hurricane force winds of 82 mph. 23.73 inches of rain was recorded at Mayo, FL. Damage totaled $280 million dollars.
1965 - After ravaging the Florida Keys on the 8th, Hurricane Betsy slammed in Louisiana with sustained winds of 125 to 130 mph and a minimum central pressure near 948 millibars or 28.00 inHg. Houma, LA reported a wind gust of 130 mph. There were as many as 76 deaths and thousands injured. The storm surge and flooding from torrential rains caused an enormous amount of damage making this the greatest insured property loss in the U.S. up to the time. Betsy is known as first billion dollar hurricane with damage exceeding $1.4 billion dollars.
1969 - Birmingham AL dipped to 49°; their earliest recorded temperature under 50°. Other record low temperatures included: Atlanta, GA: 49°, Tupelo, MS: 50°, Chattanooga, TN: 50°-Tied, Montgomery, AL: 52°, Meridian, MS: 52°-Tied, Macon, GA: 52°-Tied and Tallahassee, FL: 54°.
1972 - Violent thunderstorms produced high winds, tornadoes and very heavy rains over portions of west central and southwest Iowa. The Council Bluffs area received wind damage and Shelby and Audobon Counties experienced a tornado which severely damaged one farm. Rainfall totals in the three days from this date through the 12th were very impressive. Harlon, Iowa received 21 inches with 12.49 inches occurring on one day. Hundreds of families were left homeless from the flooding and losses of crops and buildings totaled nearly $20 million dollars.
1976 - Tropical Storm Kathleen moved northward from the Baja into the desert region of southern California; officially weakening to a depression just before crossing into the U.S. Yuma, AZ reported sustained winds of 57 mph, the highest on record associated with an eastern Pacific tropical cyclone in the southwestern U.S. San Diego, CA reported 50 mph wind gusts. A wall of water left a 700 foot wide, 40 feet deep gap at the Myer Creek Bridge on I-8 in Ocotillo, CA. The 4 to 6 foot high wall of water destroyed 70% of the homes. Daggett, CA received 2.28 inches of rain which was the greatest one day amount in recorded history. Overall, five people died and damage was estimated at $333 million dollars.
1982 - A small tornado damaged a farm house at Wilmot on Prince Edward Island, Canada.
1987 - A late afternoon thunderstorm roared through Austin TX producing wind gusts to 81 mph, and 2.17 inches of rain in just sixty minutes. The high winds toppled six National Guard helicopters at the Robert Mueller Municipal Airport, and damaged or destroyed numerous other aircraft. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
1988 - Cool air sweeping into the north central U.S. brought snow to some of the higher elevations of Montana. The town of Kings Hill, southeast of Great Falls, was blanketed with six inches of snow. Tropical Storm Gilbert strenghtened to a hurricane over the eastern Carribean. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1989 - Light snow fell in Montana overnight, with three inches reported at Fairfield. Billings MT reported a record low of 33 degrees. Unseasonably warm weather prevailed in the northeastern U.S., with record highs of 86 degrees at Caribou ME and 90 degrees at Burlington VT. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1990 - Borrego Springs, CA hit 117°, their hottest September temperature. This record was tied the next day.
1998 - Tropical Storm Frances made landfall near Matagorda Bay, TX, causing the worst coastal flooding and beach erosion since Hurricane Carla in 1961. The storm's heavy rains ended a drought in East Texas, but caused serious river flooding in parts of Texas and Louisiana. The highest rain total noted was 21.10 inches at Terrytown in southeast Louisiana. A major disaster declaration was issued for Cameron, Jefferson, Lafourche, and Terrebonne parishes in Louisiana.
1999 - Straight line winds caused extensive damage at the Ardmore Industrial Park in Carter County, two miles northeast of Gene Autry, where a gust of 102 mph was measured. One aircraft hangar was completely destroyed and several were damaged. Several aircraft were overturned and three were destroyed. Damage was estimated at $2 million dollars.
2001 - The last full day of the World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan in New York City. It can be said that it was the last day of innocence. September 10, 2001 was a cloudy and rainy day with thunder ahead of a cold front.
2008 - Hurricane Ike emerged in the south-central Gulf of Mexico heading for the Texas coast with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph and a minimum central pressure of 945 millibars or 27.91 inHg.
2009 - Honolulu, HI tied a record high of 92° while Molokai, HI set a record high of 91°.
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For September 11th
1863 - A severe hailstorm occurred in St. Charles County, Missouri resulting in one fatality.
1887 - Locally heavy rain affected some parts of India; 32.43 inches of rain fell in 24 hours at Nagina and 30.42 inches fell at the same time in Janipur. Meanwhile, at Purnea 35.03 inches fell in 24 hours while 40.13 inches fell at Jowai.
1900 - The remnants of the Great Galveston Hurricane moved across southern Ontario, Canada. In the Niagara Peninsula and along the Lake Erie shore, apples, pears and peaches ready for harvest were ripped from the trees; half the crop, about $1 million dollars in value, was destroyed.
1939 - Four inches of rain fell across the deserts and mountains of southern California as a dying tropical cyclone moved across Baja California into the southern California desert region. This was the second tropical cyclone remnant to affect California during the month. A strong El Nino event may have contributed to the activity.
1949 - An early snowstorm brought 7.5 inches to Helena MT. In Maine, a storm drenched New Brunswick with 8.05 inches of rain in 24 hours, a state record. (The Weather Channel)
1952 - In the middle of the 6-year, worst in Texas history drought (1950 - spring of 1957), two disastrous floods occurred - One in Sept 1952 on the Pedernales and Guadalupe Rivers, and the other in June 1954 in the Devils/Pecos River and Rio Grande drainages.
Sept 1952 was after the El Nino winter of 1951-52 - There was no tropical activity in Texas the year of 1952. The Hwy 281 bridge at Johnson City on the Pedernales River was washed away and destroyed. Major flooding also passed down from the mid Guadalupe River.
1954 - New England was blasted by Hurricane Edna less than two weeks after Hurricane Carol moved through. Winds on Martha's Vineyard gusted to 120 mph and the pressure plunged to 954 millibars or 28.17 inHg. Boston, MA reported sustained winds of 74 mph with a peak gust of 87 mph. Over 8 inches of rain was recorded at Portland, ME. 21 people were killed and damage was set at $40 million dollars, rather low but there was little left to destroy after Carol.
1961 - Very large and slow moving Hurricane Carla made landfall near Port Lavaca TX. Carla battered the central Texas coast with wind gusts to 175 mph, and up to 16 inches of rain, and spawned a vicious tornado which swept across Galveston Island killing eight persons. The hurricane claimed 45 lives, and caused 300 million dollars damage. The remnants of Carla produced heavy rain in the Lower Missouri Valley and southern sections of the Upper Great Lakes Region. (David Ludlum) (Storm Data)
1963 - Over a 24-hour period beginning the previous day, Typhoon Gloria caused 49.13 inches of rain to fall in Paishih, Taiwan, which was a 24-hour rainfall record for the northern hemisphere.
1970 - A waterspout formed in the Gulf of Venice near Santa Elena Island on the Adriatic Coast near Italy and sank a steam yacht, killing 36 of the 60 passengers. The storm then came ashore at Iésolo and destroyed a camp site leaving 11 people dead and several hundred injured.
1974 - The first snow of the season fell at Denver, CO totaling a trace. This ended the shortest period without snow at only 94 days (from 6/9 through 9/10). A trace of snow also fell on June 8th.
Scottsbluff, NE recorded their earliest measurable snow on record when just under an inch fell.
1976 - Up to five inches of rain brought walls of water and millions of tons of debris into Bullhead City AZ via washes from elevations above 3000 feet. Flooding caused more than three million dollars damage. Chasms up to forty feet deep were cut across some roads. (The Weather Channel)
1986 - Thunderstorms caused flash flooding and subsequent river flooding in central Lower Michigan. Up to 14 inches of rain fell in a 72 hour period, and flooding caused 400 million dollars damage. (Storm Data)
1987 - Late afternoon and evening thunderstorms produced large hail and damaging winds in Texas, and spawned three tornadoes. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 70 mph at Goodnight TX. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1988 - Snow blanketed parts of the Central Rocky Mountain Region and the Central Plateau, with ten inches reported at Mount Evans in Colorado. Smoke from forest fires in the northwestern U.S. reached Pennsylvania and New York State.
Hurricane Gilbert, moving westward over the Carribean, was packing winds of 100 mph by the end of the day. (National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1989 - Nine cities in the north central U.S. reported record low temperatures for the date, including Havre MT with a reading of 23 degrees. Livingston MT and West Yellowstone MT tied for honors as the cold spot in the nation with morning lows of 17 degrees. Thunderstorms produced hail over the Sierra Nevada Range of California, with two inches reported on the ground near Donner Summit. The hail made roads very slick, resulting in a twenty car accident. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1990 - The high temperature recorded in Phoenix, Arizona was 112°. This temperature set a new record for the highest temperature for so late in the season at this location. Borrego Springs, CA hit 117°, tying their hottest September temperature set just the previous day. Other record highs included: Borrego Springs, CA: 117°, Yuma, AZ: 116°, Tucson, AZ: 107°, Salt Lake City, UT: 97°, Elko, NV: 94°, Ely, NV: 91°, Flagstaff, AZ: 88° and Big Bear Lake, CA: 84°.
1992 - Shortly after 3pm HST, Hurricane Iniki, the strongest hurricane ever recorded to strike the Hawaiian Islands, crossed the island of Kauai with sustained winds of 140 mph, gusting to 175 mph and a central pressure of 945 millibars or 27.91 inches. Wind gusts reached 143 mph at Makahuena Point and 129 mph at the Lihue Weather Service office. A storm surge of 6 feet and 35 foot waves battered coastal areas of southern Kauai. 1,421 homes were destroyed and 14,350 homes suffered major damage on Kauai alone. A total of 63 homes were destroyed by wave action or storm surge on the south coast of Kauai. The number suffering major damage was 5,152 while 7,178 received minor damage. Electric power and telephone service were lost throughout the island and only 20% of power had been restored four weeks after the storm. Crop damage was extensive as sugar cane was stripped or severely set back, while tender tropical plants, such as banana and papaya, were destroyed and fruit and nut trees were broken or uprooted. Six people were killed, 100 more injured, and damage was estimated at $3 billion dollars.
1995 - Hurricane Luis off the coast of Newfoundland generated a 98 foot high wave which struck the QE2. This wave is the highest measured in the world. The remnants of Luis affected the southern Burin peninsula in Newfoundland washing out roads and bridges. Winds up to 109 mph damaged homes, yachts and airplanes.
1998 - Tropical Storm Frances brought significant coastal flooding to the upper Texas coast from high tides, and the combination of the high tides and heavy rainfall near the coast led to property damage of around $287 million.
Tropical Storm Frances 7"-12" of rain over Houston. Homes in Jersey Village were flooded. Buffalo Bayou was 13.33' above flood stage. Along White Oak Bayou 1300 homes were flooded. Buffalo Bayou at Miliam was 8.77' above flood stage. White Oak Bayou at Heights was over its banks
An outbreak of 8 tornadoes occurred across southern Louisiana in conjunction with landfalling Tropical Storm Frances that was looping along the upper Texas coast. The only known fatality directly attributable to Frances was in Lafourche Parish, LA, where a man was killed when his trailer home was destroyed by a tornado. Six others were injured.
2001 - Four hijacked airplanes crash into the World Trade Center in New York, Pentagon in Arlington, and field nears Shanksville. The horrific terrorist attacks claimed 3,000 lives and leveled the World Trade Center. It left the Pentagon burning, while United Airlines Flight 93 passengers fought back.
2002 - Tropical Storm Gustav strengthened to a hurricane over the open waters south of New England. This is the latest date for the first hurricane of the season to develop for the Atlantic on record beating the 1941 season when the first tropical storm didn’t develop until this date and became a hurricane on the 16th.
Gustav went on to become a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph off the coast of New England and the Canadian Maritimes, before tracking into Newfoundland.
In respect for the significance of the one year anniversary of 9/11 and in light of the Orange Homeland Security Alert Level, the National Weather Service suspended its usual Wednesday testing of NOAA Weatheradio stations around the country.
2008 - Hurricane Ike continued its march towards the upper Texas coast with 100 mph winds and a minimum central pressure of 945 millibars or 27.91 inHg. Hurricane watches and warnings went up along the upper Texas coast into Louisiana.
2012 - Terrorists attacked the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Four Americans were brutally murdered and ten others were injured. The four who lost their life are US Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, Sean Smith, Glen Doherty, and Tyrone S. Woods.
http://www.weatherforyou.com/weather_hi ... p?m=9&d=11
http://www.examiner.com/article/weather ... cs?cid=rss
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/hgx/?n=severe_events_september
http://www.wxresearch.com/almanac/houflood.html
http://www.on-this-day.com/onthisday/th ... /sep11.htm
http://floodsafety.com/texas/USGSdemo/patton.htm#12
1863 - A severe hailstorm occurred in St. Charles County, Missouri resulting in one fatality.
