TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid
Today is Friday July 21, 2017.
This is the 202nd day of the year, there are 163 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 1911 The temperature at Painter, Wyoming dropped to 10 degrees,
equaling the record low for July for the continental US.
In 1934 The temperature reached 109 degrees at Cincinnati OH to
cap their hottest summer of record. The state record for
Ohio was established that day with a reading of
113 degrees near the town of Gallipolis.
In 1975 Six inches of rain fell across Mercer County NJ in just
ten hours causing the worst flooding in twenty years.
Assunpink Creek crested eleven feet above flood stage at
Hamilton and Trenton, the highest level of record.
Traffic was brought to a standstill, and railway service
between New York City and Washington D.C. was cut off for
two days. Flooding leaft 1000 persons homeless, and
caused an estimated 25 million dollars damage.
In 1983 The lowest temperature ever recorded in the world was 129
degrees below zero at Vostok, Antarctica.
In 1987 Thunderstorms produced severe weather from Utah to North
Dakota, spawning a dozen tornadoes in North Dakota.
Thunderstorms in North Dakota also produced baseball size
hail at Clifford which caused four million dollars
damage, and high winds which toppled a couple of eighty
foot towers cutting off power to the town of Blanchard.
In 1988 While cool air invaded the central U.S., unseasonably hot
weather continued over the western states. The
temperature at Spring Valley NV soared from a morning low
of 35 degrees to an afternoon high of 95 degrees. Fallon
NV reported an all-time record high of 108 degrees, and
Death Valley CA reported their sixth straight day of 120
degree heat.
In 1989 Afternoon thunderstorms over Florida produced wind gusts
to 92 mph at Jacksonville, damaging thirteen light planes
at Herlong Field. Five cities in Texas reported record
low temperatures for the date. Corpus Christi TX
equalled their record low for the date with a reading of
71 degrees, and then tied their record high for the date
that afternoon with a reading of 97 degrees.
--- SBBSecho 3.01-Win32
* Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - wx1der.dyndns.org (57:57/10)
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