TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid
Today is Monday July 17, 2017.
This is the 198th day of the year, there are 167 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 1934 One of the worst heat waves in the history of the nation
commenced. During the last two weeks of the month
extreme heat claimed 679 lives in Michigan, including
300 in Detroit alone.
In 1941 A prolonged heat wave over Washington State finally came
to an end. Lightning from untimely thunderstorms was
responsible for 598 forest fires.
In 1952 Thunderstorms helped the temperature at Key West FL to dip
to 69 degrees, to equal their July record established on
the first of July in 1923.
In 1957 On a warm and sunny day at Wilmington DE, with a high of
86 degrees, a dust devil suddenly appeared. It tore most
the roof off one house, and stripped shingles from a
neighboring house. A TV aerial was toppled, and clothes
were blown off clothes lines.
In 1987 Slow moving thunderstorms caused flooding on the
Guadalupe River in Texas resulting in tragic loss of
life. A bus and van leaving a summer youth camp stalled
near the rapidly rising river, just west of the town of
Comfort, and a powerful surge of water swept away
43 persons, mostly teenagers. Ten drowned in the flood-
waters. Most of the others were rescued from tree tops
by helicopter.
In 1988 A dozen cities in the eastern U.S., and six others in
California, reported record high temperatures for the
date. Downtown San Francisco CA, with a high of
103 degrees, obliterated their previous record high
of 82 degrees. Philadelphia PA reported a record five
straight days of 100 degree heat, and Baltimore MD
reported a record eight days of 100 degree weather for
the year. Afternoon and evening thunderstorms produced
severe weather along the Middle Atlantic Coast, and over
southern New England.
In 1989 Thunderstorms produced severe weather from South Dakota
to Lousiana, with 126 reports of large hail and damaging
winds during the day and night. Thunderstorms in
Nebraska produced hail four inches in diameter in
Frontier County, and at North Platte, causing millions of
dollars damage to crops in Frontier County.
Thunderstorms in Oklahoma produced wind gusts to 90 mph
at Peggs. Tahlequah OK was drenched with 5.25 inches of
rain.
In 2010 A tornado struck Mayagues, Puerto Rico, causing injuries,
damage, and power outages.
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* Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - wx1der.dyndns.org (57:57/10)
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