1887 - Locally heavy rain affected some parts of India; 32.43 inches of rain fell in 24 hours at Nagina and 30.42 inches fell at the same time in Janipur. Meanwhile, at Purnea 35.03 inches fell in 24 hours while 40.13 inches fell at Jowai.
1900 - The remnants of the Great Galveston Hurricane moved across southern Ontario, Canada. In the Niagara Peninsula and along the Lake Erie shore, apples, pears and peaches ready for harvest were ripped from the trees; half the crop, about $1 million dollars in value, was destroyed.
1939 - Four inches of rain fell across the deserts and mountains of southern California as a dying tropical cyclone moved across Baja California into the southern California desert region. This was the second tropical cyclone remnant to affect California during the month. A strong El Nino event may have contributed to the activity.
1949 - An early snowstorm brought 7.5 inches to Helena MT. In Maine, a storm drenched New Brunswick with 8.05 inches of rain in 24 hours, a state record. (The Weather Channel)
1952 - In the middle of the 6-year, worst in Texas history drought (1950 - spring of 1957), two disastrous floods occurred - One in Sept 1952 on the Pedernales and Guadalupe Rivers, and the other in June 1954 in the Devils/Pecos River and Rio Grande drainages.
Sept 1952 was after the El Nino winter of 1951-52 - There was no tropical activity in Texas the year of 1952. The Hwy 281 bridge at Johnson City on the Pedernales River was washed away and destroyed. Major flooding also passed down from the mid Guadalupe River.
1954 - New England was blasted by Hurricane Edna less than two weeks after Hurricane Carol moved through. Winds on Martha's Vineyard gusted to 120 mph and the pressure plunged to 954 millibars or 28.17 inHg. Boston, MA reported sustained winds of 74 mph with a peak gust of 87 mph. Over 8 inches of rain was recorded at Portland, ME. 21 people were killed and damage was set at $40 million dollars, rather low but there was little left to destroy after Carol.
1961 - Very large and slow moving Hurricane Carla made landfall near Port Lavaca TX. Carla battered the central Texas coast with wind gusts to 175 mph, and up to 16 inches of rain, and spawned a vicious tornado which swept across Galveston Island killing eight persons. The hurricane claimed 45 lives, and caused 300 million dollars damage. The remnants of Carla produced heavy rain in the Lower Missouri Valley and southern sections of the Upper Great Lakes Region. (David Ludlum) (Storm Data)
1963 - Over a 24-hour period beginning the previous day, Typhoon Gloria caused 49.13 inches of rain to fall in Paishih, Taiwan, which was a 24-hour rainfall record for the northern hemisphere.
1970 - A waterspout formed in the Gulf of Venice near Santa Elena Island on the Adriatic Coast near Italy and sank a steam yacht, killing 36 of the 60 passengers. The storm then came ashore at Iésolo and destroyed a camp site leaving 11 people dead and several hundred injured.
1974 - The first snow of the season fell at Denver, CO totaling a trace. This ended the shortest period without snow at only 94 days (from 6/9 through 9/10). A trace of snow also fell on June 8th.
Scottsbluff, NE recorded their earliest measurable snow on record when just under an inch fell.
1976 - Up to five inches of rain brought walls of water and millions of tons of debris into Bullhead City AZ via washes from elevations above 3000 feet. Flooding caused more than three million dollars damage. Chasms up to forty feet deep were cut across some roads. (The Weather Channel)
1986 - Thunderstorms caused flash flooding and subsequent river flooding in central Lower Michigan. Up to 14 inches of rain fell in a 72 hour period, and flooding caused 400 million dollars damage. (Storm Data)
1987 - Late afternoon and evening thunderstorms produced large hail and damaging winds in Texas, and spawned three tornadoes. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 70 mph at Goodnight TX. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1988 - Snow blanketed parts of the Central Rocky Mountain Region and the Central Plateau, with ten inches reported at Mount Evans in Colorado. Smoke from forest fires in the northwestern U.S. reached Pennsylvania and New York State.
Hurricane Gilbert, moving westward over the Carribean, was packing winds of 100 mph by the end of the day. (National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1989 - Nine cities in the north central U.S. reported record low temperatures for the date, including Havre MT with a reading of 23 degrees. Livingston MT and West Yellowstone MT tied for honors as the cold spot in the nation with morning lows of 17 degrees. Thunderstorms produced hail over the Sierra Nevada Range of California, with two inches reported on the ground near Donner Summit. The hail made roads very slick, resulting in a twenty car accident. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1990 - The high temperature recorded in Phoenix, Arizona was 112°. This temperature set a new record for the highest temperature for so late in the season at this location. Borrego Springs, CA hit 117°, tying their hottest September temperature set just the previous day. Other record highs included: Borrego Springs, CA: 117°, Yuma, AZ: 116°, Tucson, AZ: 107°, Salt Lake City, UT: 97°, Elko, NV: 94°, Ely, NV: 91°, Flagstaff, AZ: 88° and Big Bear Lake, CA: 84°.
1992 - Shortly after 3pm HST, Hurricane Iniki, the strongest hurricane ever recorded to strike the Hawaiian Islands, crossed the island of Kauai with sustained winds of 140 mph, gusting to 175 mph and a central pressure of 945 millibars or 27.91 inches. Wind gusts reached 143 mph at Makahuena Point and 129 mph at the Lihue Weather Service office. A storm surge of 6 feet and 35 foot waves battered coastal areas of southern Kauai. 1,421 homes were destroyed and 14,350 homes suffered major damage on Kauai alone. A total of 63 homes were destroyed by wave action or storm surge on the south coast of Kauai. The number suffering major damage was 5,152 while 7,178 received minor damage. Electric power and telephone service were lost throughout the island and only 20% of power had been restored four weeks after the storm. Crop damage was extensive as sugar cane was stripped or severely set back, while tender tropical plants, such as banana and papaya, were destroyed and fruit and nut trees were broken or uprooted. Six people were killed, 100 more injured, and damage was estimated at $3 billion dollars.
1995 - Hurricane Luis off the coast of Newfoundland generated a 98 foot high wave which struck the QE2. This wave is the highest measured in the world. The remnants of Luis affected the southern Burin peninsula in Newfoundland washing out roads and bridges. Winds up to 109 mph damaged homes, yachts and airplanes.
1998 - Tropical Storm Frances brought significant coastal flooding to the upper Texas coast from high tides, and the combination of the high tides and heavy rainfall near the coast led to property damage of around $287 million.
Tropical Storm Frances 7"-12" of rain over Houston. Homes in Jersey Village were flooded. Buffalo Bayou was 13.33' above flood stage. Along White Oak Bayou 1300 homes were flooded. Buffalo Bayou at Miliam was 8.77' above flood stage. White Oak Bayou at Heights was over its banks
An outbreak of 8 tornadoes occurred across southern Louisiana in conjunction with landfalling Tropical Storm Frances that was looping along the upper Texas coast. The only known fatality directly attributable to Frances was in Lafourche Parish, LA, where a man was killed when his trailer home was destroyed by a tornado. Six others were injured.
2001 - Four hijacked airplanes crash into the World Trade Center in New York, Pentagon in Arlington, and field nears Shanksville. The horrific terrorist attacks claimed 3,000 lives and leveled the World Trade Center. It left the Pentagon burning, while United Airlines Flight 93 passengers fought back.
2002 - Tropical Storm Gustav strengthened to a hurricane over the open waters south of New England. This is the latest date for the first hurricane of the season to develop for the Atlantic on record beating the 1941 season when the first tropical storm didn’t develop until this date and became a hurricane on the 16th.
Gustav went on to become a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph off the coast of New England and the Canadian Maritimes, before tracking into Newfoundland.
In respect for the significance of the one year anniversary of 9/11 and in light of the Orange Homeland Security Alert Level, the National Weather Service suspended its usual Wednesday testing of NOAA Weatheradio stations around the country.
2008 - Hurricane Ike continued its march towards the upper Texas coast with 100 mph winds and a minimum central pressure of 945 millibars or 27.91 inHg. Hurricane watches and warnings went up along the upper Texas coast into Louisiana.
2012 - Terrorists attacked the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Four Americans were brutally murdered and ten others were injured. The four who lost their life are US Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, Sean Smith, Glen Doherty, and Tyrone S. Woods.
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http://www.examiner.com/article/weather ... cs?cid=rss
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/hgx/?n=severe_events_september
http://www.wxresearch.com/almanac/houflood.html
http://www.on-this-day.com/onthisday/th ... /sep11.htm
http://floodsafety.com/texas/USGSdemo/patton.htm#12
For September 12th
1775 - The Independence Hurricane caught many fishing boats on the Grand Banks off Newfoundland Canada killing 4,000 seamen, most from Britain and Ireland.
1882 - Hot and dry winds caused tree foliage in eastern Kansas to wither and crumble. (David Ludlum)
1921 - The San Antonio River flooded, killing 51 people and causing millions of dollars in damages. The flood was caused by some of the heaviest rainfall ever recorded in Texas. A storm stalled over the town of Taylor and dumped an astounding 23.11 inches of rain on the area in less than a day.
1944 - The destroyer USS Warrington was sunk by the Great Atlantic Hurricane 300 miles east of Cape Canaveral, FL. 247 men were lost in the tragedy. The hurricane would pass just east of the North Carolina Outer Banks and make landfall on the east end of Long Island, then pass into Rhode Island. The Great Atlantic hurricane was significant because it was the first storm in which forecasters had regular aircraft reconnaissance reports available. The success convinced the military of the value of reconnaissance and the program continued and evolved to what it is today.
1950 - A hailstorm struck southern parts of Oklahoma City, OK. The storm damaged about 4,000 homes, 300 businesses, and 750 cars, resulting in a loss estimated at $987,000.
1960 - Hurricane Donna made landfall on Long Island, NY late on this date then tracked across New England. Winds were recorded to 140 mph at the Blue Hills Observatory at Milton, MA and 130 mph at Block Island, RI. A record tide of 6.1 feet was recorded at the Battery in New York but otherwise storm surge damage was minimal in New England. Fortunately, the landfall did not correspond with the time of high tides. Donna was the first hurricane to affect every point along the east coast from Key West, FL to Caribou, ME.
1961 - Maximum sustained winds with Typhoon Nancy in the Northwest Pacific were measured at over 210 mph. Meteorologists believe that the measurement was probably somewhat too high.
1974 - Another three inches of snow fell at Scottsbluff, NE bringing the early season snowfall total to 3.8 inches. Saratoga, WY received 4 inches of snow.
1977 - Thunderstorms deluged the Kansas City area with torrential rains in the early morning hours, and then again that evening. Some places were deluged with more than six inches of rain twice that day, with up to 18 inches of rain reported at Independence MO. Flooding claimed the lives of 25 persons. The Country Club Plaza area was hardest hit. 2000 vehicles had to be towed following the storm, 150 of which had to be pulled out of Brush Creek, which runs through the Plaza area. (The Kansas City Weather Almanac)
1979 - Hurricane Frederick smashed into the Mobile Bay area of Alabama packing 132 mph winds. Winds gusts to 145 mph were reported as the eye of the hurricane moved over Dauphin Island AL, just west of Mobile. Frederick produced a fifteen foot storm surge near the mouth of Mobile Bay. The hurricane was the costliest in U.S. history causing 2.3 billion dollars damage. (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel)
1986 - 6 to 12 inches of rain in three days resulted in record flooding from Muskegon, MI to Saginaw, MI. The flooding was worsened by the collapse of several dams. 10 people were killed and damage estimates approached $500 million dollars.
1987 - Showers and thunderstorms produced heavy rain which caused flooding in North Carolina, West Virginia, Virginia and Pennsylvania. Parts of Virginia received 3 to 4 inches of rain in just two hours early in the day. Later in the day, three to five inch rains deluged Cumberland County of south central Pennsylvania. Evening thunderstorms produced seven inches of rain at Marysville PA, most of which fell in three hours time. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1988 - An afternoon tornado spawned a tornado which skipped across northern sections of Indianapolis IN damaging roofs and automobiles. It was the first tornado in central Indiana in September in nearly forty years of records. Hurricane Gilbert plowed across the island of Jamaica, and by the end of the day was headed for the Cayman Islands, packing winds of 125 mph. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1989 - Snow whitened the mountains and foothills of northeastern Colorado, with eight inches reported at Buckhorn Mountain, west of Fort Collins. Two to three inches fell around Denver, causing great havoc during the evening rush hour. Thunderstorms produced severe weather in the Southern Plains Region between mid afternoon and early the next morning. Thunderstorms produced hail three inches in diameter at Roswell NM, and wind gusts greater than 98 mph at Henryetta OK. Thunderstorms also produced torrential rains, with more than seven inches at Scotland TX, and more than six inches at Yukon OK. (National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1993 - The high temperature in Fort Collins, CO was 94°. A strong cold front dropped the temperature overnight and by 10 a.m. the next morning, it was 33° with 3 inches of snow on the ground.
1997 - Hurricane Linda became the strongest storm recorded in the eastern Pacific with winds estimated at 180 mph and gusts to 218 mph. For a time it threatened to come ashore in California as a tropical storm, but the storm turned away, impacting the region with added moisture for showers and thunderstorms. This occurred during the strong El Niño of 1997-98.
