Subj : Todays Weather History To : ALL From : Daryl Stout Date : Tue Jul 05 2016 12:04 am TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid Today is Tuesday July 5, 2016. This is the 187th day of the year, there are 179 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 1891 Sixteen horses were killed by hail, and many more have to be put to death due to injuries from a hailstorm at Rapid City SD. In 1900 A spectacular 3 day fire resulted when lightning struck an oil refinery in Bayonne, New Jersey. The smoke column rose 13,000 feet. In 1916 A hurricane produced 82 mph winds, an 11.6 foot tide, and a barometric pressure of 28.92 inches at Mobile AL. In 1937 The temperature at Medicine Lake MT soared to 117 degrees to establish a state record. Midale and Yellow Grass in Saskatchewan hit 113 degrees to establish an all-time record high for Canada that same day. In 1970 The morning low at Death Valley CA was 103 degrees. The afternoon high was 120 degrees. In 1987 Severe thunderstorms raked south central Kansas for the second morning in a row. Thunderstorm winds again gusted to 80 mph at Clearwater, and in the Wichita area reached 100 mph. Twenty-five persons were injured at a trailer park at El Dorado Lake. In 1988 Afternoon and evening thunderstorms spawned eleven tornadoes in Montana and three in North Dakota. Baseball size hail was reported at Shonkin MT, and wind gusts to 85 mph were reported south of Fordville ND. Twenty cities in the north central U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date, including Fargo ND with a reading of 106 degrees. Muskegon MI equalled their July record with a high of 95 degrees. In 1989 Moisture from what once was Tropical Storm Allison triggered thunderstorms over the Middle Atlantic Coast Region, which deluged Wilmington DE with a record 6.83 inches of rain in 24 hours, including 6.37 inches in just six hours. Up to ten inches of rain was reported at Claymont, northeast of Wilmington. July 1989 was thus the wettest month in seventy years for Wilmington, with a total of 12.63 inches of rain. Alamosa CO reported an all-time record high of 94 degrees. Pierre SD hit 113 degrees. In 2011 A massive dust storm enveloped Arizona, prompting a 75 minute ground stop at Phoenix's Sky Harbor Airport. It had sustained winds of 69 mph, and was 30 miles wide at times. More than 10,000 people were without power at the height of the storm. --- þ Synchronet þ The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, AR - wx1der.dyndns.org .