Subj : Todays Weather History To : ALL From : Daryl Stout Date : Tue Jun 21 2016 12:04 am TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid Today is Tuesday June 21, 2016. This is the 173rd day of the year, there are 193 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 1791 A huge hurricane wave carried off the coffin of a hated count as he lay in state in Havana, never to be seen again. In 1893 On the first day of summer the temperature at Dodge City KS soared to 106 degrees during the midst of a blistering heat wave. The heat wave initiated a severe three year drought in the Central Plains Region. Ironically, at about the same time, heavy rains in the Mississippi Valley were causing the river to swell to its highest level of record at New Orleans LA. In 1919 Seven heavy coach cars of a moving train were picked up and thrown from the tracks by tornado winds. A baggage car was set down 30 feet away from the rest of the train. In 1954 A severe hailstorm struck Wichita KS and vicinity causing nine million dollars damage. In 1972 Phoenix AZ was drenched with 1.64 inches of rain late on the 21st and early on the 22nd to easily surpass their previous June rainfall record of 0.95 inches. The total for the month was 1.70 inches. In 1987 A tornado destroyed 57 mobile homes at the Chateam Estates trailer park northwest of Detroit MI killing one person and injuring six others. Total damage was estimated at 1.7 million dollars. Thunderstorms over Lower Michigan also drenched the Saginaw Valley with up to 4.5 inches of rain in less than six hours. In 1988 The first full day of summer was a torrid one, with 100 temperatures reported from the Northern and Central Plains to the Ohio Valley. Sixty-nine cities in the north central U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. The high of 110 degrees at Sioux Falls SD was an all-time record for that location. Highs of 103 at Des Moines IA, 102 at Fort Wayne IN, 109 at Huron SD, 108 at Sioux City IA, and 101 at South Bend IN were records for June. In 1989 The first day of summer heralded snow in the northern and central Rockies. Fifteen inches of snow was reported at the summit of Mount Evans CO, and 18 inches was reported west of Lander WY, at Dickensen Park. Heavy rain continued in the eastern U.S. Huntsville AL reported a record 11.65 inches for the month, compared to the 0.17 inch rainfall total in June 1988. --- þ Synchronet þ The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, AR - wx1der.dyndns.org .