1999 - Extremely dangerous Hurricane Floyd, a Category 4 storm with top winds of 145 mph, was making residents along the U.S. East Coast very nervous as it steamed steadily westward. The storm was 360 miles east of the Bahamas, causing hurricane warnings to be raised in the islands.
2002 - Measurable rain of 0.22 inches fell for the first time in nearly three months in Winnemucca, NV, ending an 82-day dry spell.
2003 - On this date through the 13th, Korea's most powerful typhoon battered the nation's main port and industrial southeastern coast with 135 mph winds, leaving 121 people dead or missing and 8,938 homeless. Typhoon Maemi inflicted an estimated property damage of $1.3 billion dollars, with 5,000 houses destroyed or damaged.
2008 - Hurricane Ike is approaching Upper Texas Coast as a large Category 2 hurricane.
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1775 - The Independence Hurricane caught many fishing boats on the Grand Banks off Newfoundland Canada killing 4,000 seamen, most from Britain and Ireland.
1882 - Hot and dry winds caused tree foliage in eastern Kansas to wither and crumble. (David Ludlum)
1921 - The San Antonio River flooded, killing 51 people and causing millions of dollars in damages. The flood was caused by some of the heaviest rainfall ever recorded in Texas. A storm stalled over the town of Taylor and dumped an astounding 23.11 inches of rain on the area in less than a day.
1944 - The destroyer USS Warrington was sunk by the Great Atlantic Hurricane 300 miles east of Cape Canaveral, FL. 247 men were lost in the tragedy. The hurricane would pass just east of the North Carolina Outer Banks and make landfall on the east end of Long Island, then pass into Rhode Island. The Great Atlantic hurricane was significant because it was the first storm in which forecasters had regular aircraft reconnaissance reports available. The success convinced the military of the value of reconnaissance and the program continued and evolved to what it is today.
1950 - A hailstorm struck southern parts of Oklahoma City, OK. The storm damaged about 4,000 homes, 300 businesses, and 750 cars, resulting in a loss estimated at $987,000.
1960 - Hurricane Donna made landfall on Long Island, NY late on this date then tracked across New England. Winds were recorded to 140 mph at the Blue Hills Observatory at Milton, MA and 130 mph at Block Island, RI. A record tide of 6.1 feet was recorded at the Battery in New York but otherwise storm surge damage was minimal in New England. Fortunately, the landfall did not correspond with the time of high tides. Donna was the first hurricane to affect every point along the east coast from Key West, FL to Caribou, ME.
1961 - Maximum sustained winds with Typhoon Nancy in the Northwest Pacific were measured at over 210 mph. Meteorologists believe that the measurement was probably somewhat too high.
1974 - Another three inches of snow fell at Scottsbluff, NE bringing the early season snowfall total to 3.8 inches. Saratoga, WY received 4 inches of snow.
1977 - Thunderstorms deluged the Kansas City area with torrential rains in the early morning hours, and then again that evening. Some places were deluged with more than six inches of rain twice that day, with up to 18 inches of rain reported at Independence MO. Flooding claimed the lives of 25 persons. The Country Club Plaza area was hardest hit. 2000 vehicles had to be towed following the storm, 150 of which had to be pulled out of Brush Creek, which runs through the Plaza area. (The Kansas City Weather Almanac)
1979 - Hurricane Frederick smashed into the Mobile Bay area of Alabama packing 132 mph winds. Winds gusts to 145 mph were reported as the eye of the hurricane moved over Dauphin Island AL, just west of Mobile. Frederick produced a fifteen foot storm surge near the mouth of Mobile Bay. The hurricane was the costliest in U.S. history causing 2.3 billion dollars damage. (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel)
1986 - 6 to 12 inches of rain in three days resulted in record flooding from Muskegon, MI to Saginaw, MI. The flooding was worsened by the collapse of several dams. 10 people were killed and damage estimates approached $500 million dollars.
1987 - Showers and thunderstorms produced heavy rain which caused flooding in North Carolina, West Virginia, Virginia and Pennsylvania. Parts of Virginia received 3 to 4 inches of rain in just two hours early in the day. Later in the day, three to five inch rains deluged Cumberland County of south central Pennsylvania. Evening thunderstorms produced seven inches of rain at Marysville PA, most of which fell in three hours time. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1988 - An afternoon tornado spawned a tornado which skipped across northern sections of Indianapolis IN damaging roofs and automobiles. It was the first tornado in central Indiana in September in nearly forty years of records. Hurricane Gilbert plowed across the island of Jamaica, and by the end of the day was headed for the Cayman Islands, packing winds of 125 mph. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1989 - Snow whitened the mountains and foothills of northeastern Colorado, with eight inches reported at Buckhorn Mountain, west of Fort Collins. Two to three inches fell around Denver, causing great havoc during the evening rush hour. Thunderstorms produced severe weather in the Southern Plains Region between mid afternoon and early the next morning. Thunderstorms produced hail three inches in diameter at Roswell NM, and wind gusts greater than 98 mph at Henryetta OK. Thunderstorms also produced torrential rains, with more than seven inches at Scotland TX, and more than six inches at Yukon OK. (National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1993 - The high temperature in Fort Collins, CO was 94°. A strong cold front dropped the temperature overnight and by 10 a.m. the next morning, it was 33° with 3 inches of snow on the ground.
1997 - Hurricane Linda became the strongest storm recorded in the eastern Pacific with winds estimated at 180 mph and gusts to 218 mph. For a time it threatened to come ashore in California as a tropical storm, but the storm turned away, impacting the region with added moisture for showers and thunderstorms. This occurred during the strong El Niño of 1997-98.
1999 - Extremely dangerous Hurricane Floyd, a Category 4 storm with top winds of 145 mph, was making residents along the U.S. East Coast very nervous as it steamed steadily westward. The storm was 360 miles east of the Bahamas, causing hurricane warnings to be raised in the islands.
2002 - Measurable rain of 0.22 inches fell for the first time in nearly three months in Winnemucca, NV, ending an 82-day dry spell.
2003 - On this date through the 13th, Korea's most powerful typhoon battered the nation's main port and industrial southeastern coast with 135 mph winds, leaving 121 people dead or missing and 8,938 homeless. Typhoon Maemi inflicted an estimated property damage of $1.3 billion dollars, with 5,000 houses destroyed or damaged.
2008 - Hurricane Ike is approaching Upper Texas Coast as a large Category 2 hurricane.
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For September 13th
1922 - The temperature at El Azizia in Libyia soared to 136 degrees to estbalish a world record. To make matters worse, a severe ghibi (dust storm) was in progress. (The Weather Channel)
1927 - 700 were killed and the towns of Kojima and Nakamura near Nagasaki, Japan were destroyed by a typhoon by its tremendous storm surge.
1928 - Hurricane San Felipe crossed Puerto Rico resulting in the highest winds, the heaviest rains, and the greatest destruction in years. The hurricane produced much damage in the Virgin Islands, and later hit the Bahamas and Florida. (David Ludlum)
1936 - Sandy and Walnut Creeks in the Colorado River Basin reached the highest stages known at the time. Rainfall exceeded 30 in. Sept. 13-18 at some locations in a large part of the Concho River Basin. In the vicinity of Fort McKavett in Menard County, more than 10 in. of rain fell Sept. 13-16. At the headwaters of Terrett Draw, about 10 mi south of Fort McKavett, 21-25 in. fell noon Sept. 15 to noon Sept. 16. A very heavy rain of 8-30 in., with 14 in. during about 2.5 hours at one location, fell on the North Llano River Basin Sept. 13-16. The maximum storm rainfall of 30.0 in. was recorded at Broome in Sterling County from 1:00 a.m. Sept. 15 to 7:00 p.m. Sept. 17.
1945 - The shortest time period between freezes in Cheyenne, WY was set on this day with a low of 30°. The last Spring freeze of that year was on June 18th, thus making the period between freezes just 86 days.
1971 - An intense heat wave gripped much of California, Arizona and Nevada. Palomar Mountain, CA tied their all-time record high with 100°. Other record highs included: Borrego Springs, CA: 116°, Palm Springs, CA: 115°, Riverside, CA: 113°, Phoenix, AZ: 108°-Tied, Long Beach, CA: 107°, Downtown Los Angeles, CA: 106°, Victorville, CA: 106°, Sacramento, CA: 105°, Stockton, CA: 105°, Santa Ana, CA: 103°, Bishop, CA: 102°, San Francisco (Airport), CA: 101°, Santa Maria, CA: 98°, Winnemucca, NV: 97°, Reno, NV: 96°-Tied, Idyllwild, CA: 95°, San Diego, CA: 92° and Big Bear Lake, CA: 84°.
1979 - Hurricane Frederick roared into the Mobile Bay area of Alabama packing winds over 130 mph. Winds gusts to 145 mph were reported as the eye of the hurricane moved over the Dauphin Island Sea Lab, AL, just west of Mobile along with a pressure of 943 millibars or 27.85 inHg. Frederick produced a 15 foot storm surge near the mouth of Mobile Bay. Winds gusted to hurricane force as far inland as Meridian, MS, over 140 miles from the coast. 500,000 people were evacuated in the face of the storm, with only 5 fatalities recorded. The hurricane was the costliest in U.S. history up to that time causing $2.3 billion dollars damage.
1983 - Parts of southern California and the southwest were in the midst of a heat wave. Record highs included: Bakersfield, CA: 109°, Fresno, CA: 106°. Fresno topped the century mark from the 11th through the 18th.
1984 - Hurricane Diana, after making a complete loop off the Carolina coast, made landfall and moved across eastern North Carolina. Diana deluged Cape Fear with more than eighteen inches of rain, and caused 78 million dollars damage in North Carolina. (Storm Data)
1987 - Showers and thunderstorms produced heavy rain in the northeastern U.S. Flooding was reported in Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Greenwood NY received 6.37 inches of rain. A dike along a creek at Prattsburg NY gave way and a two million dollar onion crop left on the ground to dry was washed away. The prolonged rains in the eastern U.S. finally came to an end late in the day as a cold front began to push the warm and humid airmass out to sea. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1988 - Hurricane Gilbert smashed into the Cayman Islands, and as it headed for the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico strenghtened into a monster hurricane, packing winds of 175 mph. The barometric pressure at the center of Gilbert reached 26.13 inches (888 mb), an all-time record for any hurricane in the Carribean, Gulf of Mexico, or the Atlantic Ocean. Gilbert covered much of the Gulf of Mexico, producing rain as far away as the Florida Keys. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1989 - Unseasonably cool weather prevailed over the Central Plains Region, with a record low of 29 degrees at North Platte NE. Unseasonably warm weather prevailed across the Pacific Northwest, with a record high of 96 degrees at Eugene OR. Thunderstorms over south Texas produced wind gusts to 69 mph at Del Rio, and two inches of rain in two hours. (National Weather Summary)
1990 - Today marked the 37th and final day of the longest streak of consecutive 90-degree temperatures in Birmingham, AL.
1993 - A strong, winter-type storm moving through the Rockies and the western Plains produced record early season snowfall. Denver, Colorado recorded 5.4 inches of snow for its greatest snowstorm ever for so early in the season, after reaching 92 degrees the day before. The same record was also set at both Cheyenne, Wyoming and Scottsbluff, Nebraska with 5.5 and 2.5 inches of snow, respectively. Along with the snow came record lows including: Cheyenne, WY: 29°, Rapid City, SD: 29°-Tied, Colorado Springs, CO: 32°-Tied and Denver, CO: 33°.
1996 - Hurricane Fausto moved across Baja on Friday night the 13th and continued moving north-northeastward, striking mainland Mexico early Saturday morning.
Bands of heavy rain circulating around low pressure became enhanced by the relatively warm waters of Lake Erie. The activity focused in the northwest portion of Erie County with the cities o Kenmore, Tonawanda, and north Buffalo, NY bearing the brunt of the heavy downpours. Rainfall totals of 6 inches were reported from the town of Tonawanda, NY in a 36 hour period from 9pm on the 13th to 9am on the 15th. Rain fell at over an inch an hour at times. Storm sewers and drains could not handle the runoff forcing the closure of over 30 streets and resulting in serious basement flooding in thousands of homes. Thousands of homes lost both their natural gas and their power.
1998 - Heavy rain of 5 to 12 inches fell over portions of extreme southeast Kansas. Unofficial reports of rainfall amounts as high as 14 inches was reported in Bourbon County, Kansas. The hardest hit areas were along the Marmaton River in Bourbon County including Ft. Scott. The highest estimated stage of the Marmaton River at Ft. Scott reached 50.05 feet on the 14th which is the second highest stage ever recorded. Many businesses had to close for two or three days due to the flooding and associated clean up. In addition, 200 head of cattle were lost. Farms along the Marmaton River also suffered damage to grazing land and damage to fencing.
1999 - Hurricane Floyd on the verge of Category 5 status steamed steadily westward about 250 miles east of Miami. Forecasters warned that Floyd was much more dangerous than 1992's Hurricane Andrew due to its size.
