TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid
Today is Friday September 18, 2015.
This is the 261st day of the year, there are 104 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 1926 The great "Miami Hurricane" produced winds reaching
138 mph which drove ocean waters into the Biscayne Bay
drowning 135 persons. The eye of the hurricane passed
over Miami, at which time the barometric pressure reached
27.61 inches. Tides up to twelve feet high accompanied
the hurricane, which claimed a total of 372 lives.
In 1987 Early morning thunderstorms in northern Texas produced
wind gusts to 65 mph at Sulphur Springs, and 2.50 inches
of rain in one hour to Commerce, which caused widespread
street flooding. Bonham TX received 4.50 inches of rain
which also resulted in widespread street flooding as Pig
Branch overflowed its banks.
In 1988 A strong cold front produced severe thunderstorms in the
north central U.S. High winds behind the cold front
gusted to 92 mph at Fort Collins CO, and up to a foot of
snow blanketed the mountains of Montana, with seven
inches reported at Great Falls. High winds in Colorado
caused three million dollars damage.
In 1989 Hurricane Hugo hit Puerto Rico, producing wind gusts
to 92 mph at San Juan, and wind gusts to 120 mph at
Roosevelt Roads. Hugo produced a storm surge of four to
six feet, and northeastern sections of the island were
deluged with more than ten inches of rain. Hugo claimed
the lives of a dozen persons in Puerto Rico, and caused
a bilion dollars damage, incuding 100 million dollars
damage to crops. Thunderstorms representing what remained
of Hurricane Octave continued to bring heavy rain to the
valleys of northern California. Heavier 24 hour rainfall
totals included 3.15 inches at Redding, and 2.66 inches at
Red Bluff.
In 2003 Hurricane Isabel, which at one time, was a category 5
hurricane, the first in the Atlantic basin since Mitch in
1998, weakened to a category 2 hurricane before coming
ashore at Drum Inlet, North Carolina. Isabel was a rather
large storm, with tropical storm and hurricane force winds,
as well as heavy rains, spreading over a large area.
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