TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid
Today is Saturday July 15, 2017.
This is the 196th day of the year, there are 169 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 1916 A dying South Atlantic Coast storm produced torrential
rains in the southern Appalachian Mountains. Altapass NC
was drenched with more than 22 inches of rain, a 24 hour
rainfall record for the state. Flooding resulted in
considerable damage, particularily to railroads.
In 1954 The temperature at Balcony Falls VA soared to 110 degrees
to establish a state record.
In 1983 The Big Thompson Creek in Colorado flooded for the second
time in seven years, claiming three lives, and filling
the town of Estes Park with eight to ten feet of water.
In 1987 Unseasonably cool weather spread into the south central
and eastern U.S. Fifteen cities reported record low
temperatures for the date, including Houghton Lake MI
with a reading of 37 degrees. The high temperature for
the date of 58 degrees at Flint MI was their coolest of
record for July. Thunderstorms spawned several tornadoes
in Illinois and Indiana, injuring a cow near Donovan IL.
In 1988 Twenty-six cities east of the Mississippi River reported
record high temperatures for the date. Charleston WV
established an all-time record high with a reading of 103
degrees. Chicago IL reported a record fifth day of 100
degree heat for the year. A severe thunderstorm moving
across Omaha NE and the Council Bluffs area of west
central Iowa spawned three tornadoes which injured 88
persons, and also produced high winds which injured 18
others. Winds at the Omaha Eppley Airport reached 92
mph. Damage from the storm was estimated at 43 million
dollars.
In 1989 Thunderstorms drenched Kansas City MO with 4.16 inches of
rain, a record for the date. Two and a half inches of
rain deluged the city between Noon and 1 PM. Afternoon
thunderstorms in South Carolina deluged Williamstown with
six inches of rain in ninety minutes, including four
inches in little more than half an hour.
In 2000 An F-3 tornado, with winds of 186 mph, tore through a
campground in Alberta province, Canada. At least 9 were
killed, and over 130 were injured. Many trailers at the
campground were thrown into a lake at the site. The
tornado was on the ground for at least 30 minutes.
In 2003 (7th-15th) After bringing heavy rain and tropical storm
force winds as a strong tropical wave to the Leeward and
Windward Islands on the 7th...then as a 50 mph Tropical
Storm with heavy rains affecting Jamaica on the 9th, and
the northeast Yucatan Peninsula on the 11th...Claudette
became a hurricane on the 15th, making landfall near
Matagorda Bay, Texas, with 80 mph winds, torrential rains,
and several tornadoes. It was the first July landfalling
tropical system on the Texas Coast since 1891.
In 2012 (15th-16th) Extremely torrential rains caused severe
flooding across the Kyushu province of southern Japan.
In one part of Kumamoto, the equivalent of one months
rain fell in the space of 8 hours a few days before.
Numerous floods and mudslides have resulted, killing at
least 28 people.
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