2007 - Hurricane Humberto made landfall just east of High Island, TX in the McFadden National Wildlife Refuge with maximum sustained winds near 90 mph and a minimum pressure of 985 millibars or 29.09 inHg. Humberto made history due to its rapid intensification from a tropical depression the morning of September 12th, to a hurricane early on this date, as no other hurricane has ever strengthened so quickly close to landfall. Humberto attained hurricane status strengthening 20 miles south of High Island, TX. Rainfall totals generally ranged from 2 to 8 inches. Tides generally ran 2 to 4 feet above normal. Damage was estimated near $60 million dollars. Only five other storms in Atlantic Basin history has grown from a depression to a hurricane within 24 hours: Arlene & Flora in 1963, Blanche in 1969, Celia in 1970 (from depression to a Category 3) and Harvey in 1981.
2008 - Hurricane Ike made landfall around 0700z along the northern end of Galveston Island, TX as a strong Category 2 storms with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph and a minimum central pressure of 953 millibars or 28.14 inHg. Prior to landfall, Ike covered an extensive area of the Gulf of Mexico with the largest radii of hurricane-force winds: 125 miles out from the center and tropical-storm force winds: 275 miles out from the center, ever measured. This posed a major public communication challenge, as the vast swath of wind was expected to stir up a storm surge in the Galveston area far worse than people might expect from a Category 2 storm. The worst of Ike's surge struck less populated areas just east of Galveston Island. Much of Galveston and nearby coastal towns were left in shambles, and storm-surge damage extended well east into Louisiana. Ike resulted in 103 deaths across Hispaniola, Cuba and parts of the United States Gulf Coast and total damage at $32 billion dollars.
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1922 - The temperature at El Azizia in Libyia soared to 136 degrees to estbalish a world record. To make matters worse, a severe ghibi (dust storm) was in progress. (The Weather Channel)
1927 - 700 were killed and the towns of Kojima and Nakamura near Nagasaki, Japan were destroyed by a typhoon by its tremendous storm surge.
1928 - Hurricane San Felipe crossed Puerto Rico resulting in the highest winds, the heaviest rains, and the greatest destruction in years. The hurricane produced much damage in the Virgin Islands, and later hit the Bahamas and Florida. (David Ludlum)
1936 - Sandy and Walnut Creeks in the Colorado River Basin reached the highest stages known at the time. Rainfall exceeded 30 in. Sept. 13-18 at some locations in a large part of the Concho River Basin. In the vicinity of Fort McKavett in Menard County, more than 10 in. of rain fell Sept. 13-16. At the headwaters of Terrett Draw, about 10 mi south of Fort McKavett, 21-25 in. fell noon Sept. 15 to noon Sept. 16. A very heavy rain of 8-30 in., with 14 in. during about 2.5 hours at one location, fell on the North Llano River Basin Sept. 13-16. The maximum storm rainfall of 30.0 in. was recorded at Broome in Sterling County from 1:00 a.m. Sept. 15 to 7:00 p.m. Sept. 17.
1945 - The shortest time period between freezes in Cheyenne, WY was set on this day with a low of 30°. The last Spring freeze of that year was on June 18th, thus making the period between freezes just 86 days.
1971 - An intense heat wave gripped much of California, Arizona and Nevada. Palomar Mountain, CA tied their all-time record high with 100°. Other record highs included: Borrego Springs, CA: 116°, Palm Springs, CA: 115°, Riverside, CA: 113°, Phoenix, AZ: 108°-Tied, Long Beach, CA: 107°, Downtown Los Angeles, CA: 106°, Victorville, CA: 106°, Sacramento, CA: 105°, Stockton, CA: 105°, Santa Ana, CA: 103°, Bishop, CA: 102°, San Francisco (Airport), CA: 101°, Santa Maria, CA: 98°, Winnemucca, NV: 97°, Reno, NV: 96°-Tied, Idyllwild, CA: 95°, San Diego, CA: 92° and Big Bear Lake, CA: 84°.
1979 - Hurricane Frederick roared into the Mobile Bay area of Alabama packing winds over 130 mph. Winds gusts to 145 mph were reported as the eye of the hurricane moved over the Dauphin Island Sea Lab, AL, just west of Mobile along with a pressure of 943 millibars or 27.85 inHg. Frederick produced a 15 foot storm surge near the mouth of Mobile Bay. Winds gusted to hurricane force as far inland as Meridian, MS, over 140 miles from the coast. 500,000 people were evacuated in the face of the storm, with only 5 fatalities recorded. The hurricane was the costliest in U.S. history up to that time causing $2.3 billion dollars damage.
1983 - Parts of southern California and the southwest were in the midst of a heat wave. Record highs included: Bakersfield, CA: 109°, Fresno, CA: 106°. Fresno topped the century mark from the 11th through the 18th.
1984 - Hurricane Diana, after making a complete loop off the Carolina coast, made landfall and moved across eastern North Carolina. Diana deluged Cape Fear with more than eighteen inches of rain, and caused 78 million dollars damage in North Carolina. (Storm Data)
1987 - Showers and thunderstorms produced heavy rain in the northeastern U.S. Flooding was reported in Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Greenwood NY received 6.37 inches of rain. A dike along a creek at Prattsburg NY gave way and a two million dollar onion crop left on the ground to dry was washed away. The prolonged rains in the eastern U.S. finally came to an end late in the day as a cold front began to push the warm and humid airmass out to sea. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1988 - Hurricane Gilbert smashed into the Cayman Islands, and as it headed for the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico strenghtened into a monster hurricane, packing winds of 175 mph. The barometric pressure at the center of Gilbert reached 26.13 inches (888 mb), an all-time record for any hurricane in the Carribean, Gulf of Mexico, or the Atlantic Ocean. Gilbert covered much of the Gulf of Mexico, producing rain as far away as the Florida Keys. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1989 - Unseasonably cool weather prevailed over the Central Plains Region, with a record low of 29 degrees at North Platte NE. Unseasonably warm weather prevailed across the Pacific Northwest, with a record high of 96 degrees at Eugene OR. Thunderstorms over south Texas produced wind gusts to 69 mph at Del Rio, and two inches of rain in two hours. (National Weather Summary)
1990 - Today marked the 37th and final day of the longest streak of consecutive 90-degree temperatures in Birmingham, AL.
1993 - A strong, winter-type storm moving through the Rockies and the western Plains produced record early season snowfall. Denver, Colorado recorded 5.4 inches of snow for its greatest snowstorm ever for so early in the season, after reaching 92 degrees the day before. The same record was also set at both Cheyenne, Wyoming and Scottsbluff, Nebraska with 5.5 and 2.5 inches of snow, respectively. Along with the snow came record lows including: Cheyenne, WY: 29°, Rapid City, SD: 29°-Tied, Colorado Springs, CO: 32°-Tied and Denver, CO: 33°.
1996 - Hurricane Fausto moved across Baja on Friday night the 13th and continued moving north-northeastward, striking mainland Mexico early Saturday morning.
Bands of heavy rain circulating around low pressure became enhanced by the relatively warm waters of Lake Erie. The activity focused in the northwest portion of Erie County with the cities o Kenmore, Tonawanda, and north Buffalo, NY bearing the brunt of the heavy downpours. Rainfall totals of 6 inches were reported from the town of Tonawanda, NY in a 36 hour period from 9pm on the 13th to 9am on the 15th. Rain fell at over an inch an hour at times. Storm sewers and drains could not handle the runoff forcing the closure of over 30 streets and resulting in serious basement flooding in thousands of homes. Thousands of homes lost both their natural gas and their power.
1998 - Heavy rain of 5 to 12 inches fell over portions of extreme southeast Kansas. Unofficial reports of rainfall amounts as high as 14 inches was reported in Bourbon County, Kansas. The hardest hit areas were along the Marmaton River in Bourbon County including Ft. Scott. The highest estimated stage of the Marmaton River at Ft. Scott reached 50.05 feet on the 14th which is the second highest stage ever recorded. Many businesses had to close for two or three days due to the flooding and associated clean up. In addition, 200 head of cattle were lost. Farms along the Marmaton River also suffered damage to grazing land and damage to fencing.
1999 - Hurricane Floyd on the verge of Category 5 status steamed steadily westward about 250 miles east of Miami. Forecasters warned that Floyd was much more dangerous than 1992's Hurricane Andrew due to its size.
2007 - Hurricane Humberto made landfall just east of High Island, TX in the McFadden National Wildlife Refuge with maximum sustained winds near 90 mph and a minimum pressure of 985 millibars or 29.09 inHg. Humberto made history due to its rapid intensification from a tropical depression the morning of September 12th, to a hurricane early on this date, as no other hurricane has ever strengthened so quickly close to landfall. Humberto attained hurricane status strengthening 20 miles south of High Island, TX. Rainfall totals generally ranged from 2 to 8 inches. Tides generally ran 2 to 4 feet above normal. Damage was estimated near $60 million dollars. Only five other storms in Atlantic Basin history has grown from a depression to a hurricane within 24 hours: Arlene & Flora in 1963, Blanche in 1969, Celia in 1970 (from depression to a Category 3) and Harvey in 1981.
2008 - Hurricane Ike made landfall around 0700z along the northern end of Galveston Island, TX as a strong Category 2 storms with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph and a minimum central pressure of 953 millibars or 28.14 inHg. Prior to landfall, Ike covered an extensive area of the Gulf of Mexico with the largest radii of hurricane-force winds: 125 miles out from the center and tropical-storm force winds: 275 miles out from the center, ever measured. This posed a major public communication challenge, as the vast swath of wind was expected to stir up a storm surge in the Galveston area far worse than people might expect from a Category 2 storm. The worst of Ike's surge struck less populated areas just east of Galveston Island. Much of Galveston and nearby coastal towns were left in shambles, and storm-surge damage extended well east into Louisiana. Ike resulted in 103 deaths across Hispaniola, Cuba and parts of the United States Gulf Coast and total damage at $32 billion dollars.
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For September 24th
1888 - The earliest frost of record hit the southern states, covering South Carolina, Georgia and, northern Florida.
1924 - It was Switzerland's wettest day on record as 14.13 inches of rain fell at Mosogno.
1926 - The temperature at Yellowstone Park dipped to nine degrees below zero. It was the coldest reading of record in the U.S. during September. Severe freezes were widespread over the northwestern U.S. causing great crop destruction. In Washington State, Spokane County experienced their earliest snow of record. Harney Branch Experiment Station in Oregon reported a temperature of 2 degrees above zero to establish a state record for the month of September. (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel)
1939 - A thunderstorm on this day dropped 6.45 inches in six hours at Indio, CA. This preceded “El Cordonazo” or “The Lash of St. Francis”, an actual tropical storm. For the entire storm, which started on this day and ended on the 26th, four inches of rain fell across the deserts and mountains as a dying tropical cyclone moved across Baja California into southwestern Arizona. This was the second tropical cyclone to impact California during this month. A strong El Niño may have contributed to the activity. The tropical storm produced 50 mph winds over the ocean and estimated seas of 40 feet. September rain records were set at Los Angeles with 5.66 inches and 11.6 inches at Mt. Wilson. 45 people died from sinking boats and harbors were damaged. Total damage was estimated at $2 million dollars. Californians were generally unprepared and were alerted to their vulnerability to tropical storms. In response, the weather bureau established a forecast office for Southern California, which began operations in February of 1940.
1950 - A smoke pall from western Canada forest fires covered much of the eastern U.S. Daylight was reduced to nighttime darkness in parts of the Northeast. The color of the sun varied from pink to purple, blue, or lavendar. Yellow to grey-tan was common. (24th-30th) (The Weather Channel)
1956 - Hurricane Flossy made its second landfall on the Northwest Florida coast near Fort Walton Beach, after brushing the coast near Pensacola with maximum sustained winds near 90 mph and a 6 foot storm surge. The storm spread hurricane conditions along nearly the entire coast from Pensacola to Panama City. Several tornadoes were spawned damaging many buildings. 16.30 inches of rain fell at Gulf Shores, AL. 15 people died.
1972 - Lightning struck a man near Waldport, OR, a young man who it so happens was carrying thirty-five pieces of dynamite. (The Weather Channel)
1982 - The remnants of Hurricane Olivia re-curved northeastward across Southern California with rainfall up to 4 inches in the mountains starting on this day and ending on the 26th. This occurred during the strong El Niño of 1982-83.
1984 - Behind a strong cold front, Bismarck, ND had a record early season snowfall of 5 inches, their heaviest September snowfall. Along with the snow came record cold temperatures across parts of the northern Rockies. Billings, MT recorded their coldest September temperature of 22° followed by an afternoon high of just 31°. Other daily record lows included: Sheridan, WY: 13° and Casper, WY: 22°. Ahead of the front, along with dramatically warmer temperatures, by as much as 40 degrees+, upper level dynamics were in place for severe weather. Crawford and Vernon Counties in Wisconsin reported baseball sized hail and 3 inch diameter hail was reported in La Crosse County, Wisconsin with this same cluster of storms.
1985 - The central pressure of Hurricane Gloria bottomed out at 919 millibars or 27.13 inHg in the western Atlantic near 24.5N / 70.5W. No previous hurricane on record in this part of the Atlantic had ever been this intense. Winds at the time as recorded by a reconnaissance aircraft were measured sustained at 156 mph. The media immediately declared Gloria the "killer storm of the century" and basically had the entire East Coast of the U.S. preparing for atmospheric armageddon.
