TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid
Today is Thursday September 24, 2015.
This is the 267th day of the year, there are 98 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 temperature at Yellowstone Park dipped to nine
degrees below zero. It was the coldest reading of record
in the U.S. during September. Severe freezes were
widespread over the northwestern U.S. causing great crop
destruction. Spokane County WA experienced their
earliest snow of record. Harney Branch Experiment
Station in Oregon reported a temperature of 2 degrees
above zero to establish a state record for the month of
September.
In 1950 A smoke pall from western Canada forest fires covered
much of the eastern U.S. Daylight was reduced to
nighttime darkness in parts of the Northeast. The color
of the sun varied from pink to purple, blue, or lavendar.
Yellow to grey-tan was common. (24th-30th)
In 1972 Lightning struck a man near Waldport OR. The young
man happened to be carrying thirty-five pieces
of dynamite. A late evening thunderstorm produced
downburst winds at Bismarck ND estimated at 125 to 150 mph.
In 1987 The first full day of autumn proved to be a pleasant one
for much of the nation, with sunny skies and mild
temperatures. Thunderstorms again formed over Florida
and the southwestern deserts, and also formed along a
cold front in the northeastern U.S. A storm spotter at
Earp CA sighted a couple of funnel clouds, one on the
California side of the state line, and the other on the
Arizona side.
In 1988 Thunderstorms developing along a stationary front
produced large hail and damaging winds in the
southeastern U.S., with reports of severe weather most
numerous in North Carolina. Golf ball size hail was
reported at Tick Creek and a number of other locations in
North Carolina.
In 1989 Forty-seven cities between the Rockies and the
Appalachians reported record low temperatures for the
date. Lows of 38 at Abilene TX, 34 at Jackson KY, and 36
at Midland TX established records for the month of
September. The low of 36 degrees at Midland smashed
their previous record for the date by thirteen degrees.
Fayetteville AR and Springfield MO reported their
earliest freeze of record. Thunderstorms produced
torrential rains in northeastern Florida. Jacksonville was
deluged with 11.40 inches of rain, and flash flooding
resulted in two deaths.
In 2001 An F-3 tornado struck the University Of Maryland campus at
College Park, Maryland. Two sisters were killed when their
car went airborne from the tornado. Over 50 were injured,
and many other vehicles and buildings had their windows
blown out, or suffered other damage. It was the deadliest
tornado to strike the Baltimore/Washington area since 1929,
and Maryland's first September killer tornado. Tornadoes
also struck Culpepper County, Virginia, causing damage.
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