TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid
Today is Friday July 28, 2017.
This is the 209th day of the year, there are 156 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 1819 A small but intense hurricane passed over Bay Saint Louis
MS. The hurricane was considered the worst in fifty
years. Few houses were left standing either at Bay Saint
Louis or at Pass Christian, and much of the Mississippi
coast was desolate following the storm. A U.S. cutter
was lost along with its thirty-nine crew members. The
storm struck the same area that was hit 150 years later
by Hurricane Camille.
In 1898 A severe hailstorm pummeled Chicago with 11 ounce stones.
Many people were injured not by hail, but by runaway horses.
In 1930 The temperature at Greensburg KY soared to 114 degrees to
set a state record.
In 1934 The temperature at Grofino ID climbed to 118 degrees to
establish a record for Idaho.
In 1952 A severe storm with hail up to an inch and a half in
diameter broke windows, ruined roofs, and stripped trees
of leaves near Benson AZ. The temperature dropped to 37
degrees, as hail was three to four inches deep, with
drifts 46 inches high.
In 1986 Severe thunderstorms moving out of South Dakota across
Iowa produce high winds which derailed eighteen piggyback
trailer cars of a westbound freight train near Boone IA.
Sixteen of the cars fell 187 feet into the Des Moines
River. The thunderstorms also spawned a number of
tornadoes, including one which caused fifty million
dollars damage at Sloan, near Sioux City IA.
In 1987 Thunderstorms in Nevada produced wind gusts to 70 mph at
Searchlight, reducing visibilities to near zero in
blowing dust and sand. Thunderstorms in Montana drenched
Lonesome Lake with 3.78 inches of rain.
In 1988 Thunderstorms drenched Wilmington NC with 3.33 inches of
rain, bringing their monthly total 14.46 inches. Seven
cities in Michigan and Minnesota reported record high
temperatures for the date. Marquette MI hit 99 degrees,
and the record high of 94 degrees at Flint MI was their
tenth of the month.
In 1989 Afternoon thunderstorms produced large hail and damaging
winds in Massachusetts. Early evening thunderstorms over
Florida produced wind gusts to 68 mph at Fort Myers, and
evening thunderstorms in South Dakota produced nearly two
inches of rain in twenty minutes at Pierpoint.
--- SBBSecho 3.01-Win32
* Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - wx1der.dyndns.org (57:57/10)
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