Subj : Todays Weather History To : ALL From : Daryl Stout Date : Sun Jul 10 2016 11:22 am TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid Today is Sunday July 10, 2016. This is the 192nd day of the year, there are 174 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 1913 The mercury hit 134 degrees at Greenland Ranch in Death Valley CA, the hottest reading of record for North America. Sandstorm conditions accompanied the heat. The previous day was 129 degrees, with a morning low of 93 degrees. In 1926 A lightning bolt struck an ammunition magazine in northern New Jersey, and a big red ball of fire leaped into the air triggering a series of explosions. All buildings within a half mile radius were destroyed, and debris fell as far as twenty-two miles away. Sixteen persons were killed, and property damage was seventy million dollars. In 1936 Afternoon highs of 112 degrees at Martinsburg WV, 109 degrees at Cumberland MD and Frederick MD, 110 degrees at Runyon NJ, and 111 degrees at Phoenixville PA, established all-time record highs for those four states. It was the hottest day of record for the Middle Atlantic Coast Region. In 1979 The temperature at El Paso TX hit 112 degrees, and all- time record for that location. The next day was 110 degrees. In 2013 Several strong and severe thunderstorms erupted across Arkansas, with several reports of damaging winds. A mobile home fire in Royal, Arkansas, was started by a lightning strike. In 1987 An early morning thunderstorm in Minnesota produced wind gusts to 91 mph at Waseca. Later in the day, thunderstorms in South Dakota produced wind gusts to 81 mph at Ipswitch, and baseball size hail near Hayes and Capa. In 1988 Thunderstorms brought welcome rains to parts of the central U.S., but produced severe weather along the New England coast, in the Great Lakes Region, in North Carolina, and in the Southern Plateau Region. Strong thunderstorm winds gusting to 80 mph at Bullfrog UT sank three boats on Lake Powell. In 1989 Severe thunderstorms spawned seventeen tornadoes in the northeastern U.S. One powerful (F-4) tornado struck Hamden CT and New Haven CT, causing 100 million dollars damage at Hamden, and another 20 million dollars damage around New Haven. Forty persons were injured in the tornado. Seventy persons were injured in a tornado which traveled from Watertown CT to Waterbury CT, and another powerful (F-4) tornado touched down near Ames NY injuring twenty persons along its 43.5 mile track. It was the strongest tornado of record for eastern New York State. In 2003 Severe thunderstorms with heavy rain and resulting flash affected much of Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. --- þ Synchronet þ The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, AR - wx1der.dyndns.org .