1986 - A very strong wind storm plowed across parts of the Colorado Rockies. The city of Boulder was hardest hit. There, the National Center for Atmospheric Research reported peak winds of 131 mph. This is thought to be the highest wind gust there for the month of September. A wind gust of 118 mph was clocked on Davidson Mesa and 92 mph near Niwot. Gusts between 70 and 80 mph were common across Boulder where as many as 90 large trees were uprooted. Many toppled on to cars. Structural damage occurred along with downed power lines and traffic lights. Wind gusts of 87 mph at the Jefferson County Airport damaged two planes.
Unseasonable rainfall hit San Diego County on this day and on 9.25: 1.04 inches fell in San Diego, 5.14 inches in Palomar Mountain, 2.07 inches in Julian, 1.88 inches in Mt. Laguna, 1.61 inches in Lemon Grove, 1.58 inches in Pt. Loma, 1.57 inches in Vista, and 1.47 inches at San Diego State University. Flooding occurred in low roadways in Mission Valley. The California Angels’ home game at Anaheim Stadium against the Cleveland Indians was rained out.
An unusually strong F2 tornado touched down near Vina, CA. A mobile home was destroyed and 11 other buildings was damaged or demolished. 50 acres of walnut orchards were flattened as well.
1987 - The first full day of autumn proved to be a pleasant one for much of the nation, with sunny skies and mild temperatures. Thunderstorms again formed over Florida and the southwestern deserts, and also formed along a cold front in the northeastern U.S. A storm spotter at Earp CA sighted a couple of funnel clouds, one on the California side of the state line, and the other on the Arizona side. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1988 - Thunderstorms developing along a stationary front produced large hail and damaging winds in the southeastern U.S., with reports of severe weather most numerous in North Carolina. Golf ball size hail was reported at Tick Creek and a number of other locations in North Carolina. (National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1989 - Forty-seven cities between the Rockies and the Appalachians reported record low temperatures for the date. Lows of 38 degrees at Abilene TX, 34 degrees at Jackson KY, and 36 degrees at Midland TX established records for the month of September. The low of 36 degrees at Midland smashed their previous record for the date by thirteen degrees. Fayetteville AR and Springfield MO reported their earliest freeze of record.
Thunderstorms produced torrential rains in northeastern Florida. Jacksonville was deluged with 11.40 inches of rain, and flash flooding resulted in two deaths. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1997 - Heavy rain and thunderstorms developed on this day and ended on the 26th in southern California. Moisture came from the remnants of Hurricane Nora, which had moved up the Gulf of California and weakened over Yuma, AZ, giving that city more rainfall in three hours than for a normal entire season. Rainfall totals were 5.50 inches at Mt. San Jacinto, 4.70 inches Mt. Laguna, 4.41 inches Mt. San Gorgonio, 3 to 4 inches at several other locations in mountains, 3.07 inches in Twentynine Palms, 1.5 to two inches at Coachella and Borrego Valleys, 2.88 inches in Hemet, and one to two inches in many inland areas. Flooding occurred in Palm Springs, Borrego Springs, and Spring Valley. Traffic deaths also resulted.
Heavy rains drenched the Whitianga area of the Coromandel Peninsula in New Zealand with torrential rains of 9.8 inches in 24 hours, the heaviest in 25 years. Tremendous flash flooding resulted.
1999 - A powerful windstorm blew across Vancouver and Southwestern British Columbia Canada leaving approximately 100,000 people without power.
2000 - Cheyenne’s greatest September snowstorm on record ended on this day after dropping an additional 6.4 inches of snow bringing the storm total to 11.8 inches. Scottsbluff, NE received a storm total of 5.7 inches of snow over two days.
Along with the snow came record cold. Record lows included: Shirley Basin, WY: 2°, Lander, WY: 17°, Ely, NV: 21°, Pocatello, ID: 22°, Aberdeen, SD: 23°, Huron, SD: 23°, St. Cloud, MN: 24°, Duluth, MN: 26°, Denver, CO: 29°, Goodland, KS: 30°, Dodge City, KS: 33°-Tied and Grand Junction, CO: 35°.
Through the 26th, a vicious spring cold snap brought snow, hail, thunderstorms and gale force winds to the North Island in New Zealand. Ski slopes at Mt Ruapehu reported snow drifts up to 9.8 feet.
2001 - It was just 13 days after the 9/11 terrorist attack when the Emergency Action Notification System sounded in Washington D.C. Many people immediately thought the alert was for another attack, but it was actually for a tornado warning. The dramatic severe weather statement from the National Weather Service at Sterling, VA was that a tornado had been sighted near the Pentagon.
Record heat occurred across parts of Alberta, Canada. Lethbridge reached 96°; breaking their old record by 9 degrees.
2005 - Hurricane Rita makes landfall as a Category 3 hurricane with 115 mph and central pressure of 937 millibars on Sabine Pass at 2:40 AM. Rita peaked as a Category 5 hurricane with 180 mph winds and central pressure of 895 millibars. Prior to the landfall, it triggered the largest peace time evacuation in US history of nearly 4 million people evacuating after it was forecasted Rita would hit the Houston area. It caused massive traffic and people were on the road for 24 hours. The evacuation claimed 113 lives from heat related, car accident, and to a bus fire in Wilmer that claimed 23 lives. Once the hurricane passed, 7 people lost their life from Rita after it produced 17 foot storm surge and 6 to 12 inches of rain.
2006 - The Antarctic ozone hole spreads over 11.4 million square miles, equaling the record for the single-day largest area of depletion.
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1888 - The earliest frost of record hit the southern states, covering South Carolina, Georgia and, northern Florida.
1924 - It was Switzerland's wettest day on record as 14.13 inches of rain fell at Mosogno.
1926 - The temperature at Yellowstone Park dipped to nine degrees below zero. It was the coldest reading of record in the U.S. during September. Severe freezes were widespread over the northwestern U.S. causing great crop destruction. In Washington State, Spokane County experienced their earliest snow of record. Harney Branch Experiment Station in Oregon reported a temperature of 2 degrees above zero to establish a state record for the month of September. (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel)
1939 - A thunderstorm on this day dropped 6.45 inches in six hours at Indio, CA. This preceded “El Cordonazo” or “The Lash of St. Francis”, an actual tropical storm. For the entire storm, which started on this day and ended on the 26th, four inches of rain fell across the deserts and mountains as a dying tropical cyclone moved across Baja California into southwestern Arizona. This was the second tropical cyclone to impact California during this month. A strong El Niño may have contributed to the activity. The tropical storm produced 50 mph winds over the ocean and estimated seas of 40 feet. September rain records were set at Los Angeles with 5.66 inches and 11.6 inches at Mt. Wilson. 45 people died from sinking boats and harbors were damaged. Total damage was estimated at $2 million dollars. Californians were generally unprepared and were alerted to their vulnerability to tropical storms. In response, the weather bureau established a forecast office for Southern California, which began operations in February of 1940.
1950 - A smoke pall from western Canada forest fires covered much of the eastern U.S. Daylight was reduced to nighttime darkness in parts of the Northeast. The color of the sun varied from pink to purple, blue, or lavendar. Yellow to grey-tan was common. (24th-30th) (The Weather Channel)
1956 - Hurricane Flossy made its second landfall on the Northwest Florida coast near Fort Walton Beach, after brushing the coast near Pensacola with maximum sustained winds near 90 mph and a 6 foot storm surge. The storm spread hurricane conditions along nearly the entire coast from Pensacola to Panama City. Several tornadoes were spawned damaging many buildings. 16.30 inches of rain fell at Gulf Shores, AL. 15 people died.
1972 - Lightning struck a man near Waldport, OR, a young man who it so happens was carrying thirty-five pieces of dynamite. (The Weather Channel)
1982 - The remnants of Hurricane Olivia re-curved northeastward across Southern California with rainfall up to 4 inches in the mountains starting on this day and ending on the 26th. This occurred during the strong El Niño of 1982-83.
1984 - Behind a strong cold front, Bismarck, ND had a record early season snowfall of 5 inches, their heaviest September snowfall. Along with the snow came record cold temperatures across parts of the northern Rockies. Billings, MT recorded their coldest September temperature of 22° followed by an afternoon high of just 31°. Other daily record lows included: Sheridan, WY: 13° and Casper, WY: 22°. Ahead of the front, along with dramatically warmer temperatures, by as much as 40 degrees+, upper level dynamics were in place for severe weather. Crawford and Vernon Counties in Wisconsin reported baseball sized hail and 3 inch diameter hail was reported in La Crosse County, Wisconsin with this same cluster of storms.
1985 - The central pressure of Hurricane Gloria bottomed out at 919 millibars or 27.13 inHg in the western Atlantic near 24.5N / 70.5W. No previous hurricane on record in this part of the Atlantic had ever been this intense. Winds at the time as recorded by a reconnaissance aircraft were measured sustained at 156 mph. The media immediately declared Gloria the "killer storm of the century" and basically had the entire East Coast of the U.S. preparing for atmospheric armageddon.
1986 - A very strong wind storm plowed across parts of the Colorado Rockies. The city of Boulder was hardest hit. There, the National Center for Atmospheric Research reported peak winds of 131 mph. This is thought to be the highest wind gust there for the month of September. A wind gust of 118 mph was clocked on Davidson Mesa and 92 mph near Niwot. Gusts between 70 and 80 mph were common across Boulder where as many as 90 large trees were uprooted. Many toppled on to cars. Structural damage occurred along with downed power lines and traffic lights. Wind gusts of 87 mph at the Jefferson County Airport damaged two planes.
Unseasonable rainfall hit San Diego County on this day and on 9.25: 1.04 inches fell in San Diego, 5.14 inches in Palomar Mountain, 2.07 inches in Julian, 1.88 inches in Mt. Laguna, 1.61 inches in Lemon Grove, 1.58 inches in Pt. Loma, 1.57 inches in Vista, and 1.47 inches at San Diego State University. Flooding occurred in low roadways in Mission Valley. The California Angels’ home game at Anaheim Stadium against the Cleveland Indians was rained out.
An unusually strong F2 tornado touched down near Vina, CA. A mobile home was destroyed and 11 other buildings was damaged or demolished. 50 acres of walnut orchards were flattened as well.
1987 - The first full day of autumn proved to be a pleasant one for much of the nation, with sunny skies and mild temperatures. Thunderstorms again formed over Florida and the southwestern deserts, and also formed along a cold front in the northeastern U.S. A storm spotter at Earp CA sighted a couple of funnel clouds, one on the California side of the state line, and the other on the Arizona side. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1988 - Thunderstorms developing along a stationary front produced large hail and damaging winds in the southeastern U.S., with reports of severe weather most numerous in North Carolina. Golf ball size hail was reported at Tick Creek and a number of other locations in North Carolina. (National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1989 - Forty-seven cities between the Rockies and the Appalachians reported record low temperatures for the date. Lows of 38 degrees at Abilene TX, 34 degrees at Jackson KY, and 36 degrees at Midland TX established records for the month of September. The low of 36 degrees at Midland smashed their previous record for the date by thirteen degrees. Fayetteville AR and Springfield MO reported their earliest freeze of record.
Thunderstorms produced torrential rains in northeastern Florida. Jacksonville was deluged with 11.40 inches of rain, and flash flooding resulted in two deaths. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1997 - Heavy rain and thunderstorms developed on this day and ended on the 26th in southern California. Moisture came from the remnants of Hurricane Nora, which had moved up the Gulf of California and weakened over Yuma, AZ, giving that city more rainfall in three hours than for a normal entire season. Rainfall totals were 5.50 inches at Mt. San Jacinto, 4.70 inches Mt. Laguna, 4.41 inches Mt. San Gorgonio, 3 to 4 inches at several other locations in mountains, 3.07 inches in Twentynine Palms, 1.5 to two inches at Coachella and Borrego Valleys, 2.88 inches in Hemet, and one to two inches in many inland areas. Flooding occurred in Palm Springs, Borrego Springs, and Spring Valley. Traffic deaths also resulted.
Heavy rains drenched the Whitianga area of the Coromandel Peninsula in New Zealand with torrential rains of 9.8 inches in 24 hours, the heaviest in 25 years. Tremendous flash flooding resulted.
1999 - A powerful windstorm blew across Vancouver and Southwestern British Columbia Canada leaving approximately 100,000 people without power.
2000 - Cheyenne’s greatest September snowstorm on record ended on this day after dropping an additional 6.4 inches of snow bringing the storm total to 11.8 inches. Scottsbluff, NE received a storm total of 5.7 inches of snow over two days.
Along with the snow came record cold. Record lows included: Shirley Basin, WY: 2°, Lander, WY: 17°, Ely, NV: 21°, Pocatello, ID: 22°, Aberdeen, SD: 23°, Huron, SD: 23°, St. Cloud, MN: 24°, Duluth, MN: 26°, Denver, CO: 29°, Goodland, KS: 30°, Dodge City, KS: 33°-Tied and Grand Junction, CO: 35°.
