TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid
Today is Sunday August 16, 2015.
This is the 228th day of the year, there are 137 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 1777 The Battle of Bennington, delayed a day by rain, was
fought. The rain delayed British reinforcements, and
allowed the Vermont Militia to arrive in time, enabling
the Americans to win a victory by defeating two enemy
forces, one at a time.
In 1909 A dry spell began in San Bernardino County of southern
California that lasted until the 6th of May in 1912,
a stretch of 994 days! Another dry spell, lasting
767 days, then began in October of 1912.
In 1916 Altapass NC was deluged with 22.22 inches of rain in
24 hours to establish a state record.
In 1987 Afternoon and evening thunderstorms developing along
a cold front produced severe weather from Oklahoma to
Wisconsin and Lower Michigan. Thunderstorms in central
Illinois produced wind gusts to 80 mph at Springfield
which toppled two large beer tents at the state fair
injuring 58 persons. Thunderstorms also drenched Chicago
IL with 2.90 inches of rain, making August 1987 their
wettest month of record.
In 1988 Thunderstorms developing along a slow moving cold front
produced severe weather from North Dakota to Lower
Michigan during the day. Nine tornadoes were sighted in
North Dakota, and thunderstorms also produced hail three
inches in diameter at Lakota ND, and wind gusts to 83 mph
at Marais MI. Thirty-seven cities in the northeastern U.S.
reported record high temperatures for the date, including
Rockford IL with a reading of 104 degrees.
In 1989 Late afternoon and evening thunderstorms in the Central
High Plains Region produced golf ball size hail at
La Junta CO, Intercanyon CO, and Custer SD. Afternoon
thunderstorms over South Texas drenched Brownsville with
2.60 inches of rain. Fair skies allowed viewing of the
late evening full lunar eclipse from the Great Lakes
Region to the Northern and Central Plains Region, and
across much of the western third of the country.
In 2003 Tropical Storm Erika made landfall with 70 mph winds
about 60 miles south of Brownsville, TX. The region was
just southwest of where Hurricane Claudette made
landfall just a month earlier. Erika weakened to a heavy
rain producing system over northern Mexico.
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