TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid
Today is Tuesday September 22, 2015.
This is the 265th day of the year, there are 100 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 1890 A severe hailstorm struck Strawberry AZ. Five days after
the storm hail still lay in drifts 12 to 18 inches deep.
In 1913 Des Moines IA experienced their earliest freeze of record.
In 1961 Hurricane Esther made a near complete circle south of
Cape Cod. The hurricane then passed over Cape Cod and
hit Maine. Its energy was largely spent over the
North Atlantic Ocean, however, heavy rains over Maine
resulted in widespread local flooding of cellars, low
roads, and underpasses.
In 1983 Forty-one cities reported record cold temperatures during
the morning. Houston TX hit 50 degrees, and Williston ND
plunged to 19 above.
In 1987 Hurricane Emily, the first hurricane to roam the
Carribean in nearly six years, made landfall over the
Dominican Republic late in the day, packing 125 mph
winds. Emily killed three persons and caused thirty
million dollars damage. A record high of 92 degrees
at Miami FL was their fifth in a row.
In 1988 An early morning thunderstorm produced baseball size hail
at Plainview, in Hale County TX. Late in the evening
more thunderstorms in the Southern High Plains Region
produced wind gusts to 75 mph at Plainview TX and Crosby TX
In 1989 Hurricane Hugo quickly lost strength over South Carolina,
but still was a tropical storm as it crossed into North
Carolina, just west of Charlotte, at about 7 AM. Winds
around Charlotte reached 69 mph, with gusts to 99 mph.
Eighty percent of the power was knocked out to Charlotte
and Mecklenburg County. Property damage in North
Carolina was 210 million dollars, and damage to crops was
97 million dollars. The strongest storm surge occurred
along the southern coast shortly after midnight, reaching
nine feet above sea level at ocean Isle and Sunset Beach.
Hugo killed one person and injured 15 others in North
Carolina. Strong northwesterly winds ushered unseasonably
cold air into the north central U.S., in time for the
official start of autumn, at 8:20 PM CDT. Squalls produced
light snow in northern Wisconsin. Winds in Wisconsin gusted
to 52 mph at Rhinelander.
In 2000 Tropical Storm Helene struck Pensacola, Florida, bringing
more heavy rain to an area hit just days earlier by
Tropical Storm Gordon.
In 2002 Hurricane Isidore, which had just days before ravaged
parts of Cuba, hit the Yucatan Peninsula near Progreso,
Mexico, with 125 mph winds. It stayed over land a few days,
weakening it considerably, but producing flooding rains
over the Yucatan Peninsula and Cuba, because of its large
circulation. Isidore weakened to a Tropical Storm by the
time it moved back into the Gulf Of Mexico...finally making
landfall near New Orleans as a Tropical Storm on the 26th.
In 2003 For the second time in just under a month, Baja California
was hit by a hurricane...this time, Hurricane Marty with
100 mph winds, coming ashore near San Jose Del Cabo. Heavy
rain of over 8 inches caused flooding and mudslides.
The remnants of Ivan, which hit Gulf Shores, Alabama and
adjacent areas on the 17th, had drifted off the southeast
U.S. Coast, then looped across south Florida, and into the
eastern Gulf Of Mexico...regenerating as a Tropical Storm
on the 22nd, coming ashore on the 23rd near Cameron,
Louisiana (22nd-23rd).
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