Through the 26th, a vicious spring cold snap brought snow, hail, thunderstorms and gale force winds to the North Island in New Zealand. Ski slopes at Mt Ruapehu reported snow drifts up to 9.8 feet.
2001 - It was just 13 days after the 9/11 terrorist attack when the Emergency Action Notification System sounded in Washington D.C. Many people immediately thought the alert was for another attack, but it was actually for a tornado warning. The dramatic severe weather statement from the National Weather Service at Sterling, VA was that a tornado had been sighted near the Pentagon.
Record heat occurred across parts of Alberta, Canada. Lethbridge reached 96°; breaking their old record by 9 degrees.
2005 - Hurricane Rita makes landfall as a Category 3 hurricane with 115 mph and central pressure of 937 millibars on Sabine Pass at 2:40 AM. Rita peaked as a Category 5 hurricane with 180 mph winds and central pressure of 895 millibars. Prior to the landfall, it triggered the largest peace time evacuation in US history of nearly 4 million people evacuating after it was forecasted Rita would hit the Houston area. It caused massive traffic and people were on the road for 24 hours. The evacuation claimed 113 lives from heat related, car accident, and to a bus fire in Wilmer that claimed 23 lives. Once the hurricane passed, 7 people lost their life from Rita after it produced 17 foot storm surge and 6 to 12 inches of rain.
2006 - The Antarctic ozone hole spreads over 11.4 million square miles, equaling the record for the single-day largest area of depletion.
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For October 28th
1846 - A group of inexperienced travelers was caught unaware by a major storm which dumped 5 feet of snow on Donner Pass in California. Their wagons and cattle were trapped along with them and only 45 of the 79 people in the party survived the winter. The group came to be known as the Donner Party, a part of western folklore.
1919 - Washington, D.C. experienced its warmest temperature for so late in the season with 87°.
Record highs were up and down the East Coast including: Athens, GA: 89°, Columbia, SC: 88°, Lynchburg, VA: 88°, Baltimore, MD: 87°, Richmond, VA: 87°, Washington, D.C.: 87°, Charlotte, NC: 86°, Greensboro, NC: 86°, Raleigh, NC: 86°, Savannah, GA: 86°, Norfolk, VA: 86°, Roanoke, VA: 86°, Philadelphia, PA: 85°, Huntington, WV: 85°, Wilmington, NC: 85°, Atlanta, GA: 84°, Wilmington, DE: 83°, New York (Central Park), NY: 83°, Hartford, CT: 81°, Boston, MA: 81°, Milton, MA: 81°, Asheville, NC: 80°, Harrisburg, PA: 79°, Worcester, MA: 76°, Avoca, PA: 75° and Williamsport, PA: 75°.
1936 - The temperature at Layton, NJ, dipped to 9 above zero to establish a state record for the month of October. (The Weather Channel)
1971 - A severe early season blizzard raged across the Plateau Region and Rocky Mountain Region. Heavy snow blocked railroads and interstate highways, and record cold accompanied the storm. Lander WY received 27 inches of snow, and the temperature at Big Piney WY plunged to 15 degrees below zero. (David Ludlum)
1973 - An early season winter storm whitened the north Georgia Mountains with several inches of snow.
1982 - Two airmen at Sheppard Air Force Base in Oklahoma were killed by lightning early in the morning. As they walked to class, lightning stuck a nearby hangar, and jumped to the ground, striking the two men. One was killed instantly, and the other died several days later in the base hospital.
A severe thunderstorm struck Al-Khafqi in Saudi Arabia, producing softball size hail and flooding rains for nearly four hours. 11 people were killed as vehicles and buildings were destroyed.
1985 - Persistent high winds caused high water and waves along the west coast and panhandle of Florida, resulting in minor beach erosion and flooding as Hurricane Juan passed well west of Florida. Some seawalls previously weakened by Hurricane Elena were destroyed. Most of the severe weather reported on this date through the 31st was related to the fringes of Juan. Four tornadoes and waterspouts struck during the evening in the Panhandle injured six people.
1987 - Thunderstorms over the San Joaquin Valley of California produced three-quarters of an inch of rain in thirty minutes at Placerville, and caused numerous power outages due to lightning. Rain began to diminish in the northeastern U.S., but some flooding continued in Vermont, eastern New York and northern New Jersey. One inch rains in Vermont clogged culverts and sewers with fallen leaves, resulting in erosion of dirt roads. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
1988 - Arctic cold invaded the north central U.S. Valentine, NE, dipped to 8 degrees, and Cutbank, MT, reported a morning low of one degree above zero. The temperature at Estes Park CO dipped to 15 degrees, but then soared thirty degrees in less than thirty minutes. (The National Weather Summary)
1989 - A storm crossing the western U.S. produced 10 to 20 inches of snow across northern and central Wyoming, with 22 inches reported at Burgess Junction. Seven cities in the Lower Ohio Valley and the Upper Great Lakes Region reported record high temperatures for the date as readings again warmed into the 70s. Alpena MI reported a record high of 75 degrees. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1991 - A powerful cold front dropped out of Canada. Yakima, WA recorded 2.4 inches of snow. This equaled the record amount of snowfall in October previously set on 10/31/1973.
Behind the storm record low temperatures fell across the Rockies including:
Havre, MT: -14°, Del Bonita, MT: -10°, Lewistown, MT: -7°, West Yellowstone, MT: 0°, Helena, MT: 3°, Casper, WY: 7°, Miles City, MT: 10°, Colorado Springs, CO: 13°-Tied and Pocatello, ID: 16°-Tied.
1999 - A newlywed bride was swept to her death as she and her fiancee took photographs of tremendous waves from a ferocious Pacific storm at Pacific Grove, CA. The storm generated waves up to 27 feet high. The powerful storm swirled offshore for a day before moving inland, pounding Washington, Oregon and California with the tremendous surf.
2002 - Strong thunderstorms streamed across west and north Houston dumping 5 to 8 inches of rain in a short time. Flooded homes in Jersey Village and many roads. 9 straight days of rain over northeast Harris County. White Oak, Greens and Halls Bayou were out of their banks. 2000 homes are flooded. Buffalo Bayou at Piney Point 4.4' above flood stage. Widespread flooding across Houston and surrounding areas (Harris County). Many streets were impassable and closed and numerous creeks and bayous were out of their banks. Total damage costs were $575,000.
2003 - Hurricane Peter dissipated making the 2003 Atlantic Hurricane season the longest on record. The season began with the formation of Tropical Storm Ana on April 21st.
An on-going drought that was in its third year continued across most of Kansas. The state of Kansas declared drought disaster areas with an estimated cost of $275 million for this growing season alone.
Record heat continued out west. Record high temperatures for the date included: Redding, CA: 97°, Bakersfield, CA: 92°-Tied, Fresno, CA: 89°, Madera, CA: 89°, Merced, CA: 88°, Bishop, CA: 87°, Stockton, CA: 87°, Hanford, CA: 86°, Sacramento, CA: 86°, San Francisco (Airport), CA: 85°, Idyllwild, CA: 81°, Medford, OR: 80°-Tied, Yakima, WA: 77°, Big Bear Lake, CA: 74° and Portland, OR: 72°.
A strong Pacific storm battered British Columbia including Greater Vancouver. Vancouver Airport reported sustained winds of 50 mph, breaking the previous record for October. The winds knocked out power slowing the rush-hour traffic on the Lower Mainland to a crawl because of darkened traffic lights and disrupted SkyTrain service.
2007 - Tropical Storm Noel dumps heavy rains on the island of Hispaniola. The resulting floodwaters and mudslides killed at least 90 people in the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Noel's wrath damaged the Dominican Republic's rice, plantain, and cacao plantations leading to an estimated $30 million in losses.
2011 - All eyes were on the developing unprecedented early season snowstorm that would be dubbed "Snowtober" across the northeastern U.S.
2012 - All eyes were on Super Storm Sandy as it is heading towards New Jersey.
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1846 - A group of inexperienced travelers was caught unaware by a major storm which dumped 5 feet of snow on Donner Pass in California. Their wagons and cattle were trapped along with them and only 45 of the 79 people in the party survived the winter. The group came to be known as the Donner Party, a part of western folklore.
1919 - Washington, D.C. experienced its warmest temperature for so late in the season with 87°.
Record highs were up and down the East Coast including: Athens, GA: 89°, Columbia, SC: 88°, Lynchburg, VA: 88°, Baltimore, MD: 87°, Richmond, VA: 87°, Washington, D.C.: 87°, Charlotte, NC: 86°, Greensboro, NC: 86°, Raleigh, NC: 86°, Savannah, GA: 86°, Norfolk, VA: 86°, Roanoke, VA: 86°, Philadelphia, PA: 85°, Huntington, WV: 85°, Wilmington, NC: 85°, Atlanta, GA: 84°, Wilmington, DE: 83°, New York (Central Park), NY: 83°, Hartford, CT: 81°, Boston, MA: 81°, Milton, MA: 81°, Asheville, NC: 80°, Harrisburg, PA: 79°, Worcester, MA: 76°, Avoca, PA: 75° and Williamsport, PA: 75°.
1936 - The temperature at Layton, NJ, dipped to 9 above zero to establish a state record for the month of October. (The Weather Channel)
1971 - A severe early season blizzard raged across the Plateau Region and Rocky Mountain Region. Heavy snow blocked railroads and interstate highways, and record cold accompanied the storm. Lander WY received 27 inches of snow, and the temperature at Big Piney WY plunged to 15 degrees below zero. (David Ludlum)
1973 - An early season winter storm whitened the north Georgia Mountains with several inches of snow.
1982 - Two airmen at Sheppard Air Force Base in Oklahoma were killed by lightning early in the morning. As they walked to class, lightning stuck a nearby hangar, and jumped to the ground, striking the two men. One was killed instantly, and the other died several days later in the base hospital.
A severe thunderstorm struck Al-Khafqi in Saudi Arabia, producing softball size hail and flooding rains for nearly four hours. 11 people were killed as vehicles and buildings were destroyed.
1985 - Persistent high winds caused high water and waves along the west coast and panhandle of Florida, resulting in minor beach erosion and flooding as Hurricane Juan passed well west of Florida. Some seawalls previously weakened by Hurricane Elena were destroyed. Most of the severe weather reported on this date through the 31st was related to the fringes of Juan. Four tornadoes and waterspouts struck during the evening in the Panhandle injured six people.
1987 - Thunderstorms over the San Joaquin Valley of California produced three-quarters of an inch of rain in thirty minutes at Placerville, and caused numerous power outages due to lightning. Rain began to diminish in the northeastern U.S., but some flooding continued in Vermont, eastern New York and northern New Jersey. One inch rains in Vermont clogged culverts and sewers with fallen leaves, resulting in erosion of dirt roads. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
1988 - Arctic cold invaded the north central U.S. Valentine, NE, dipped to 8 degrees, and Cutbank, MT, reported a morning low of one degree above zero. The temperature at Estes Park CO dipped to 15 degrees, but then soared thirty degrees in less than thirty minutes. (The National Weather Summary)
1989 - A storm crossing the western U.S. produced 10 to 20 inches of snow across northern and central Wyoming, with 22 inches reported at Burgess Junction. Seven cities in the Lower Ohio Valley and the Upper Great Lakes Region reported record high temperatures for the date as readings again warmed into the 70s. Alpena MI reported a record high of 75 degrees. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1991 - A powerful cold front dropped out of Canada. Yakima, WA recorded 2.4 inches of snow. This equaled the record amount of snowfall in October previously set on 10/31/1973.
Behind the storm record low temperatures fell across the Rockies including:
Havre, MT: -14°, Del Bonita, MT: -10°, Lewistown, MT: -7°, West Yellowstone, MT: 0°, Helena, MT: 3°, Casper, WY: 7°, Miles City, MT: 10°, Colorado Springs, CO: 13°-Tied and Pocatello, ID: 16°-Tied.
1999 - A newlywed bride was swept to her death as she and her fiancee took photographs of tremendous waves from a ferocious Pacific storm at Pacific Grove, CA. The storm generated waves up to 27 feet high. The powerful storm swirled offshore for a day before moving inland, pounding Washington, Oregon and California with the tremendous surf.
2002 - Strong thunderstorms streamed across west and north Houston dumping 5 to 8 inches of rain in a short time. Flooded homes in Jersey Village and many roads. 9 straight days of rain over northeast Harris County. White Oak, Greens and Halls Bayou were out of their banks. 2000 homes are flooded. Buffalo Bayou at Piney Point 4.4' above flood stage. Widespread flooding across Houston and surrounding areas (Harris County). Many streets were impassable and closed and numerous creeks and bayous were out of their banks. Total damage costs were $575,000.
2003 - Hurricane Peter dissipated making the 2003 Atlantic Hurricane season the longest on record. The season began with the formation of Tropical Storm Ana on April 21st.
An on-going drought that was in its third year continued across most of Kansas. The state of Kansas declared drought disaster areas with an estimated cost of $275 million for this growing season alone.
