TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid
Today is Friday July 24, 2015.
This is the 205th day of the year, there are 160 days left.
On this day...
Weather data after 1990 is PARTIAL. For more current
weather history, go to the National Climate Data Center
website at www.ncdc.noaa.gov
In 1886 Rain fell at Lawrence KS for the first time in four
weeks. Rain fell over much of the state of Kansas that
day relieving a severe drought which began in May. The
very dry weather ruined crops in Kansas.
In 1942 The temperature at Las Vegas NV hit 117 degrees to set an
all-time record for that location.
In 1947 One of the most powerful strokes of lightning ever
measured yielded 345,000 amperes of electricity in
Pittsburgh PA.
In 1952 The temperature at Louisville GA soared to 112 degrees to
establish a state record.
In 1980 Claudette, a weak tropical storm, deluged southeastern
Texas with torrential rains. The Houston suburb of Alvin
received 43 inches, a 24 hour record for the U.S.
In 1987 Twenty-one cities in the eastern U.S. reported record
high temperatures for the date. The high of 91 at
Beckley WV was their hottest reading in 25 years of
records, and marked their third straight day of record 90
degree heat. Bakersfield CA dipped to 60 degrees,
marking their eighth straight morning of record cool
weather.
In 1988 Afternoon and evening thunderstorms produced large hail
and damaging winds in Oklahoma, and over Nebraska and
Wisconsin. Thunderstorms produced wind gusts to 75 mph
at Brainerd NE.
In 1989 Afternoon thunderstorms produced some flash flooding in
New Mexico. Albuquerque NM was deluged with an inch and
a half of rain in forty minutes. Evening thunderstorms
soaked White Pine PA with two inches of rain in one hour.
Quiet weather prevailed across the rest of the nation, as
"Mother Nature" took a brief summer vacation.
In 2003 (21st-24th) Typhoon Imbudo, with winds of 100 mph, and 30
foot waves, struck China's southern Guangdong province,
injuring 11 people. It was the worst storm to hit that area
in years. Days earlier, the storm had 150 mph winds, with
gusts to 190 mph, and 40 foot waves...striking Luzon in
in the Philippines...with at least 11 fatalities.
In 2010 At least 200 structures were destroyed, and 1100 damaged,
after a dam on an eastern Iowa lake failed...as a result
of recent heavy rainfall of over 10 inches in 12 hours in
some areas.
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