TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid
Today is Thursday August 27, 2015.
This is the 239th day of the year, there are 126 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 1893 The first of three great hurricanes that year struck
South Carolina drowning more than 1000 persons in a tidal
surge at Charleston.
In 1964 Hurricane Cleo battered Miami and the South Florida area.
It was the first direct hit for Miami in fourteen years.
Winds gusted to 135 mph, and the hurricane caused 125
million dollars damage.
In 1970 Elko NV was deluged with 3.66 inches of rain in just one
hour, establishing a state record.
In 1987 Washington D.C. soared to a record hot 100 degrees, while
clouds and rain to the north kept temperatures in the 50s
in central and southeastern New York State.
In 1988 Afternoon thunderstorms produced locally heavy rains in
the southwestern U.S. Thunderstorms in eastern
New Mexico produced wind gusts to 75 mph near the
White Sands Missile Range, and produced three inches
of rain in two hours near the town of Belen.
In 1989 Afternoon and evening thunderstorms produced severe
weather in southeastern Nebraska, eastern Kansas and
Missouri. Thunderstorms produced baseball size hail
south of Belleville KS, and tennis ball size hail south
of Lincoln NE. Thunderstorms produced golf ball size
hail and wind gusts to 70 mph at Saint Joseph MO.
Thunderstorms in North Dakota deluged the town of Linton
with six inches of rain in one hour.
In 2011 (27th-28th) After lashing the Bahamas days earlier with
120 mph winds, Hurricane Irene made landfall near Cape
Lookout, North Carolina, with 85 mph winds. The next
day, she made landfall near Little Egg Inlet, New Jersey,
as a minimal hurricane (75 mph winds), and passed over
New York City as a 65 mph Tropical Storm. Widespread
damage, storm surge flooding, and tornadoes, occured in
her path. Irene was only the second hurricane to hit New
Jersey since 1851, and Vermont was particularly hard hit.
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