Record heat continued out west. Record high temperatures for the date included: Redding, CA: 97°, Bakersfield, CA: 92°-Tied, Fresno, CA: 89°, Madera, CA: 89°, Merced, CA: 88°, Bishop, CA: 87°, Stockton, CA: 87°, Hanford, CA: 86°, Sacramento, CA: 86°, San Francisco (Airport), CA: 85°, Idyllwild, CA: 81°, Medford, OR: 80°-Tied, Yakima, WA: 77°, Big Bear Lake, CA: 74° and Portland, OR: 72°.
A strong Pacific storm battered British Columbia including Greater Vancouver. Vancouver Airport reported sustained winds of 50 mph, breaking the previous record for October. The winds knocked out power slowing the rush-hour traffic on the Lower Mainland to a crawl because of darkened traffic lights and disrupted SkyTrain service.
2007 - Tropical Storm Noel dumps heavy rains on the island of Hispaniola. The resulting floodwaters and mudslides killed at least 90 people in the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Noel's wrath damaged the Dominican Republic's rice, plantain, and cacao plantations leading to an estimated $30 million in losses.
2011 - All eyes were on the developing unprecedented early season snowstorm that would be dubbed "Snowtober" across the northeastern U.S.
2012 - All eyes were on Super Storm Sandy as it is heading towards New Jersey.
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For October 29th
1693 - The Accomack Storm on the Delmarva Peninsula was so strong, it changed the coastline.
1870 - A Nor'easter blew across Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia Canada with heavy rain, strong winds and high seas. Damage to vessels, wharves, bridges and buildings were extensive.
1917 - The temperature at Denver, CO, dipped to zero, and at Soda Butte, WY, the mercury plunged to 33 degrees below zero, a U.S. record for the month of October. (David Ludlum)
1925 - Record cold occurred from the northern Plains to the Southeast. Locations that reported record low temperatures for October included: Sioux Falls, SD: -5°, New Hampton, IA: 0° and Lancaster, WI: 3°.
Other locations reporting daily record lows included: Huron, SD: -6°, Aberdeen, SD: -5°, Sioux Falls, SD: -5°, Bismarck, ND: -3°, Grand Forks, ND: 5°, Sioux City, IA: 5°, Waterloo, IA: 6°, Norfolk, NE: 6°, St. Cloud, MN: 6°, Houghton Lake, MI: 7°, Grand Island, NE: 8°, Lincoln, NE: 9°, Des Moines, IA: 11°, Dubuque, IA: 12°, Omaha, NE: 12°, La Crosse, WI: 12°, Moline, IL: 12°, Duluth, MN: 13°, Madison, WI: 13°, Peoria, IL: 13°, Minneapolis, MN: 15°, Green Bay, WI: 15°, Albion, IN: 16°, Angola, IN: 16°, South Bend, IN: 16, Alpena, MI: 17, Ste. St. Marie, MI: 17, Mansfield, OH: 17, Warsaw, IN: 18°, Milwaukee, WI: 18°, Chicago, IL: 19°, Springfield, IL: 20°, Fort Wayne, IN: 20°, Flint, MI: 20°, Cincinnati, OH: 20°, Columbus, OH: 21°, Dayton, OH: 21°, Lexington, KY: 21-Tied, Kansas City, MO: 22, Indianapolis, IN: 22, Evansville, IN: 23, Louisville, KY: 23°, St. Louis, MO: 24°, Akron, OH: 25°, Cleveland, OH: 26°, Nashville, TN: 26°, Augusta, GA: 26° and Atlanta, GA: 30°-Tied.
1942 - A tornado struck the town of Berryville in northwest Arkansas killing 20 persons and causing half a million dollars damage. (David Ludlum)
1952 - Canadian high pressure pushed a cold front extending from south Florida into northern Mexico. Locations from the upper Plains to Florida reported record cold. Locations that reported record October lows included: Austin, MN: 10°, Decorah, IA: 10°, Osage, IA: 12° and Lynxville, WI: 18°.
Other locations that reported record lows for the date included: Springfield, IL: 17°, Topeka, KS: 20°-Tied, Springfield, MO: 21°, Evansville, IN: 21°, Fort Smith, AR: 22°, Indianapolis, IN: 22°-Tied, Paducah, KY: 23°, Toledo, OH: 23°-Tied, St. Louis, MO: 24°-Tied, Memphis, TN: 25°, Oak Ridge, TN: 26°, Meridian, MS: 27°, Chattanooga, TN: 27°, Birmingham, AL: 27°-Tied, Athens, GA: 28°, Tupelo, MS: 30°, Shreveport, LA: 31°, Savannah, GA: 33°, Baton Rouge, LA: 33°, Lake Charles, LA: 38°, New Orleans, LA: 39° and Orlando, FL: 47°.
1956 - A violent tornado, or series of tornadoes, moved along a path more than 100 miles in length from south of North Platte NE into Rock County NE. It was an unusually late occurence so far north and west in the U.S. for such a storm. (The Weather Channel)
1959 - 800 villagers in the tiny town of Minatitlan, Mexico were buried by a massive mudslide. Many others died from snakebites and scorpions that were unearthed by the slide.
1965 - This was the last day of record heat across parts of the west. Record highs included: Palm Springs, CA: 102°, Sacramento, CA: 82°, Palomar Mountain, CA: 81°, Ely, NV: 71° and Spokane, WA: 66°-Tied.
1971 - A deep upper level trough out west controlled areas from the Rockies to the West Coast bringing record cold. It was 10° in Big Bear Lake, tying their lowest temperature on record for October. It was 11° in Idyllwild and 18° in Palomar Mountain, each the lowest temperature on record for October.
Other daily record lows included: Boulder, MT: -10°, Bozeman, MT: -2°, Helena, MT: -1°, Casper, WY: -1°, Sheridan, WY: 1°, Ely, NV: 1°, Great Falls, MT: 3°, Billings, MT: 3°, Kalispell, MT: 5°, Reno, NV: 8°, Burns, OR: 9°, Flagstaff, AZ: 9°, Big Bear Lake, CA: 10°, Pocatello, ID: 10°, Boise, ID: 11°, Yakima, WA: 11°, Spokane, WA: 13°, Lewiston, ID: 16°, Rapid City, SD: 17°, Salt Lake City, IT: 18°, Medford, OR: 18°, Bishop, CA: 20°-Tied, Eugene, OR: 22°, Victorville, CA: 23°, Salem, OR: 23°, Santa Maria, CA: 26°, Portland, OR: 26°, Quillayute, WA: 26°, Astoria, OR: 27°, Fresno, CA: 29°, Las Vegas, NV: 30°, Seattle, WA: 31°-Tied, Eureka, CA: 32°, Borrego Springs, CA: 36°, Sacramento, CA: 36°, Stockton, CA: 36°, Santa Ana, CA: 37°, Palm Springs, CA: 39°, Yuma, AZ: 39°, Phoenix, AZ: 40°, Long Beach, CA: 40°, San Diego, CA: 45°, Los Angeles (Airport), CA: 45° and Downtown Los Angeles, CA: 45°.
1985 - Hurricane Juan, a rather large category 1 storm, meandered on near the Louisiana coast until the 31st when it finally made landfall on the Alabama coast. The slow movement of the storm resulted in excessive rains in Louisiana with many places receiving over 10 inches. Galliano, LA checked in with a storm total of 17.73 inches. Inland flooding combined with an 8 foot storm surge resulted in damage well over $500 million dollars.
1987 - Severe thunderstorms in Arizona produced wind gusts to 86 mph at the Glendale Airport near Phoenix, baseball size hail and 70 mph winds at Wickenburg, and up to an inch of rain in fifteen minutes in Yavapai County and northwest Maricopa County. Arizona Public Service alone reported 2.5 million dollars damage from the storms. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1988 - Wintry weather prevailed in the Upper Midwest. South Bend, IN, equalled their record for October with a morning low of 23 degrees. International Falls MN reported a record low of 11 degrees in the morning, then dipped down to 8 degrees above zero late in the evening. (The National Weather Summary)
1989 - Thunderstorms developing along a cold front produced severe weather in Oklahoma and north central Texas during the late afternoon and evening hours. Thunderstorms in Oklahoma produced weak tornadoes near Snyder and Davidson, and produced hail two inches in diameter at Altus. Large hail damaged 60 to 80 percent of the cotton crop in Tillman County OK. Nine cities in the northeastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date as readings warmed into the 70s. For Marquette MI it marked their fifth straight day of record warmth. Arctic cold invaded the western U.S. Lows of 7 degrees at Alamosa CO and 9 degrees at Elko NV were records for the date. (The National Weather Summary)
1991 - Bismarck, ND set their October snowfall record as 15.9 inches of snow fell through this date, bringing the total for the month to 23.5 inches. A deep upper level trough behind a frontal boundary brought record low temperatures for the date including:
Chinook, MT: -24°, Havre, MT: -21°, Conrad, MT: -16°, Chester, MT: -15°, Valentine, MT: -15°, Cut Bank, MT: -14°, Stanford, MT: -11°, Butte, MT: -9°, Great Falls, MT: -5°, Sheridan, WY: -4°, Glasgow, MT: -2°, Helena, MT: -2°, Miles City, MT: -2°, Billings, MT: 1°, Rapid City, SD: 1°, Scottsbluff, NE: 3°, Valentine, NE: 5°-Tied, Burns, OR: 6° and Denver, CO: 7° with a record low maximum of 21°.
1996 - A fast moving squall line producing wind gusts of 50 to 80 mph across parts of northern and central Illinois. The storms downed power lines and trees, which in turn damaged buildings that they fell on. The highest wind gusts were recorded in northeastern Illinois, with a reading of 80 mph at McHenry, 80 mph at Chicago Heights, 79 mph at Carpentersville, 68 mph on the west side of Chicago, 65 mph at Plano, 61 mph at O’Hare Airport, 60 mph at Yorkville and 60 mph at Orlan Park.
Further west, a windstorm blasted parts of the Colorado Rockies. Trees and power lines were downed and glass from several windshields were blown out. Property damage ran into the millions of dollars. The highest reported gusts were: Broomfield, CO: 101 mph, Golden Gate Canyon, CO: 100 mph, Coal Creek Canyon, CO: 96 mph, Boulder, CO: 87 mph and Denver International Airport: 43 mph. Insured damage totaled $5.2 million dollars.
1999 - A Super Cyclone, the worst in the history of India, lashed the State of Orissa. Winds were clocked at 160 mph and torrential rains followed by a storm surge that reached as high as 33 feet pummeled the entire coastal region. 20,000 people and 700,000 cattle died, 90 million trees were uprooted or damaged, and 20 million people were left homeless. Estimated property damages exceeded $1.35 billion U.S. dollars.
2000 - New York City, NY picked up a trace of snow, their first October snowfall since 1979.
2005 - Boston, MA recorded 1.1 inches of snow for its greatest October snowfall. Up to 3 inches fell along coast just to the northeast at Gloucester and Rockport.
Tropical Storm Beta reached hurricane status just after midnight as sustained winds reached 75 mph. With the hurricane status, Beta became the 13th hurricane to develop in the Atlantic Basin. This broke the record of 12 hurricanes from the year 1969.
2006 - A fierce windstorm crossed Quebec leaving 49,000 homes and businesses without power. Wind speeds reached 50 mph in Montreal, and 60 mph along the Hydro-Quebec power system.
Super Typhoon Cimaron struck the northern Luzon in the Philippines with 125 mph winds and torrential rainfall. The typhoon was the most powerful to strike the island chain since 1998.
2007 - One of the largest severe weather outbreaks on record in interior central California occurred during the afternoon and evening hours. An upper level low moving inland across Central California interacted with a surge of tropical moisture, triggering thunderstorms that produced hail in many places as large as one inch in diameter and gusty winds as well as locally drenching rains. Hardest hit was the northwest side of the City of Fresno where rainfall totals of one to two inches were reported and a number of streets flooded quickly during the evening rush hour resulting in a number of stalled vehicles. Nearly four hours after the thunderstorms had ended some streets in Northwest Fresno were still covered with several feet of water. In addition, hail ranging from ¾ of an inch to an inch in diameter fell. The combination of the heavy rain and hail resulted in the collapse of the roof on 80,000 square foot warehouse. Thunderstorm winds also knocked out power to 18,000 customers in Fresno. In Tulare County, two houses had trees fall on them causing damage in Visalia and about 200 boats were damaged at a boat dock on Lake Kaweah. Downed trees were reported in the valley from Merced County to Tulare County and eastward into the Sierra Nevada at Yosemite and Sequoia National Parks.
2011 - New York City received one inch of snow, the earliest they had received that much snow since records began. It was also only the fourth times since the Civil War snow had fallen in New York City in October. The storm also left over three million people without power including 62% of the customers of Connecticut Light and Power.
2012 - Superstorm Sandy moved up the east coast losing its tropical characteristics and making landfall on this date after merging with a frontal zone near Brigantine, NJ then moving westward across northern Delaware and northeastern Maryland. The coastline north of where the storm made landfall to Long Island, NY took the brunt of the catastrophic damage with hurricane force wind gusts, a relentless battering storm surge and heavy rainfall. There were at least 147 direct deaths recorded across the Atlantic basin, with 72 of those fatalities occurring in the mid-Atlantic and northeastern states. Sandy caused the greatest number of U.S. direct fatalities related to a tropical cyclone outside of the southern states since Hurricane Agnes in 1972. Conservative damage estimates were $50 billion dollars making Sandy the second-costliest cyclone since Katrina to hit the United States.
