Subj : Today's Weather History To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Tue Aug 30 2016 12:01 am TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid Today is Tuesday August 30, 2016. This is the 243rd day of the year, there are 123 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 1776 General Washington took advantage of a heavy fog to evacuate Long Island after a defeat. Adverse winds kept the British fleet from intervening. In 1839 A hurricane moved from Cape Hatteras NC to offshore New England. An unusual feature of the hurricane was the snow it helped produce, which whitened the Catskill Mountains of New York State. Considerable snow was also reported at Salem NY. In 1982 A tropical depression brought torrential rains to portions of southern Texas. Up to twelve inches fell south of Houston, and as much as eighteen inches fell southeast of Austin. The tropical depression spawned fourteen tornadoes in three days. Record cold gripped the northeastern U.S. Thirty-one cities in New England reported record lows, and areas of Vermont received up to three inches of snow. In 1987 Eight cities in California and Oregon reported record high temperatures for the date, including Redding CA and Sacramento CA where the mercury hit 100 degrees. In 1988 Thunderstorms drenched Georgia and the Carolinas with heavy rain, soaking Columbia SC with 4.10 inches in three hours. Fresno CA was the hot spot in the nation with a record high of 109 degrees. Duluth MN tied their record for the month of August with a morning low of 39 degrees. In 1989 Thunderstorms developing ahead of a cold front produced large hail in Montana and North Dakota during the evening and early nighttime hours. Hail three inches in diameter was reported 20 miles south of Medora ND, and thunderstorms over Dawson County MT produced up to three inches of rain. Thunderstorms produced golf ball size hail at Roundup MT, Dazey ND and Protection KS. In 2003 (30th-Sept. 1) Seven vehicles were swept off of the KS Turnpike, with 4 fatalities...due to flash flooding. Rainfall totals over much of Indiana ranged from 6-10 inches. In 2012 Tropical Storm Leslie formed in the Atlantic basin. This is the second earliest formation of the 12th named storm in a season on record, eclipsed only by Luis in 1995. Posted by VPost v1.7.081019 --- Virtual Advanced Ver 2 for DOS * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS (801:1/7) þ Synchronet þ The Curmudeon's Place .