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1693 - The Accomack Storm on the Delmarva Peninsula was so strong, it changed the coastline.
1870 - A Nor'easter blew across Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia Canada with heavy rain, strong winds and high seas. Damage to vessels, wharves, bridges and buildings were extensive.
1917 - The temperature at Denver, CO, dipped to zero, and at Soda Butte, WY, the mercury plunged to 33 degrees below zero, a U.S. record for the month of October. (David Ludlum)
1925 - Record cold occurred from the northern Plains to the Southeast. Locations that reported record low temperatures for October included: Sioux Falls, SD: -5°, New Hampton, IA: 0° and Lancaster, WI: 3°.
Other locations reporting daily record lows included: Huron, SD: -6°, Aberdeen, SD: -5°, Sioux Falls, SD: -5°, Bismarck, ND: -3°, Grand Forks, ND: 5°, Sioux City, IA: 5°, Waterloo, IA: 6°, Norfolk, NE: 6°, St. Cloud, MN: 6°, Houghton Lake, MI: 7°, Grand Island, NE: 8°, Lincoln, NE: 9°, Des Moines, IA: 11°, Dubuque, IA: 12°, Omaha, NE: 12°, La Crosse, WI: 12°, Moline, IL: 12°, Duluth, MN: 13°, Madison, WI: 13°, Peoria, IL: 13°, Minneapolis, MN: 15°, Green Bay, WI: 15°, Albion, IN: 16°, Angola, IN: 16°, South Bend, IN: 16, Alpena, MI: 17, Ste. St. Marie, MI: 17, Mansfield, OH: 17, Warsaw, IN: 18°, Milwaukee, WI: 18°, Chicago, IL: 19°, Springfield, IL: 20°, Fort Wayne, IN: 20°, Flint, MI: 20°, Cincinnati, OH: 20°, Columbus, OH: 21°, Dayton, OH: 21°, Lexington, KY: 21-Tied, Kansas City, MO: 22, Indianapolis, IN: 22, Evansville, IN: 23, Louisville, KY: 23°, St. Louis, MO: 24°, Akron, OH: 25°, Cleveland, OH: 26°, Nashville, TN: 26°, Augusta, GA: 26° and Atlanta, GA: 30°-Tied.
1942 - A tornado struck the town of Berryville in northwest Arkansas killing 20 persons and causing half a million dollars damage. (David Ludlum)
1952 - Canadian high pressure pushed a cold front extending from south Florida into northern Mexico. Locations from the upper Plains to Florida reported record cold. Locations that reported record October lows included: Austin, MN: 10°, Decorah, IA: 10°, Osage, IA: 12° and Lynxville, WI: 18°.
Other locations that reported record lows for the date included: Springfield, IL: 17°, Topeka, KS: 20°-Tied, Springfield, MO: 21°, Evansville, IN: 21°, Fort Smith, AR: 22°, Indianapolis, IN: 22°-Tied, Paducah, KY: 23°, Toledo, OH: 23°-Tied, St. Louis, MO: 24°-Tied, Memphis, TN: 25°, Oak Ridge, TN: 26°, Meridian, MS: 27°, Chattanooga, TN: 27°, Birmingham, AL: 27°-Tied, Athens, GA: 28°, Tupelo, MS: 30°, Shreveport, LA: 31°, Savannah, GA: 33°, Baton Rouge, LA: 33°, Lake Charles, LA: 38°, New Orleans, LA: 39° and Orlando, FL: 47°.
1956 - A violent tornado, or series of tornadoes, moved along a path more than 100 miles in length from south of North Platte NE into Rock County NE. It was an unusually late occurence so far north and west in the U.S. for such a storm. (The Weather Channel)
1959 - 800 villagers in the tiny town of Minatitlan, Mexico were buried by a massive mudslide. Many others died from snakebites and scorpions that were unearthed by the slide.
1965 - This was the last day of record heat across parts of the west. Record highs included: Palm Springs, CA: 102°, Sacramento, CA: 82°, Palomar Mountain, CA: 81°, Ely, NV: 71° and Spokane, WA: 66°-Tied.
1971 - A deep upper level trough out west controlled areas from the Rockies to the West Coast bringing record cold. It was 10° in Big Bear Lake, tying their lowest temperature on record for October. It was 11° in Idyllwild and 18° in Palomar Mountain, each the lowest temperature on record for October.
Other daily record lows included: Boulder, MT: -10°, Bozeman, MT: -2°, Helena, MT: -1°, Casper, WY: -1°, Sheridan, WY: 1°, Ely, NV: 1°, Great Falls, MT: 3°, Billings, MT: 3°, Kalispell, MT: 5°, Reno, NV: 8°, Burns, OR: 9°, Flagstaff, AZ: 9°, Big Bear Lake, CA: 10°, Pocatello, ID: 10°, Boise, ID: 11°, Yakima, WA: 11°, Spokane, WA: 13°, Lewiston, ID: 16°, Rapid City, SD: 17°, Salt Lake City, IT: 18°, Medford, OR: 18°, Bishop, CA: 20°-Tied, Eugene, OR: 22°, Victorville, CA: 23°, Salem, OR: 23°, Santa Maria, CA: 26°, Portland, OR: 26°, Quillayute, WA: 26°, Astoria, OR: 27°, Fresno, CA: 29°, Las Vegas, NV: 30°, Seattle, WA: 31°-Tied, Eureka, CA: 32°, Borrego Springs, CA: 36°, Sacramento, CA: 36°, Stockton, CA: 36°, Santa Ana, CA: 37°, Palm Springs, CA: 39°, Yuma, AZ: 39°, Phoenix, AZ: 40°, Long Beach, CA: 40°, San Diego, CA: 45°, Los Angeles (Airport), CA: 45° and Downtown Los Angeles, CA: 45°.
1985 - Hurricane Juan, a rather large category 1 storm, meandered on near the Louisiana coast until the 31st when it finally made landfall on the Alabama coast. The slow movement of the storm resulted in excessive rains in Louisiana with many places receiving over 10 inches. Galliano, LA checked in with a storm total of 17.73 inches. Inland flooding combined with an 8 foot storm surge resulted in damage well over $500 million dollars.
1987 - Severe thunderstorms in Arizona produced wind gusts to 86 mph at the Glendale Airport near Phoenix, baseball size hail and 70 mph winds at Wickenburg, and up to an inch of rain in fifteen minutes in Yavapai County and northwest Maricopa County. Arizona Public Service alone reported 2.5 million dollars damage from the storms. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1988 - Wintry weather prevailed in the Upper Midwest. South Bend, IN, equalled their record for October with a morning low of 23 degrees. International Falls MN reported a record low of 11 degrees in the morning, then dipped down to 8 degrees above zero late in the evening. (The National Weather Summary)
1989 - Thunderstorms developing along a cold front produced severe weather in Oklahoma and north central Texas during the late afternoon and evening hours. Thunderstorms in Oklahoma produced weak tornadoes near Snyder and Davidson, and produced hail two inches in diameter at Altus. Large hail damaged 60 to 80 percent of the cotton crop in Tillman County OK. Nine cities in the northeastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date as readings warmed into the 70s. For Marquette MI it marked their fifth straight day of record warmth. Arctic cold invaded the western U.S. Lows of 7 degrees at Alamosa CO and 9 degrees at Elko NV were records for the date. (The National Weather Summary)
1991 - Bismarck, ND set their October snowfall record as 15.9 inches of snow fell through this date, bringing the total for the month to 23.5 inches. A deep upper level trough behind a frontal boundary brought record low temperatures for the date including:
Chinook, MT: -24°, Havre, MT: -21°, Conrad, MT: -16°, Chester, MT: -15°, Valentine, MT: -15°, Cut Bank, MT: -14°, Stanford, MT: -11°, Butte, MT: -9°, Great Falls, MT: -5°, Sheridan, WY: -4°, Glasgow, MT: -2°, Helena, MT: -2°, Miles City, MT: -2°, Billings, MT: 1°, Rapid City, SD: 1°, Scottsbluff, NE: 3°, Valentine, NE: 5°-Tied, Burns, OR: 6° and Denver, CO: 7° with a record low maximum of 21°.
1996 - A fast moving squall line producing wind gusts of 50 to 80 mph across parts of northern and central Illinois. The storms downed power lines and trees, which in turn damaged buildings that they fell on. The highest wind gusts were recorded in northeastern Illinois, with a reading of 80 mph at McHenry, 80 mph at Chicago Heights, 79 mph at Carpentersville, 68 mph on the west side of Chicago, 65 mph at Plano, 61 mph at O’Hare Airport, 60 mph at Yorkville and 60 mph at Orlan Park.
Further west, a windstorm blasted parts of the Colorado Rockies. Trees and power lines were downed and glass from several windshields were blown out. Property damage ran into the millions of dollars. The highest reported gusts were: Broomfield, CO: 101 mph, Golden Gate Canyon, CO: 100 mph, Coal Creek Canyon, CO: 96 mph, Boulder, CO: 87 mph and Denver International Airport: 43 mph. Insured damage totaled $5.2 million dollars.
1999 - A Super Cyclone, the worst in the history of India, lashed the State of Orissa. Winds were clocked at 160 mph and torrential rains followed by a storm surge that reached as high as 33 feet pummeled the entire coastal region. 20,000 people and 700,000 cattle died, 90 million trees were uprooted or damaged, and 20 million people were left homeless. Estimated property damages exceeded $1.35 billion U.S. dollars.
2000 - New York City, NY picked up a trace of snow, their first October snowfall since 1979.
2005 - Boston, MA recorded 1.1 inches of snow for its greatest October snowfall. Up to 3 inches fell along coast just to the northeast at Gloucester and Rockport.
Tropical Storm Beta reached hurricane status just after midnight as sustained winds reached 75 mph. With the hurricane status, Beta became the 13th hurricane to develop in the Atlantic Basin. This broke the record of 12 hurricanes from the year 1969.
2006 - A fierce windstorm crossed Quebec leaving 49,000 homes and businesses without power. Wind speeds reached 50 mph in Montreal, and 60 mph along the Hydro-Quebec power system.
Super Typhoon Cimaron struck the northern Luzon in the Philippines with 125 mph winds and torrential rainfall. The typhoon was the most powerful to strike the island chain since 1998.
2007 - One of the largest severe weather outbreaks on record in interior central California occurred during the afternoon and evening hours. An upper level low moving inland across Central California interacted with a surge of tropical moisture, triggering thunderstorms that produced hail in many places as large as one inch in diameter and gusty winds as well as locally drenching rains. Hardest hit was the northwest side of the City of Fresno where rainfall totals of one to two inches were reported and a number of streets flooded quickly during the evening rush hour resulting in a number of stalled vehicles. Nearly four hours after the thunderstorms had ended some streets in Northwest Fresno were still covered with several feet of water. In addition, hail ranging from ¾ of an inch to an inch in diameter fell. The combination of the heavy rain and hail resulted in the collapse of the roof on 80,000 square foot warehouse. Thunderstorm winds also knocked out power to 18,000 customers in Fresno. In Tulare County, two houses had trees fall on them causing damage in Visalia and about 200 boats were damaged at a boat dock on Lake Kaweah. Downed trees were reported in the valley from Merced County to Tulare County and eastward into the Sierra Nevada at Yosemite and Sequoia National Parks.
2011 - New York City received one inch of snow, the earliest they had received that much snow since records began. It was also only the fourth times since the Civil War snow had fallen in New York City in October. The storm also left over three million people without power including 62% of the customers of Connecticut Light and Power.
2012 - Superstorm Sandy moved up the east coast losing its tropical characteristics and making landfall on this date after merging with a frontal zone near Brigantine, NJ then moving westward across northern Delaware and northeastern Maryland. The coastline north of where the storm made landfall to Long Island, NY took the brunt of the catastrophic damage with hurricane force wind gusts, a relentless battering storm surge and heavy rainfall. There were at least 147 direct deaths recorded across the Atlantic basin, with 72 of those fatalities occurring in the mid-Atlantic and northeastern states. Sandy caused the greatest number of U.S. direct fatalities related to a tropical cyclone outside of the southern states since Hurricane Agnes in 1972. Conservative damage estimates were $50 billion dollars making Sandy the second-costliest cyclone since Katrina to hit the United States.
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The Perfect Storm week in 1991
according to weather maps of that week, available at http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/dwm/dwm.shtml ,
Houston went from a high of 90 on Oct 30th to a low of 35 on Nov 1st.
MN relatives will forever remember it as The Halloween Blizzard, I have pics of my niece & nephew in front of a 6 ft snowbank in their costumes
http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=Halloween+blizzard+1991
http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=The+Perfect+Storm
according to weather maps of that week, available at http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/dwm/dwm.shtml ,
Houston went from a high of 90 on Oct 30th to a low of 35 on Nov 1st.
MN relatives will forever remember it as The Halloween Blizzard, I have pics of my niece & nephew in front of a 6 ft snowbank in their costumes
http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=Halloween+blizzard+1991
http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=The+Perfect+Storm
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